This is an interesting post from WalletHub that was also quoted by the Atlantic: http://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/

This is an interesting post from WalletHub that was also quoted by the Atlantic: http://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/ http://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-... They took Federal contracts, grants, direct payments and insurance payments to a given state and weighed it against the IRS data for the residents of that state. Interestingly enough, of the 50 states received back less that $1 for every $1 they paid in, meaning they were net payers. The rest of the states were net receivers of federal money. A bit easier to see this conclusion here: http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2014/05/Slide3/966724856.jpg http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2014/05/Sl...