Original Data on Texas
Five findings from the Texas Nationalist Movement's own analysis of federal, state and campaign-finance records. Each one has a chart, the method, the sources, the data as a CSV and a line to cite.
$453.5B
paid a year, against $295.3B in cost
Texans Pay More in Taxes Than It Costs to Govern Texas
Texans paid an average of $453.5 billion a year in federal and state taxes, 2019 to 2024. Governing Texas cost $295.3 billion.
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$79.2B
Texans' share of federal interest, FY2025
Texans' Share of Federal Interest Has More Than Doubled Since 2019
Texans' share of interest on the federal debt rose from $30.7 billion in FY2019 to $79.2 billion in FY2025, by TNM's analysis of Treasury data.
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$479.5B
federal taxes paid from Texas, FY2025
Texas Paid the Second-Most Federal Taxes of Any State in Fiscal 2025
Texas paid $479.5 billion in federal taxes in FY2025, 9.0% of all IRS gross collections, behind only California.
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8th
largest economy in the world, by 2024 GDP
Texas Would Rank Eighth Among the World's Economies
Texas's 2024 GDP of $2.77 trillion would rank eighth in the world, ahead of Italy, Canada and Russia.
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20.8%
of $886.0M came from outside Texas, 2025-26
One Dollar in Five in Texas State Politics Came From Outside Texas This Cycle
20.8% of the $886.0 million given to Texas state candidates and committees in 2025-26 came from outside Texas, per whoboughttexas.com.
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For Reporters and Researchers
Every figure here comes from published government data or public campaign-finance filings, and every page shows its method and lists its sources. Download the CSV to check the numbers, or the PNG to run the chart. You may republish the charts and figures with the citation line and a link to the page. It takes this form:
Source: Texas Nationalist Movement analysis, thetnm.org/data/texas-fiscal-capacity
The fiscal findings come from Can Texas Make It?, TNM's 2026 report on whether Texas could fund its own government. The campaign-finance finding comes from whoboughttexas.com, TNM's public index of outside money in Texas politics. Public polling on Texas independence is compiled on the polling page.
Questions about a method, a correction, or an interview: media@thetnm.org, or the Newsroom.