Against a national average of $1,935 in intergovernmental spending per American, red states receive just $1,879. Blue states get considerably more, at $2,124 per resident.
He bundles all Red states into one group.
And all blue states into another.
Go to the original Pew data and search for NY, NJ, CA and Il.
Oh, and those number only account for 15% of all Federal Expenditures...specifically, block transfers of money from the feds to state budgets.