In 2010, the federal government took the hundreds of billions of dollars it received in corporate, income and property taxes from each state and respent that money - and then some - on programs in each state. A review of federal data indicates that some states, considering their size and the taxes they paid, received a disproportionate amount of funding relative to the amount they put in each year.

The states that receive the most money from the federal government each year are, generally, the most populous ones. In 2010, eight of the 10 states with the highest population received the most. California, the most populous state in the country, receives the largest share - more than a third of a trillion dollars. However, when accounting for population and the amount states pay in federal taxes, the breakdown looks very different.

The states that received the most money from the federal government were identified using the most recent data from the U.S.