Looks as though Texas is a bigger moocher than is California.
I’m pretty sure funding for Interstate Highways come into play, Texas has more Interstate Highways than any other state. Texas is number one in farm subsidies, plus we have numerous Military installations and NASA. This doesn’t take into consideration the number of Federal employee’s on the longest border with Mexico of any other. VA medical facilities and out clinic’s should come into play and we have over 100.
To rely on the amount of federal money spent in a state and not designate where or to who it goes to is rather misleading. If it’s based on a percentage of general revenue it hide many of the details.