From Citizens Against Government Waste
Pork Per Capita by State*(National Average: $33.03 Per Person)
CAGW’s criteria for pork-barrel spending.
2005 Rank
State
2005 Pork
Population
Pork/Capita
2004 Rank
1
Alaska
$645,502,000
655,435
$984.85
1
2
District of Columbia
$257,171,000
553,523
$464.61
3
3
Hawaii
$573,926,000
1,262,840
$454.47
2
4
West Virginia
$398,622,250
1,815,354
$219.58
5
5
Montana
$152,441,000
926,865
$164.47
6
6
South Dakota
$81,770,250
770,883
$106.07
7
7
North Dakota
$64,371,250
634,366
$101.47
10
8
New Mexico
$183,658,750
1,903,289
$96.50
16
9
Mississippi
$276,307,000
2,902,966
$95.18
9
10
Vermont
$56,522,000
621,394
$90.96
12
11
Nevada
$205,199,000
2,334,771
$87.89
11
12
Alabama
$345,157,750
4,530,182
$76.19
8
13
Idaho
$98,991,000
1,393,262
$71.05
14
14
Wyoming
$33,571,000
506,529
$66.28
26
15
New Hampshire
$84,555,000 […]