GovFinance Dashboard 2026
A product of Reason Foundation’s State and Local Government Finance Report
Now with FY2024Find financial reports for every state, 2,445 counties, 9,571 municipalities and 10,536 school districts.
Explore comprehensive financial data from governments' 2024 fiscal years, covering all 50 states — with 50 state governments, 2,445 county governments, 9,571 municipal governments, and 10,536 school districts. All figures come from the governments' own audited financial reports, most often Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFRs), compiled into a common set of measures so policymakers and taxpayers can compare governments.*
Overview
At the end of their 2024 fiscal years, U.S. state and local governments carried $6.1T in total liabilities — including $1.5T in public pension obligations and $926.9B for retiree health care (other post-employment benefits).
The Overview breaks the national total down by liability type, level of government, and state — per resident, per student, and in the aggregate.
Trends
How did we get here? Five years of history — FY2020 through FY2024 — for the 50 states and the 100 largest counties, municipalities, and school districts, with the biggest movers ranked for every metric.
Explore the Data
Detailed profiles for all 50 state governments, 2,445 counties, 9,571 municipalities, and 10,536 school districts. Compare liabilities, assets, debt ratios and more, entity by entity, on interactive maps and sortable tables.
Entity Report
Generate an on-demand report for any government entity — balance sheet, income statement, year-over-year changes, and financial-health benchmarks, complete with charts and per-resident or per-student context you can share or print.
Questions or problems? Contact Jordan Campbell (jordan.campbell@reason.org) or Mariana Trujillo (mariana.trujillo@reason.org).
*Note: these values were extracted from publicly available audited financial reports. Despite thorough review, data collection at this scale can result in discrepancies — please alert us if you identify any errors.