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Tennessee #45
23.8 composite of 100 Based on 50% of intended metrics
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Bill Lee R
Governor · since 2019-01-19
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Federal-transfer dependence (% of revenue)39.8% · Census State Finances FY2021 ·
39.6
Own-source revenue per capita3,688 · Census FY2021 ÷ ACS 2023 pop ·
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Not yet sourced: Structural balance (recurring rev vs spend) (expenditure not exposed in this Census API slice; Pew Fiscal 50 pending); Rainy-day fund (% of spending) (NASBO/Pew download pending); Pension funded ratio (Public Plans Database download pending); State debt per capita (debt not in this Census API slice); Credit rating (no free Moody's/S&P/Fitch feed; enter manually (cited)).