Colorado ranked near the bottom of all states in federal grants paid to state and local governments in fiscal 2010 on a per-person basis, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
Wyoming ranked second per capita in federal grants paid to it. Alaska ranked first.
The total paid to the states in federal grants was $630.2 billion, according to the Census Bureau report Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2010.
Colorado received $7.65 billion, and Wyoming received $2.35 billion.
The per-capita figure is reached by dividing the grants by the state population.
The U.S. average per capita was $2,011, according to the report.
Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, and North and South Dakota all received $2,400 or more per capita.
The only states receiving less per capita than Colorado were Florida, Nevada and Virginia. All four received less than $1,600 per capita.
The FAS report represents actual expenditures of the federal government. Only grants to state and local governments are included.
The type of aid or grants includes direct-cash grants to state and local government units and federal revenues shared with state and local governments.
However, in a second report, the Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2010, the Census Bureau reported on federal grants and included grants to nongovernmental recipients, in addition to state and local governments.
The CFFR said federal domestic spending increased 2.4 percent in fiscal 2010 to $3.3 trillion or the equivalent of $10,612 per person in the United States.
Colorado’s per-capita federal spending ranked 31st at $9,879, in the CFFR report. Wyoming was 19th with per-capita federal spending of $11,019.
The highest per-capita spending was in Alaska at $17,762, and the lowest was Nevada at $7,321.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
