# US State Fiscal Health Tracker (`ntriqpro/us-state-fiscal-health`) Actor

Aggregate BLS state unemployment, USAspending federal spending by state, World Bank US indicators, and CDC state health metrics. Returns 0-100 fiscal health score.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ntriqpro/us-state-fiscal-health.md
- **Developed by:** [daehwan kim](https://apify.com/ntriqpro) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, News
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$160.00 / 1,000 state fiscal queries

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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```bash
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# Windows
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```bash

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# README

## US State Fiscal Health Analyzer

Real-time aggregation of US state fiscal health data from 4 government sources with composite 0-100 fiscal health score.

### Purpose

This Actor analyzes the fiscal health of any US state by combining data from:
- **US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)** - State unemployment rates
- **USAspending.gov** - Federal spending by state
- **The World Bank** - US economic indicators (national-level GDP proxy)
- **US CDC** - State health metrics (graceful skip if unavailable)

Produces a single **Fiscal Health Score (0-100)** combining:
1. Unemployment Rate (30% weight)
2. Federal Spending Per Capita (40% weight)
3. GDP Per Capita (30% weight)

### Input

#### Required
- **state** (string) — Two-letter US state code (e.g., `CA` for California, `NY` for New York)

#### Optional
- **includeHistorical** (boolean, default: `true`) — Return 3-year historical trend data
- **verbose** (boolean, default: `false`) — Include detailed API metadata and source info

### Output

```json
{
  "state": "CA",
  "stateName": "California",
  "fiscalHealthScore": 68.5,
  "indicators": {
    "unemployment": 4.2,
    "federalSpendingPerCapita": 8500.25,
    "gdpPerCapita": 72500.00
  },
  "dataAvailability": {
    "bls": true,
    "usaspending": true,
    "worldBank": true,
    "cdc": false
  },
  "historicalTrends": [...],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "US Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov",
      "license": "Public Domain",
      "attribution": "Data source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "disclaimer": "...",
  "timestamp": "2024-04-09T00:00:00Z"
}
````

### Examples

#### Basic Usage

```json
{
  "state": "CA"
}
```

#### With Historical Trends

```json
{
  "state": "NY",
  "includeHistorical": true,
  "verbose": false
}
```

#### Verbose Output

```json
{
  "state": "TX",
  "verbose": true
}
```

### Data Coverage

All 50 US states supported. Data sources:

- **BLS**: Available for all states (unemployment rate)
- **USAspending**: Available for all states (federal spending)
- **World Bank**: US-level indicators only (proxy for all states)
- **CDC**: Available where data exists (graceful skip if unavailable)

### Pricing

- **$0.16 per state query** (Pay-per-Event model)
- Billed only when analysis completes successfully with at least 1 data source
- No charge if all APIs fail

### ⚠️ Legal Disclaimer

This Actor aggregates publicly available US state fiscal data from:

- US Bureau of Labor Statistics (public domain)
- USAspending.gov (CC0 public domain)
- The World Bank (CC-BY 4.0)
- US CDC (public domain)

**NOT municipal bond, fiscal policy, or investment advice.** This Actor provides statistical aggregation and historical data visualization only.

- Does NOT recommend fiscal policy decisions
- Does NOT guarantee data accuracy or forecasting
- Does NOT constitute financial, fiscal, or investment advice
- Users are responsible for verifying data with original sources
- Historical data does not predict future performance

All source data is redistributed under the original license terms with attribution.
Data retrieved in real-time; not cached or stored by this Actor.

Attribution:

- "Data source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (Public Domain)"
- "Data source: USAspending.gov (CC0 Public Domain)"
- "Data source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)"
- "Data source: US CDC (Public Domain)"

### Technical Details

- **Runtime**: Node.js 18+
- **Timeout**: 120 seconds per state
- **Memory**: ~128MB per run
- **Concurrent API calls**: 4 (parallel fetch)
- **Source availability**: 4 US government/institutional APIs

### Support

For issues or questions, please contact the developer. Data accuracy is subject to source API availability and update frequency.

***

*Last updated: 2026-04-09*

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g., 'CA' for California, 'NY' for New York, 'TX' for Texas). Required.

## `includeHistorical` (type: `boolean`):

If true, returns historical data for the last 3 years. If false, returns most recent data only.

## `verbose` (type: `boolean`):

If true, includes detailed API response metadata and source attribution. If false, returns clean aggregated data only.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "CA",
  "includeHistorical": true,
  "verbose": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "state": "CA"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ntriqpro/us-state-fiscal-health").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "state": "CA" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ntriqpro/us-state-fiscal-health").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "state": "CA"
}' |
apify call ntriqpro/us-state-fiscal-health --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ntriqpro/us-state-fiscal-health",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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        "description": "Aggregate BLS state unemployment, USAspending federal spending by state, World Bank US indicators, and CDC state health metrics. Returns 0-100 fiscal health score.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "1vBbpQ0drr80uRc0C"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
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                    }
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
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        "/acts/ntriqpro~us-state-fiscal-health/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-ntriqpro-us-state-fiscal-health",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
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                "parameters": [
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                        "name": "token",
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                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
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    "components": {
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                        "title": "State Code (2-letter)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g., 'CA' for California, 'NY' for New York, 'TX' for Texas). Required."
                    },
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                        "title": "Include 3-year Historical Trends",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "If true, returns historical data for the last 3 years. If false, returns most recent data only.",
                        "default": true
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                        "title": "Verbose Output",
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}
```