25 States That Get More in Federal Payments than Taxes Paid

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1. Virginia

Total balance of payments (in millions of dollars): $96,914

Total balance of payments per capita: $11,378

Comfortably topping the list of 25 states that get more in federal payments than taxes paid is Virginia. Virginia paid $86 billion in taxes, but received a whopping $183 billion from the federal government, thereby ensuring that it’s balance of payment was twice that of the next closest state in Kentucky.

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