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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 2017, at $13,131. Utah had the lowest, at $6,628. The median was $8,940 and the figure for the United States was $8,936. Source: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

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Highest13,131District of Columbia
Lowest6,628Utah
Median8,94051 states
United States8,936History

Map of states, 2017

Alabama: 8,154 USDAlaska: 12,303 USDArizona: 7,539 USDArkansas: 8,409 USDCalifornia: 8,594 USDColorado: 7,615 USDConnecticut: 10,989 USDDelaware: 11,444 USDDistrict of Columbia: 13,131 USDFlorida: 8,814 USDGeorgia: 7,605 USDHawaii: 8,496 USDIdaho: 7,257 USDIllinois: 8,849 USDIndiana: 9,015 USDIowa: 8,525 USDKansas: 8,060 USDKentucky: 8,959 USDLouisiana: 8,984 USDMaine: 10,399 USDMaryland: 9,592 USDMassachusetts: 11,746 USDMichigan: 8,940 USDMinnesota: 9,782 USDMississippi: 8,392 USDMissouri: 8,824 USDMontana: 9,030 USDNebraska: 9,189 USDNevada: 7,642 USDNew Hampshire: 10,573 USDNew Jersey: 10,340 USDNew Mexico: 7,973 USDNew York: 11,558 USDNorth Carolina: 8,105 USDNorth Dakota: 9,961 USDOhio: 9,400 USDOklahoma: 8,382 USDOregon: 8,827 USDPennsylvania: 10,342 USDRhode Island: 10,290 USDSouth Carolina: 7,855 USDSouth Dakota: 10,440 USDTennessee: 8,485 USDTexas: 7,572 USDUtah: 6,628 USDVermont: 11,521 USDVirginia: 8,176 USDWashington: 8,278 USDWest Virginia: 11,017 USDWisconsin: 9,019 USDWyoming: 9,496 USD
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USD, 2017. Source: CMS, CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2017

