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Part Four:
Florida’s Per Capita Federal Grant Expenditures by Agency as a Percentage
of the National Per Capita Expenditures
A. Introduction
The purpose of this part is to illustrate how Florida’s per capita federal grant expenditures by agency
compare to the national per capita expenditures as well as those of the other states. This part
analyzes changes in states’ per capita expenditures, relative to national per capita expenditures,
during fiscal years 1996 through 2009.
B. Data Sources
The figures reported in this part were calculated by the EDR staff from data published in the U.S.
Census Bureau publications: Federal Expenditures to States (FES) for fiscal years 1996 through
1997 and its successor Federal Aid to States (FAS) for fiscal years 1998 through 2009.
C. States’ Per Capita Federal Grant Expenditures by Agency
In analyzing the federal grants data, the EDR staff calculated per capita expenditures for each state,
as well as the per capita expenditures of the fifty states collectively, by federal agency for each of the
fiscal years 1996 through 2009. The per capita expenditures of the fifty states are hereafter referred
to as the national per capita expenditures.
Each state’s per capita expenditures, as a percentage of the national per capita expenditures, are
calculated. The per capita expenditures of individual states are either less than, equal to, or greater
than the national per capita expenditures. If a state’s percentage value in a given year is less than 100
percent, then that state had a per capita expenditure less than the national per capita expenditure. If a
state’s percentage value is greater than 100 percent, then that state’s per capita expenditure exceeded
the national per capita expenditure.
Utilizing the data published in the relevant FES and FAS reports, the following tables summarize
states’ per capita federal grant expenditures as a percentage of national per capita expenditures.
Table 4-1: Florida Summary (page 69)
Table 4-2: U.S. Department of Agriculture (pages 70-71)
Table 4-3: U.S. Department of Commerce (pages 72-73)
Table 4-4: Corporation for National and Community Service (pages 74-75)
Table 4-5: Corporation for Public Broadcasting (pages 76-77)
Table 4-6: U.S. Department of Defense (pages 78-79)
Table 4-7: U.S. Department of Education (pages 80-81)
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