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The Biggest US Welfare States

% of pop. on assistance: 3.30%
2007 spending: $3.28 billion
Total recipients (July 2008): 1,212,893
% Change in past 12 months: 10.4%
Unemployment (May 2009): 11.5%

Pictured: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor

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