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In 2020, the federal state of California had about 519.54 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 2020.

State and local government debt outstanding in the United States in 2020, by state (in billion U.S. dollars)

State	Debt in billion U.S. dollars
California	519.54
New York	368.28
Texas	324.21
Illinois	159.31
Florida	130.74
Pennsylvania	128.44
Massachusetts	98.34
Ohio	93.31
New Jersey	91.47
Washington	90.24
Michigan	81.89
Virginia	69.62
Colorado	67.06
Georgia	62.96
Maryland	59.07
Minnesota	58.75
Kentucky	53.08
Connecticut	53
Indiana	52.02
Tennessee	50.19
Wisconsin	48.6
North Carolina	47.76
Missouri	47.76
Arizona	43.52
Oregon	41.88
South Carolina	37.69
Alabama	34.98
Louisiana	31.15
Nevada	29.4
Kansas	28.44
Utah	22.43
Iowa	20.51
Arkansas	20.26
District of Columbia	19.66
Oklahoma	19.39
Hawaii	17.25
New Mexico	16.33
Nebraska	15.63
West Virginia	15.12
Mississippi	14.5
Rhode Island	12.18
New Hampshire	10.09
North Dakota	9.72
Alaska	9.41
Maine	8.85
Delaware	7.87
South Dakota	6.57
Idaho	6.09
Montana	5.8
Vermont	4.74
Wyoming	2.14

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September 2022

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