U.S. state and local government outstanding debt 2022, by state

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Abigail Tierney,
Nov 7, 2024

In 2022, the federal state of California had about 558.68 billion U.S. dollars of debt outstanding, the most out of any state. New York, Texas, Illinois, and Florida rounded out the top five states with the most debt outstanding in 2022.

State and local government debt outstanding in the United States in 2022, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)

StateDebt in billion U.S. dollars
California 558.68
New York 352.92
Texas 326.97
Illinois 133.9
Florida 126.87
Pennsylvania 114.9
Washington 90.97
Massachusetts 90.39
New Jersey 87.24
Virginia 80.09
Colorado 74.3
Ohio 72.16
Michigan 71.52
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