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Table 166. | Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2004-05 |
[In thousands of current dollars] |
State or jurisdiction | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-041 | 2004-05 |
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 | $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 | $403,390,369 | $424,562,095 |
Alabama | 422,730 | 1,146,713 | 1,393,137 | 2,275,233 | 2,475,216 | 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 | 5,164,406 |
Alaska | 81,374 | 377,947 | 476,368 | 828,051 | 854,499 | 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 | 1,442,269 |
Arizona | 281,941 | 949,753 | 1,075,362 | 2,258,660 | 2,469,543 | 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 | 6,071,785 | 6,451,870 |
Arkansas | 235,083 | 666,949 | 709,394 | 1,404,545 | 1,510,092 | 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 | 3,546,999 |
California | 3,831,595 | 9,172,158 | 9,936,642 | 21,485,782 | 22,748,218 | 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 | 50,918,654 |
Colorado | 369,218 | 1,243,049 | 1,369,883 | 2,451,833 | 2,642,850 | 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 | 5,994,440 |
Connecticut | 588,710 | 1,227,892 | 1,440,881 | 3,444,520 | 3,540,411 | 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 | 7,080,396 |
Delaware | 108,747 | 269,108 | 270,439 | 520,953 | 543,933 | 694,473 | 726,241 | 788,715 | 830,731 | 872,786 | 937,630 | 1,027,224 | 1,072,875 | 1,127,745 | 1,201,631 | 1,299,349 |
District of Columbia | 141,138 | 298,448 | 295,155 | 639,983 | 647,901 | 666,938 | 679,106 | 632,952 | 647,202 | 693,712 | 780,192 | 830,299 | 912,432 | 902,318 | 1,011,536 | 1,023,952 |
Florida | 961,273 | 2,766,468 | 3,336,657 | 8,228,531 | 9,045,710 | 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 | 19,042,877 |
Georgia | 599,371 | 1,608,028 | 1,688,714 | 4,505,962 | 4,804,225 | 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 | 12,528,856 |
Hawaii | 141,324 | 351,889 | 395,038 | 700,012 | 827,579 | 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 | 1,648,086 |
Idaho | 103,107 | 313,927 | 352,912 | 627,794 | 708,045 | 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 | 1,618,215 |
Illinois | 1,896,067 | 4,579,355 | 4,773,179 | 8,125,493 | 8,932,538 | 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 | 18,658,428 |
Indiana | 809,105 | 1,851,292 | 1,898,194 | 4,074,578 | 4,379,142 | 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 | 9,108,931 |
Iowa | 527,086 | 1,186,659 | 1,337,504 | 2,004,742 | 2,136,561 | 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 | 3,808,200 |
Kansas | 362,593 | 830,133 | 958,281 | 1,848,302 | 1,938,012 | 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 | 3,718,153 |
Kentucky | 353,265 | 1,054,459 | 1,096,472 | 2,134,011 | 2,480,363 | 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 | 4,553,382 | 4,812,591 |
Louisiana | 503,217 | 1,303,902 | 1,767,692 | 2,838,283 | 3,023,690 | 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 | 5,554,766 |
Maine | 155,907 | 385,492 | 401,355 | 1,048,195 | 1,070,965 | 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 | 2,056,266 |
Maryland | 721,794 | 1,783,056 | 1,937,159 | 3,894,644 | 4,240,862 | 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 | 8,682,586 |
Massachusetts | 907,341 | 2,638,734 | 2,794,762 | 4,760,390 | 4,906,828 | 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 | 11,357,857 |
Michigan | 1,799,945 | 4,642,847 | 5,196,249 | 8,025,621 | 8,545,805 | 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 | 16,353,921 |
Minnesota | 781,243 | 1,786,768 | 1,900,322 | 3,474,398 | 3,740,820 | 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 | 7,310,284 |
