Forbes: TN has 7th highest Moocher Ratio

The ratio is 1-Local and State Govt employees plus 2- Medicaid recipients divided by private sector employees.

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RANK	STATE	PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT (000S)	STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT (000S)	MEDICAID ENROLLMENT (000S)	COMBINED RATIO1(%)
1	New Mexico	623	160	407	97.5
2	Mississippi	858	223	531	94.3
3	New York	7,118	1,386	4,140	82.5
4	Louisiana	1,550	327	860	81.9
5	California	11,790	2,148	6,524	78.1
6	West Virginia	596	120	307	76.7
7	Tennessee	2,231	373	1,237	76.3
8	Arkansas	965	187	488	74.8
9	Alabama	1,521	322	698	72.3
10	Kentucky	1,462	272	699	71.0
11	Arizona	1,989	352	969	70.8
12	Vermont	244	39	123	70.4
13	Oklahoma	1,227	271	522	70.1
14	Maine	516	76	254	67.6
15	Michigan	3,241	528	1,526	67.5
16	South Carolina	1,520	296	643	66.7
17	Hawaii	469	86	192	64.0
18	Georgia	3,192	576	1,267	62.3
19	North Carolina	3,238	618	1,238	62.1
20	Washington	2,340	445	886	61.6
21	Alaska	263	63	83	61.4
22	Illinois	4,860	729	2,043	60.8
23	Idaho	511	98	175	58.3
24	Ohio	4,367	670	1,653	57.0
26	Wyoming	228	58	56	56.3
25	Texas	8,566	1,553	2,883	56.3
27	Florida	6,199	993	2,152	54.7
28	Pennsylvania	4,895	591	1,926	54.4
29	Delaware	357	51	129	54.0
30	Rhode Island	405	47	159	53.7
31	Indiana	2,391	376	806	53.4
32	Massachusetts	2,796	342	1,046	52.7
33	Missouri	2,282	358	751	52.5
34	Wisconsin	2,378	364	755	50.9
35	South Dakota	337	63	91	50.1
36	Connecticut	1,389	211	431	50.1
37	Oregon	1,339	249	356	49.9
38	Iowa	1,235	214	335	48.8
39	Kansas	1,082	214	254	48.1
40	District Of Columbia	461	53	153	47.7
41	Minnesota	2,270	357	602	46.2
42	Nebraska	785	146	177	45.8
43	Maryland	2,072	339	520	45.6
44	Montana	363	70	78	45.5
45	New Jersey	3,329	545	781	44.0
46	Virginia	2,973	504	666	43.6
47	Colorado	1,884	320	407	42.9
48	North Dakota	296	59	52	42.3
49	Utah	992	167	203	41.5
50	New Hampshire	548	77	114	38.3
51	Nevada	1,025	131	189