Table 162.	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969–70 through 2003–04
[In thousands of dollars]

State or jurisdiction	1969–70	1979–80	1980–81	1989–90	1990–91	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–031	2003–04
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
United States	$34,217,773	$86,984,142	$94,321,093	$188,229,359	$202,037,752	$231,542,764	$243,877,582	$255,106,683	$270,174,298	$285,485,370	$302,876,294	$323,888,508	$348,360,841	$368,378,006	$387,593,617	$403,376,186
Alabama	422,730	1,146,713	1,393,137	2,275,233	2,475,216	2,809,713	3,026,287	3,240,364	3,436,406	3,633,159	3,880,188	4,176,082	4,354,794	4,444,390	4,657,643	4,812,479
Alaska	81,374	377,947	476,368	828,051	854,499	1,002,515	1,020,675	1,045,022	1,069,379	1,092,750	1,137,610	1,183,499	1,229,036	1,284,854	1,326,226	1,354,846
Arizona	281,941	949,753	1,075,362	2,258,660	2,469,543	2,911,304	3,144,540	3,327,969	3,527,473	3,740,889	3,963,455	4,288,739	4,846,105	5,395,814	5,892,227	6,063,009
Arkansas	235,083	666,949	709,394	1,404,545	1,510,092	1,782,645	1,873,595	1,994,748	2,074,113	2,149,237	2,241,244	2,380,331	2,505,179	2,822,877	2,923,401	3,109,644
California	3,831,595	9,172,158	9,936,642	21,485,782	22,748,218	25,140,639	25,949,033	27,334,639	29,909,168	32,759,492	34,379,878	38,129,479	42,908,787	46,265,544	47,983,402	49,215,866
Colorado	369,218	1,243,049	1,369,883	2,451,833	2,642,850	2,954,793	3,232,976	3,360,529	3,577,211	3,886,872	4,140,699	4,401,010	4,758,173	5,151,003	5,551,506	5,666,191
Connecticut	588,710	1,227,892	1,440,881	3,444,520	3,540,411	3,943,891	4,247,328	4,366,123	4,522,718	4,763,653	5,075,580	5,402,836	5,693,207	6,031,062	6,302,988	6,600,767
Delaware	108,747	269,108	270,439	520,953	543,933	643,915	694,473	726,241	788,715	830,731	872,786	937,630	1,027,224	1,072,875	1,127,745	1,201,631
District of Columbia	141,138	298,448	295,155	639,983	647,901	713,427	666,938	679,106	632,952	647,202	693,712	780,192	830,299	912,432	902,318	1,011,536
Florida	961,273	2,766,468	3,336,657	8,228,531	9,045,710	10,331,896	11,019,735	11,480,359	12,018,676	12,737,325	13,534,374	13,885,988	15,023,514	15,535,864	16,355,123	17,578,884
Georgia	599,371	1,608,028	1,688,714	4,505,962	4,804,225	5,643,843	6,136,689	6,629,646	7,230,405	7,770,241	8,537,177	9,158,624	10,011,343	10,853,496	11,630,576	11,788,616
Hawaii	141,324	351,889	395,038	700,012	827,579	998,143	1,028,729	1,040,682	1,057,069	1,112,351	1,143,713	1,213,695	1,215,968	1,348,381	1,489,092	1,566,792
Idaho	103,107	313,927	352,912	627,794	708,045	859,088	951,350	1,019,594	1,090,597	1,153,778	1,239,755	1,302,817	1,403,190	1,481,803	1,511,862	1,555,006
Illinois	1,896,067	4,579,355	4,773,179	8,125,493	8,932,538	10,076,889	10,640,279	10,727,091	11,720,249	12,473,064	13,602,965	14,462,773	15,634,490	16,480,787	17,271,301	18,081,827
Indiana	809,105	1,851,292	1,898,194	4,074,578	4,379,142	5,064,685	5,243,761	5,493,653	6,055,055	6,234,563	6,697,468	7,110,930	7,548,487	7,704,547	8,088,684	8,524,980
Iowa	527,086	1,186,659	1,337,504	2,004,742	2,136,561	2,527,434	2,622,510	2,753,425	2,885,943	3,005,421	3,110,585	3,264,336	3,430,885	3,565,796	3,652,022	3,669,797
Kansas	362,593	830,133	958,281	1,848,302	1,938,012	2,325,247	2,406,580	2,488,077	2,568,525	2,684,244	2,841,147	2,971,814	3,264,698	3,450,923	3,510,675	3,658,421
