Texas ranks in terms of state spending per capita, and it ranks in terms of how much money it gets from the federal government per capita.

Low, high

Explanation:

Texas ranks low in terms of state spending per capita, and it ranks high in terms of how much money it gets from the federal government per capita.

Texas has for long been a low-spending state, often at the expense of some of the most necessary services. The two greatest areas of spending at the state level are public education and health and human services, which together sum up more than half of the state’s All-Funds and General Revenue budgets. Yet, Texas ranks near the bottom in education spending per student and health care spending per patient.

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