Is $77,000 a lot though? It's much less than Alaska's $113,000 and less than the average of the top 5 states on the list. Accounting for the net-present value drops the obligation quite a bit, most of these costs will not bear out for several decades.

I think it's more important to look at the growth of this obligation over time. Is it going down as more people move to the state? And how is it doing relative to tax revenues?