State comparison

Compare two states by budget size, evidence depth, and what the current sources actually support.

This view is designed for fair civic comparison. It shows both fiscal differences and evidence differences so residents can tell whether a “better” state record is actually better sourced.

Reasonable comparison

State comparisons currently lean on population and source-coverage similarity.

Colorado and Hawaii are using the same dashboard model, but both are still limited by state summary coverage.

Colorado currently has 4 promoted years and 4 parsed docs feeding the record.

Hawaii currently has 2 promoted years and 2 parsed docs feeding the record.

Colorado

66

/100

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Confidence: High

Current budget figure

$12.5B

FY2025

Evidence depth

4 years

4 parsed • 4 tracked docs

Latest fiscal year

FY2025

Adopted

$12.5B

Actual

$12.5B

What residents would notice first

The state record has enough change or coverage gaps that it deserves active follow-up.

Largest visible bucket

Pending extraction

Pending

Named initiative

Pending extraction

GovMatrix still needs stronger narrative extraction here.

Hawaii

59

/100

Watchlist

Confidence: Medium

Current budget figure

$20.4B

FY2027

Evidence depth

2 years

2 parsed • 2 tracked docs

Latest fiscal year

FY2027

Adopted

$20.4B

Actual

$20.4B

What residents would notice first

The current state record is not complete enough for strong analytical claims yet; use it mainly to inspect sources and coverage gaps.

Largest visible bucket

Pending extraction

Pending

Named initiative

Pending extraction

GovMatrix still needs stronger narrative extraction here.

Normalized comparison

Compare the budgets themselves, the quality of the evidence, and the parts of the public story GovMatrix can currently explain.

Browse all states

Bars show year-over-year budget change and parsed-document count. This is intentionally simple: evidence depth matters as much as fiscal movement.

MetricColoradoHawaii
Overall score66/10059/100
ConfidenceHighMedium
Budget growth-1.8%+3.2%
Budget per resident$2,166$13,989
Promoted years42
Parsed docs42
Tracked source docs42
Major services tracked0/50/5
Largest visible bucketPending extractionPending extraction
Strongest visible changePending extractionPending extraction

Colorado narrative evidence

Hawaii narrative evidence