Kentucky	353,265	1,054,459	1,096,472	2,134,011	2,480,363	2,952,119	2,988,892	3,171,495	3,382,062	3,489,205	3,696,331	3,837,794	4,047,392	4,268,608	4,401,627	4,551,648
Louisiana	503,217	1,303,902	1,767,692	2,838,283	3,023,690	3,309,018	3,475,926	3,545,832	3,747,508	4,029,139	4,264,981	4,391,189	4,485,878	4,802,565	5,056,583	5,290,964
Maine	155,907	385,492	401,355	1,048,195	1,070,965	1,208,411	1,281,706	1,313,759	1,372,571	1,433,175	1,510,024	1,604,438	1,704,422	1,812,798	1,909,268	1,969,497
Maryland	721,794	1,783,056	1,937,159	3,894,644	4,240,862	4,783,023	5,083,380	5,311,207	5,529,309	5,843,685	6,165,934	6,545,135	7,044,881	7,480,723	7,933,055	8,198,454
Massachusetts	907,341	2,638,734	2,794,762	4,760,390	4,906,828	5,637,337	6,062,303	6,435,458	6,846,610	7,381,784	7,948,502	8,564,039	9,272,387	9,957,292	10,281,820	10,799,765
Michigan	1,799,945	4,642,847	5,196,249	8,025,621	8,545,805	9,816,830	10,440,206	11,137,877	11,686,124	12,003,818	12,785,480	13,994,294	14,243,597	14,975,150	15,674,698	15,983,044
Minnesota	781,243	1,786,768	1,900,322	3,474,398	3,740,820	4,328,093	4,622,930	4,844,879	5,087,353	5,452,571	5,836,186	6,140,442	6,531,198	6,586,559	6,867,403	7,084,005
Mississippi	262,760	756,018	716,878	1,472,710	1,510,552	1,725,386	1,921,480	2,000,321	2,035,675	2,164,592	2,293,188	2,510,376	2,576,457	2,642,116	2,853,531	3,059,569
Missouri	642,030	1,504,988	1,643,258	3,288,738	3,487,786	3,981,614	4,275,217	4,531,192	4,775,931	5,067,720	5,348,366	5,655,531	6,076,169	6,491,885	6,793,957	6,832,454
Montana	127,176	358,118	380,092	641,345	719,963	822,015	844,257	868,892	902,252	929,197	955,695	994,770	1,041,760	1,073,005	1,124,291	1,160,838
Nebraska	231,612	581,615	629,017	1,233,431	1,297,643	1,513,971	1,594,928	1,648,104	1,707,455	1,743,775	1,821,310	1,926,500	2,067,290	2,206,946	2,304,223	2,413,404
Nevada	87,273	281,901	287,752	712,898	864,379	1,099,685	1,186,132	1,296,629	1,434,395	1,570,576	1,738,009	1,875,467	1,978,480	2,169,000	2,251,044	2,470,581
New Hampshire	101,370	295,400	340,518	821,671	890,116	1,007,129	1,053,966	1,114,540	1,173,958	1,241,255	1,316,946	1,418,503	1,518,792	1,641,378	1,781,594	1,900,240
New Jersey	1,343,564	3,638,533	3,648,914	8,119,336	8,897,612	10,448,096	10,776,982	11,208,558	11,771,941	12,056,560	12,874,579	13,327,645	14,773,650	15,822,609	17,185,966	18,416,695
New Mexico	183,736	515,451	560,213	1,020,148	1,134,156	1,323,459	1,441,078	1,517,517	1,557,376	1,659,891	1,788,382	1,890,274	2,022,093	2,204,165	2,281,608	2,446,115
New York	4,111,839	8,760,500	9,259,948	18,090,978	19,514,583	22,059,949	22,989,629	23,522,461	24,237,291	25,332,735	26,885,444	28,433,240	30,884,292	32,218,975	34,546,965	36,205,111
North Carolina	676,193	1,880,862	2,112,417	4,342,826	4,605,384	5,145,416	5,440,426	5,582,994	5,964,939	6,497,648	7,097,882	7,713,293	8,201,901	8,543,290	8,766,968	8,994,620
North Dakota	97,895	228,483	254,197	459,391	460,581	522,377	534,632	557,043	577,498	599,443	625,428	638,946	668,814	711,437	716,007	746,025
Ohio	1,639,805	3,836,576	4,149,858	7,994,379	8,407,428	9,612,678	10,030,956	10,408,022	10,948,074	11,448,722	12,138,937	12,974,575	13,893,495	14,774,065	15,868,494	16,662,985
Oklahoma	339,105	1,055,844	1,193,373	1,905,332	2,107,513	2,680,113	2,763,721	2,804,088	2,990,044	3,138,690	3,332,697	3,382,581	3,750,542	3,875,547	3,804,570	3,853,308
