How Much Are YOU Paying for Nuclear Weapons?

  • How much do you pay for nuclear weapons?

Each April, Dr. Bob Dodge, PSR-Los Angeles Board Member and co-founder of Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions, calculates the cost of nuclear weapons programs to our communities.

Total U.S. nuclear weapons programs expenditures for 2016 = $57.6 billion!

In 2016, Texas spent $4,635,266,678.66 on nuclear weapons programs. Imagine the other ways we could be using those billions! These are tax dollars diverted from community needs such as education, health care, environmental protection, and many other important social services—spent instead on deadly weapons that must never be used.

Below are costs for some Texas counties. Use the community calculator to find out what your community spent on nuclear weapons programs in 2016, or contact us and we’ll crunch the numbers for you!

Bexar County
Per capita income: $24,735
Population: 1,928,680
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost: $293,952,772

Collin County (one of Texas’ richest per capita)
Per capita income: $38,883
Population: 939,585
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost: $225,113,380

Dallas County
Per capita income: $27,605
Population: 2,574,984
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost: $437,993,590

Harris County
Per capita income: $29,047
Population: 4,589,928
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost: $821,509,569

McLennan County
Per capita income: $22,221
Population: 247,934
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost: $33,947,294

Starr County (Texas’ poorest per capita)
Per capita income: $12,483
Population: 64,122
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost: $4,932,096

Tarrant County
Per capita income: $29,058
Population: 2,016,872
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost: $361,118,323

Travis County
Per capita income: $35,168
Population: 1,199,323
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost: $259,889,840