District of Columbia: 13,131 USDDistrict of Columbia13,131Alaska: 12,303 USDAlaska12,303Massachusetts: 11,746 USDMassachusetts11,746New York: 11,558 USDNew York11,558Vermont: 11,521 USDVermont11,521Delaware: 11,444 USDDelaware11,444West Virginia: 11,017 USDWest Virginia11,017Connecticut: 10,989 USDConnecticut10,989New Hampshire: 10,573 USDNew Hampshire10,573South Dakota: 10,440 USDSouth Dakota10,440Maine: 10,399 USDMaine10,399Pennsylvania: 10,342 USDPennsylvania10,342New Jersey: 10,340 USDNew Jersey10,340Rhode Island: 10,290 USDRhode Island10,290North Dakota: 9,961 USDNorth Dakota9,961Minnesota: 9,782 USDMinnesota9,782Maryland: 9,592 USDMaryland9,592Wyoming: 9,496 USDWyoming9,496Ohio: 9,400 USDOhio9,400Nebraska: 9,189 USDNebraska9,189Montana: 9,030 USDMontana9,030Wisconsin: 9,019 USDWisconsin9,019Indiana: 9,015 USDIndiana9,015Louisiana: 8,984 USDLouisiana8,984Kentucky: 8,959 USDKentucky8,959Michigan: 8,940 USDMichigan8,940Illinois: 8,849 USDIllinois8,849Oregon: 8,827 USDOregon8,827Missouri: 8,824 USDMissouri8,824Florida: 8,814 USDFlorida8,814California: 8,594 USDCalifornia8,594Iowa: 8,525 USDIowa8,525Hawaii: 8,496 USDHawaii8,496Tennessee: 8,485 USDTennessee8,485Arkansas: 8,409 USDArkansas8,409Mississippi: 8,392 USDMississippi8,392Oklahoma: 8,382 USDOklahoma8,382Washington: 8,278 USDWashington8,278Virginia: 8,176 USDVirginia8,176Alabama: 8,154 USDAlabama8,154North Carolina: 8,105 USDNorth Carolina8,105Kansas: 8,060 USDKansas8,060New Mexico: 7,973 USDNew Mexico7,973South Carolina: 7,855 USDSouth Carolina7,855Nevada: 7,642 USDNevada7,642Colorado: 7,615 USDColorado7,615Georgia: 7,605 USDGeorgia7,605Texas: 7,572 USDTexas7,572Arizona: 7,539 USDArizona7,539Idaho: 7,257 USDIdaho7,257Utah: 6,628 USDUtah6,628District of Columbia: 13,131 USDDistrict of Columbia13,131Alaska: 12,303 USDAlaska12,303Massachusetts: 11,746 USDMassachusetts11,746New York: 11,558 USDNew York11,558Vermont: 11,521 USDVermont11,521Delaware: 11,444 USDDelaware11,444West Virginia: 11,017 USDWest Virginia11,017Connecticut: 10,989 USDConnecticut10,989New Hampshire: 10,573 USDNew Hampshire10,573South Dakota: 10,440 USDSouth Dakota10,440Maine: 10,399 USDMaine10,399Pennsylvania: 10,342 USDPennsylvania10,342New Jersey: 10,340 USDNew Jersey10,340Rhode Island: 10,290 USDRhode Island10,290North Dakota: 9,961 USDNorth Dakota9,961Minnesota: 9,782 USDMinnesota9,782Maryland: 9,592 USDMaryland9,592Wyoming: 9,496 USDWyoming9,496Ohio: 9,400 USDOhio9,400Nebraska: 9,189 USDNebraska9,189Montana: 9,030 USDMontana9,030Wisconsin: 9,019 USDWisconsin9,019Indiana: 9,015 USDIndiana9,015Louisiana: 8,984 USDLouisiana8,984Kentucky: 8,959 USDKentucky8,959Michigan: 8,940 USDMichigan8,940Illinois: 8,849 USDIllinois8,849Oregon: 8,827 USDOregon8,827Missouri: 8,824 USDMissouri8,824Florida: 8,814 USDFlorida8,814California: 8,594 USDCalifornia8,594Iowa: 8,525 USDIowa8,525Hawaii: 8,496 USDHawaii8,496Tennessee: 8,485 USDTennessee8,485Arkansas: 8,409 USDArkansas8,409Mississippi: 8,392 USDMississippi8,392Oklahoma: 8,382 USDOklahoma8,382Washington: 8,278 USDWashington8,278Virginia: 8,176 USDVirginia8,176Alabama: 8,154 USDAlabama8,154North Carolina: 8,105 USDNorth Carolina8,105Kansas: 8,060 USDKansas8,060New Mexico: 7,973 USDNew Mexico7,973South Carolina: 7,855 USDSouth Carolina7,855Nevada: 7,642 USDNevada7,642Colorado: 7,615 USDColorado7,615Georgia: 7,605 USDGeorgia7,605Texas: 7,572 USDTexas7,572Arizona: 7,539 USDArizona7,539Idaho: 7,257 USDIdaho7,257Utah: 6,628 USDUtah6,628
USD. Source: CMS, CMS Health Expenditures by State of Residence, 1991 to 2020: personal health care per capita (US_PER_CAPITA20). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2017
USD		Change on 2016
1District of Columbia13,131+2.2%
2Alaska12,303+4.6%
3Massachusetts11,746+2.2%
4New York11,558+5.8%
5Vermont11,521+2.4%
6Delaware11,444+4.7%
7West Virginia11,017+5%
8Connecticut10,989+2.7%
9New Hampshire10,573+4.1%
10South Dakota10,440+3.9%
11Maine10,399+3.8%
12Pennsylvania10,342+3.6%
13New Jersey10,340+3.6%
14Rhode Island10,290+1.3%
15North Dakota9,961+2.9%
16Minnesota9,782+2.5%
17Maryland9,592+2.9%
18Wyoming9,496+5.8%
19Ohio9,400+3.7%
20Nebraska9,189+2.8%
21Montana9,030+4%
22Wisconsin9,019+2.4%
23Indiana9,015+2.7%
24Louisiana8,984+5.2%
25Kentucky8,959+4%
26Michigan8,940+2.7%
27Illinois8,849+2.5%
28Oregon8,827+1.5%
29Missouri8,824+2.5%
30Florida8,814+3.5%
31California8,594+3.2%
32Iowa8,525+0.7%
33Hawaii8,496+5.7%
34Tennessee8,485+5.2%
35Arkansas8,409+4.1%
36Mississippi8,392+2.7%
37Oklahoma8,382+3.1%
38Washington8,278+2.2%
39Virginia8,176+2.4%
40Alabama8,154+2.3%
41North Carolina8,105+2.8%
42Kansas8,060+2.7%
43New Mexico7,973+3.3%
44South Carolina7,855+2.4%
45Nevada7,642+3.6%
46Colorado7,615+4%
47Georgia7,605+3.4%
48Texas7,572+2.4%
49Arizona7,539+4.9%
50Idaho7,257+4.1%
51Utah6,628+3.6%

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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.

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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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/state-residence

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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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest personal health care spending per person, by state of residence?

District of Columbia, with $13,131 in 2017, 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 $6,628 in 2017.

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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.

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