Federal Tax Burdens & Expenditures
Missouri is a Beneficiary State. Missouri taxpayers receive among the most amount of federal funding per dollar of federal taxes paid. Per dollar of federal tax collected in 2005, Missouri citizens received approximately $1.32 in the way of federal spending
This ranks the state 17th highest nationally and represents a slight rise from 1992 when Missouri received $1.25 per dollar of taxes in federal spending, ranking it also 17th highest nationally.