State and Local Police Expenditures

 

As expected, the big States with big cities usually have the highest expenditures per capita.

There are a few surprises. South Dakota has a low expenditure and Wyoming has a high expenditure despite being low population neighbors.  

Source:

https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/criminal-justice-police-corrections-courts-expenditures#:~:text=From%201977%20to%202017%2C%20state,for%20the%20past%2040%20years.