Oregon	403,844	1,126,812	1,292,624	2,297,944	2,453,934	2,852,723	2,948,539	3,056,801	3,184,100	3,474,714	3,706,044	3,896,287	4,112,069	4,214,512	4,150,747	4,199,485
Pennsylvania	1,912,644	4,584,320	4,955,115	9,496,788	10,087,322	11,236,417	11,587,027	12,374,073	12,820,704	13,084,859	13,532,211	14,120,112	14,895,316	15,550,975	16,344,439	17,680,332
Rhode Island	145,443	362,046	395,389	801,908	823,655	990,094	1,050,969	1,094,185	1,151,888	1,215,595	1,283,859	1,393,143	1,465,703	1,533,455	1,647,587	1,765,585
South Carolina	367,689	997,984	1,006,088	2,322,618	2,494,254	2,790,878	2,920,230	3,085,495	3,296,661	3,507,017	3,759,042	4,087,355	4,492,161	4,744,809	4,888,250	5,017,833
South Dakota	109,375	238,332	242,215	447,074	481,304	584,894	612,825	610,640	628,753	665,082	696,785	737,998	796,133	819,296	851,429	887,328
Tennessee	473,226	1,319,303	1,429,938	2,790,808	2,903,209	3,305,579	3,540,682	3,728,486	4,145,380	4,409,338	4,638,924	4,931,734	5,170,379	5,501,029	5,674,773	6,056,657
Texas	1,518,181	4,997,689	5,310,181	12,763,954	13,695,327	16,193,722	17,572,269	18,801,462	20,167,238	21,188,676	22,430,153	25,098,703	26,546,557	28,191,128	30,399,603	30,974,890
Utah	179,981	518,251	587,648	1,130,135	1,235,916	1,511,205	1,618,047	1,719,782	1,822,725	1,916,688	2,025,714	2,102,655	2,250,339	2,374,702	2,366,897	2,475,550
Vermont	78,921	189,811	224,901	546,901	599,018	643,828	665,559	684,864	718,092	749,786	792,664	870,198	934,031	992,149	1,045,213	1,111,029
Virginia	704,677	1,881,519	2,045,412	4,621,071	4,958,213	5,441,384	5,750,318	5,969,608	6,343,768	6,736,863	7,137,419	7,757,598	8,335,805	8,718,554	9,208,329	9,798,239
Washington	699,984	1,825,782	1,791,477	3,550,819	3,906,471	4,892,690	5,138,928	5,394,507	5,587,803	5,987,060	6,098,008	6,399,885	6,782,136	7,103,817	7,359,566	7,549,235
West Virginia	249,404	678,386	754,889	1,316,637	1,473,640	1,663,868	1,758,557	1,806,004	1,847,560	1,905,940	1,986,562	2,086,937	2,157,568	2,219,013	2,349,833	2,415,043
Wisconsin	777,288	1,908,523	2,035,879	3,929,920	4,292,434	5,170,343	5,422,264	5,670,826	5,975,122	6,280,696	6,620,653	6,852,178	7,249,081	7,592,176	7,934,755	8,131,276
Wyoming	69,584	226,067	271,153	509,084	521,549	558,353	577,144	581,817	591,488	603,901	651,622	683,918	704,695	761,830	791,732	814,092
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	—	—	21,838	24,946	25,161	28,643	30,382	33,780	33,088	35,092	42,395	40,642	46,192	47,566	55,519
Guam	16,652	—	—	101,130	116,406	160,797	161,434	158,303	156,561	168,716	—	—	—	—	—	182,506
Northern Marianas	—	—	—	20,476	26,822	32,824	45,008	44,037	53,140	56,514	50,450	49,832	49,151	46,508	50,843	47,681
Puerto Rico	—	—	713,000	1,045,407	1,142,863	1,360,762	1,501,485	1,667,640	1,740,074	1,981,603	2,024,499	2,086,414	2,257,837	2,152,724	2,541,385	2,425,372
Virgin Islands	—	—	—	128,065	119,950	120,556	122,094	122,286	122,188	131,315	146,474	135,174	125,252	107,343	125,405	128,250

—Not available. 1 Data have been revised from previously published figures. NOTE: Beginning in 1980–81, expenditures for state administration are excluded. Data are not adjusted for changes in the purchasing power of the dollar due to inflation. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, 1969–70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979–80 and 1980–81; and Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989–90 through 2003–04. (This table was prepared August 2006.)