Changing Patterns of Federal Aid to State and Local Governments, 1969-75

An analysis of the distribution by State and region of Federal aid to State and local governments showed that Federal aid per capita is distributed more uniformly than 7 years ago and that the Northeast has begun to receive a larger proportion of Federal aid than it pays in Federal personal income taxes. Federal aid to State and local governments totaled about $60 billion in fiscal year 1976 or about 15% of the Federal budget.