Check your numbers Alberta, because they are way off. Tgese numbers come from an article on May 17, 2018 in the
San Diego Union Tribune
34% of the nation’s welfare recipients live in California but only 12% of the U.S. population resides here.
California is third among states in per-capita spending on welfare: $179
New York leads the nation: $256
Idaho is at the bottom: $17
(Federal taxpayers do pick up $3.7 billion of Californias welfare tab.)
From what I see your numbers are way off.
I'm not disputing those numbers, but what makes this a complicated and confusing issue is that it's not always clear what exactly the numbers are measuring.
Food stamps are a FEDERAL program, while the numbers shown in that study seem to be based on STATE welfare spending. So the two sources we used for our information don't necessarily contradict each other.