State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli this morning released a report on the state of the state’s budgetary health, finding that New York spent $6,859 per person in 2012.

Overall, state spending has grown 15 percent since 2008, even if New York’s overall spending in 2011-12 was down.

“State policy decisions in the past two years have made budgetary balance a primary goal, but challenges still remain,” DiNapoli said in a statement. “The challenge is to build on the progress made and put New York State on a truly sustainable fiscal path.”

More stats:

Health and education, not surprisingly, takes the lion’s share of state spending at 68 percent.

Medicaid costs have grown to $41.4 billion in 2011-12, up nearly $10 billion four years ago.

New York spends the most among the states on public elementary and secondary education expenses per pupil at $18,618 in the 2009-10 school year.

State funded debate totals accounts for $63.6 billion in the 2011-12 fiscal year, or $3,253 per resident.

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