Municipal Debt Levels Over Time

Debt at the State Level: All 50 States
One of the measures of debt level is state bonded debt to GDP. According to 2013 measures, Rhode Island has the largest debt burden, followed closely by Massachusetts.

* Data sorted according to 2013 numbers, which is the latest data available from the Census Bureau. Bolded states are one standard deviation above the U.S. average. Generally speaking, state debt to GDP ratios increased over time, with the exception of Tennessee, Wyoming, Georgia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Kentucky, and Delaware. Missouri experienced the largest growth of all states, followed by states like Arizona and South Dakota, whose population's have grown in recent years. Almost half of all states' debt to GDP ratios have more than doubled.

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