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Washington One Of The Least Federally Dependent States: Study

Both Washington residents and the state government do pretty well without leaning on federal spending, the study found.

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OLYMPIA, WA — Washington is one of America's more self-sufficient states, according to a recent study ranking the states and their residents by how dependent they are on federal subsidies.

WalletHub's study, 2022’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States, found that Washington was actually the fifth least federally dependent state after Utah, Kansas, New Jersey, and Delaware. Washington performed well because both its people and its government took less from the federal government than others: residents didn't garner much in return taxes, and federal funding didn't make up an overbearing portion of state revenue.

Source: WalletHub

Here are WalletHub's top ten least federally dependent states:

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  1. Delaware
  2. New Jersey
  3. Kansas
  4. Utah
  5. Washington
  6. Illinois
  7. Iowa
  8. Massachusetts
  9. Colorado
  10. California

Here are WalletHub's top ten most federally dependent states:

  1. Alaska
  2. Mississippi
  3. Kentucky
  4. West Virginia
  5. Montana
  6. New Mexico
  7. Arizona
  8. Louisiana
  9. Indiana
  10. Alabama

>> Read the full results from WalletHub.

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