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Cost of Government Day (COGD)
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State-by-State Breakdown
Below is the Cost of Government Day for each state based on the varying government burdens that apply to each state. Federal spending burdens vary because relatively higher burdens are borne by states with relatively higher incomes. Of course, state and local spending burdens vary by state as well.
Connecticut has the highest state Cost of Government Day by far. The day there falls 22 days later than the rest of the country, coming on August 2nd this year. Connecticut’s COGD is five days later than Cost of Government Day for the second highest state, New York. The burden in Connecticut is so onerous both because it has very high relative incomes, getting a big hit from the federal income tax, and because it has high state and local taxes.
The third highest Cost of Government Day state is New Jersey, followed by Vermont, Rhode Island, and Nevada.
State |
# Of Days Worked For Government |
2007 Cost of Government Day |
Rank in 2007 |
United States |
192 |
11-Jul |
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Alabama |
173 |
22-Jun |
1 |
Oklahoma |
173 |
22-Jun |
2 |
Alaska |
174 |
23-Jun |
3 |
Mississippi |
174 |
23-Jun |
4 |
New Mexico |
176 |
25-Jun |
5 |
Tennessee |
176 |
25-Jun |
6 |
Louisiana |
177 |
26-Jun |
7 |
South Dakota |
177 |
26-Jun |
8 |
Idaho |
180 |
29-Jun |
9 |
Texas |
180 |
29-Jun |
10 |
Missouri |
181 |
30-Jun |
11 |
Iowa |
183 |
2-Jul |
12 |
Kentucky |
183 |
2-Jul |
13 |
Montana |
183 |
2-Jul |
14 |
North Dakota |
183 |
2-Jul |
15 |
South Carolina |
183 |
2-Jul |
16 |
Arkansas |
184 |
3-Jul |
17 |
Georgia |
184 |
3-Jul |
18 |
New Hampshire |
184 |
3-Jul |
19 |
Utah |
184 |
3-Jul |
20 |
Indiana |
185 |
4-Jul |
21 |
West Virginia |
185 |
4-Jul |
22 |
Arizona |
186 |
5-Jul |
23 |
Delaware |
186 |
5-Jul |
24 |
Kansas |
186 |
5-Jul |
25 |
Oregon |
186 |
5-Jul |
26 |
North Carolina |
187 |
6-Jul |
27 |
Nebraska |
188 |
7-Jul |
28 |
Michigan |
189 |
8-Jul |
29 |
Pennsylvania |
189 |
8-Jul |
30 |
Colorado |
190 |
9-Jul |
31 |
Wyoming |
190 |
9-Jul |
32 |
Ohio |
191 |
10-Jul |
33 |
Virginia |
192 |
11-Jul |
34 |
Hawaii |
193 |
12-Jul |
35 |
Maryland |
193 |
12-Jul |
36 |
Florida |
194 |
13-Jul |
37 |
Illinois |
194 |
13-Jul |
38 |
Wisconsin |
194 |
13-Jul |
39 |
Maine |
197 |
16-Jul |
40 |
Minnesota |
197 |
16-Jul |
41 |
Massachusetts |
199 |
18-Jul |
42 |
Washington |
199 |
18-Jul |
43 |
California |
200 |
19-Jul |
44 |
Nevada |
201 |
20-Jul |
45 |
Rhode Island |
202 |
21-Jul |
46 |
Vermont |
202 |
21-Jul |
47 |
New Jersey |
203 |
22-Jul |
48 |
New York |
209 |
28-Jul |
49 |
Connecticut |
214 |
2-Aug |
50 |
District of Columbia |
205 |
24-Jul |
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