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Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 29. Direct general expenditures per capita of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2003–04
State Total, all
direct general expenditures per capita1 
Education expenditures
Total Elementary and
secondary education
Colleges and universities Other education2 
Amount per capita As a percent of all functions Amount per capita As a percent of all functions Amount per capita As a percent of all functions Amount per capita As a percent of all functions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
United States $6,481 $2,232 34.4 $1,539 23.8 $589 9.1 $103 1.6
Alabama 5,987 2,086 34.8 1,197 20.0 746 12.5 143 2.4
Alaska 12,912 3,494 27.1 2,461 19.1 884 6.8 149 1.2
Arizona 5,240 1,755 33.5 1,138 21.7 545 10.4 73 1.4
Arkansas 5,301 1,974 37.2 1,243 23.4 605 11.4 126 2.4
California 7,281 2,355 32.3 1,645 22.6 615 8.5 95 1.3
                   
Colorado 6,176 2,108 34.1 1,421 23.0 625 10.1 62 1.0
Connecticut 7,150 2,502 35.0 1,883 26.3 525 7.3 94 1.3
Delaware 7,459 2,640 35.4 1,625 21.8 837 11.2 178 2.4
District of Columbia 12,135 2,471 20.4 2,288 18.9 183 1.5
Florida 5,796 1,691 29.2 1,230 21.2 389 6.7 72 1.2
                   
Georgia 5,630 2,157 38.3 1,512 26.8 502 8.9 143 2.5
Hawaii 6,872 1,971 28.7 1,327 19.3 610 8.9 33 0.5
Idaho 5,405 1,890 35.0 1,223 22.6 592 11.0 75 1.4
Illinois 6,254 2,251 36.0 1,527 24.4 602 9.6 122 1.9
Indiana 5,707 2,187 38.3 1,431 25.1 641 11.2 114 2.0
                   
Iowa 6,230 2,377 38.2 1,431 23.0 836 13.4 110 1.8
Kansas 5,956 2,269 38.1 1,351 22.7 809 13.6 109 1.8
Kentucky 5,636 1,871 33.2 1,101 19.5 608 10.8 161 2.9
Louisiana 6,046 1,912 31.6 1,250 20.7 508 8.4 153 2.5
Maine 7,058 2,177 30.8 1,579 22.4 499 7.1 99 1.4
                   
Maryland 6,134 2,251 36.7 1,473 24.0 663 10.8 115 1.9
Massachusetts 7,561 2,287 30.2 1,614 21.3 423 5.6 251 3.3
Michigan 6,695 2,670 39.9 1,827 27.3 786 11.7 57 0.9
Minnesota 7,188 2,345 32.6 1,620 22.5 590 8.2 134 1.9
Mississippi 5,957 1,934 32.5 1,174 19.7 659 11.1 101 1.7
                   
Missouri 5,385 1,881 34.9 1,321 24.5 473 8.8 87 1.6
Montana 5,983 2,087 34.9 1,318 22.0 639 10.7 130 2.2
Nebraska 6,165 2,312 37.5 1,482 24.0 747 12.1 82 1.3
Nevada 5,838 1,782 30.5 1,311 22.5 427 7.3 44 0.8
New Hampshire 5,811 2,120 36.5 1,585 27.3 472 8.1 63 1.1
                   
New Jersey 7,049 2,845 40.4 2,267 32.2 505 7.2 73 1.0
New Mexico 6,630 2,447 36.9 1,492 22.5 826 12.5 129 1.9
New York 9,118 2,679 29.4 2,126 23.3 459 5.0 94 1.0
North Carolina 5,678 2,019 35.6 1,176 20.7 790 13.9 53 0.9
North Dakota 6,537 2,398 36.7 1,401 21.4 896 13.7 102 1.6
                   
Ohio 6,502 2,312 35.6 1,637 25.2 553 8.5 122 1.9
Oklahoma 5,150 1,964 38.1 1,225 23.8 648 12.6 91 1.8
Oregon 6,213 2,103 33.9 1,312 21.1 730 11.8 61 1.0
Pennsylvania 6,482 2,316 35.7 1,598 24.7 512 7.9 206 3.2
Rhode Island 7,077 2,260 31.9 1,671 23.6 457 6.5 132 1.9
                   
South Carolina 6,096 2,144 35.2 1,420 23.3 551 9.0 172 2.8
South Dakota 5,360 1,844 34.4 1,251 23.3 507 9.5 87 1.6
Tennessee 5,359 1,656 30.9 1,133 21.1 454 8.5 68 1.3
Texas 5,521 2,212 40.1 1,541 27.9 622 11.3 49 0.9
Utah 5,744 2,245 39.1 1,238 21.5 921 16.0 86 1.5
                   
Vermont 7,082 2,836 40.0 1,859 26.3 835 11.8 141 2.0
Virginia 5,742 2,153 37.5 1,496 26.1 576 10.0 81 1.4
Washington 6,860 2,292 33.4 1,437 21.0 706 10.3 149 2.2
West Virginia 5,849 2,062 35.2 1,328 22.7 567 9.7 166 2.8
Wisconsin 6,670 2,428 36.4 1,585 23.8 767 11.5 77 1.1
Wyoming 8,961 2,840 31.7 1,870 20.9 835 9.3 136 1.5
—Not available.
1 Includes state and local government expenditures for education services, social services and income maintenance, transportation, public safety, environment and housing, governmental administration, interest on general debt, and other general expenditures.
2 Includes assistance and subsidies to individuals, private elementary and secondary schools, and colleges and universities, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures.
NOTE: Per capita amounts are based on population figures as of July 2003. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances. Retrieved on July 13, 2006, from http://www.census.gov/govs/www/estimate04.html. (This table was prepared July 2006.)

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