US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence
District of Columbia had the highest personal health care spending per person, by state of residence of 51 states in 2012, at $11,426. Utah had the lowest, at $5,474. The median was $7,538 and the figure for the United States was $7,477. Source: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.
Map of states, 2012
- Under 6,700
- 6,700 to 7,200
- 7,200 to 7,500
- 7,500 to 8,000
- 8,000 to 8,800
- 8,800 and over
All states, 2012
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2012 | Change on 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 11,426 | -1% |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 9,952 | +2.4% |
| 3 | Alaska | 9,930 | +6.3% |
| 4 | Vermont | 9,679 | +5.1% |
| 5 | Delaware | 9,446 | +2.7% |
| 6 | Connecticut | 9,229 | +3.6% |
| 7 | New York | 9,085 | +1% |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 8,960 | +2.8% |
| 9 | Rhode Island | 8,859 | +2.2% |
| 10 | Maine | 8,753 | +2% |
| 11 | West Virginia | 8,712 | +6.1% |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | 8,577 | +2.5% |
| 13 | North Dakota | 8,457 | +1.6% |
| 14 | South Dakota | 8,452 | +3.7% |
| 15 | New Jersey | 8,337 | +4.6% |
| 16 | Minnesota | 8,242 | +2.9% |
| 17 | Maryland | 8,110 | +2.3% |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 7,906 | +1% |
| 19 | Ohio | 7,854 | +4.9% |
| 20 | Nebraska | 7,824 | +3.2% |
| 21 | Wyoming | 7,749 | +3.6% |
| 22 | Indiana | 7,618 | +7.2% |
| 23 | Florida | 7,609 | +3.2% |
| 24 | Michigan | 7,579 | +3.2% |
| 25 | Iowa | 7,547 | +3.2% |
| 26 | Missouri | 7,538 | +3.8% |
| 27 | Illinois | 7,505 | +2.8% |
| 28 | Montana | 7,461 | +4.3% |
| 29 | Kansas | 7,385 | +4.4% |
| 30 | Washington | 7,333 | +4.4% |
| 31 | Louisiana | 7,271 | +2.1% |
| 32 | Kentucky | 7,249 | +2.1% |
| 33 | Oklahoma | 7,212 | +4% |
| 34 | Mississippi | 7,210 | +7.1% |
| 35 | Oregon | 7,159 | +2.5% |
| 36 | Virginia | 7,045 | +3.8% |
| 37 | California | 7,038 | +4.4% |
| 38 | Tennessee | 7,011 | +4.1% |
| 39 | North Carolina | 6,968 | +3.9% |
| 40 | Alabama | 6,797 | +4.4% |
| 41 | South Carolina | 6,785 | +2.2% |
| 42 | Arkansas | 6,773 | +3.5% |
| 43 | Hawaii | 6,738 | +4.3% |
| 44 | New Mexico | 6,679 | +2.5% |
| 45 | Texas | 6,475 | +3.5% |
| 46 | Idaho | 6,283 | +3.8% |
| 47 | Colorado | 6,221 | +2.6% |
| 48 | Arizona | 6,207 | +2.2% |
| 49 | Nevada | 6,056 | +1.4% |
| 50 | Georgia | 5,981 | +5% |
| 51 | Utah | 5,474 | +3.7% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Spending on personal health care (hospital, physician and clinical, dental and other professional services, home health and nursing care, prescription drugs, other medical products and other personal care) for residents of each state, wherever the care was received, divided by the state's resident population, in US dollars per person.
CMS state estimates by state of residence, 1991 to 2020 (released in 2022); CMS has not published later years. Excludes administration, the net cost of insurance, public health and investment, so values are lower than national health expenditure per person.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group. CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence. Retrieved 2026-10-18.Citation styles
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. (2022). CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20) (US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2012) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence
MLA 9
CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20), US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2012. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, 20 Sept. 2022, https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2012. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. 2022. CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2012. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2012.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary (2022) CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20), US states by personal health care spending per person, by state of residence, 2012 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-health-care-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2012 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which state has the highest personal health care spending per person, by state of residence?
District of Columbia, with $11,426 in 2012, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.
Which state has the lowest personal health care spending per person, by state of residence?
Utah, with $5,474 in 2012.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). Retrieved 2026-10-18.