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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Policy Anal Manage. 2015 May 14;34(3):593–638. doi: 10.1002/pam.21846

Figure 2. Real Expenditure per Capita in Means-Tested Programs, 1970–2010 (real 2009 dollars).

Figure 2

Sources: Top 84 Programs from Spar (2006, Table 2) and 10 Largest Programs from authors, calculations from individual program statistics.

Note: Expenditures are sum of federal, state, and local total expenditures on the programs.