Mississippi | 262,760 | 756,018 | 716,878 | 1,472,710 | 1,510,552 | 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 | 3,243,888 |
Missouri | 642,030 | 1,504,988 | 1,643,258 | 3,288,738 | 3,487,786 | 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 | 7,115,207 |
Montana | 127,176 | 358,118 | 380,092 | 641,345 | 719,963 | 844,257 | 868,892 | 902,252 | 929,197 | 955,695 | 994,770 | 1,041,760 | 1,073,005 | 1,124,291 | 1,160,838 | 1,193,182 |
Nebraska | 231,612 | 581,615 | 629,017 | 1,233,431 | 1,297,643 | 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 | 2,512,914 |
Nevada | 87,273 | 281,901 | 287,752 | 712,898 | 864,379 | 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 | 2,722,264 |
New Hampshire | 101,370 | 295,400 | 340,518 | 821,671 | 890,116 | 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 | 2,021,144 |
New Jersey | 1,343,564 | 3,638,533 | 3,648,914 | 8,119,336 | 8,897,612 | 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 | 19,669,576 |
New Mexico | 183,736 | 515,451 | 560,213 | 1,020,148 | 1,134,156 | 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 | 2,554,638 |
New York | 4,111,839 | 8,760,500 | 9,259,948 | 18,090,978 | 19,514,583 | 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 | 38,866,853 |
North Carolina | 676,193 | 1,880,862 | 2,112,417 | 4,342,826 | 4,605,384 | 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 | 9,567,000 |
North Dakota | 97,895 | 228,483 | 254,197 | 459,391 | 460,581 | 534,632 | 557,043 | 577,498 | 599,443 | 625,428 | 638,946 | 668,814 | 711,437 | 716,007 | 749,697 | 786,870 |
Ohio | 1,639,805 | 3,836,576 | 4,149,858 | 7,994,379 | 8,407,428 | 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 | 17,167,866 |
Oklahoma | 339,105 | 1,055,844 | 1,193,373 | 1,905,332 | 2,107,513 | 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 | 4,161,024 |
Oregon | 403,844 | 1,126,812 | 1,292,624 | 2,297,944 | 2,453,934 | 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 | 4,458,028 |
Pennsylvania | 1,912,644 | 4,584,320 | 4,955,115 | 9,496,788 | 10,087,322 | 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 | 18,711,100 |
Rhode Island | 145,443 | 362,046 | 395,389 | 801,908 | 823,655 | 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 | 1,825,900 |
South Carolina | 367,689 | 997,984 | 1,006,088 | 2,322,618 | 2,494,254 | 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 | 5,312,739 |
South Dakota | 109,375 | 238,332 | 242,215 | 447,074 | 481,304 | 612,825 | 610,640 | 628,753 | 665,082 | 696,785 | 737,998 | 796,133 | 819,296 | 851,429 | 887,328 | 916,563 |
Tennessee | 473,226 | 1,319,303 | 1,429,938 | 2,790,808 | 2,903,209 | 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 | 6,446,691 |
Texas | 1,518,181 | 4,997,689 | 5,310,181 | 12,763,954 | 13,695,327 | 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 | 31,919,107 |
Utah | 179,981 | 518,251 | 587,648 | 1,130,135 | 1,235,916 | 1,618,047 | 1,719,782 | 1,822,725 | 1,916,688 | 2,025,714 | 2,102,65 | 2,250,339 | 2,374,702 | 2,366,897 | 2,475,550 | 2,627,022 |
Vermont | 78,921 | 189,811 | 224,901 | 546,901 | 599,018 | 665,559 | 684,864 | 718,092 | 749,786 | 792,664 | 870,198 | 934,031 | 992,149 | 1,045,213 | 1,111,029 | 1,177,478 |
Virginia | 704,677 | 1,881,519 | 2,045,412 | 4,621,071 | 4,958,213 | 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 | 10,705,162 |
Washington | 699,984 | 1,825,782 | 1,791,477 | 3,550,819 | 3,906,471 | 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 | 7,870,979 |
West Virginia | 249,404 | 678,386 | 754,889 | 1,316,637 | 1,473,640 | 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 | 2,527,767 |
Wisconsin | 777,288 | 1,908,523 | 2,035,879 | 3,929,920 | 4,292,434 | 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 | 8,435,359 |
Wyoming | 69,584 | 226,067 | 271,153 | 509,084 | 521,549 | 577,144 | 581,817 | 591,488 | 603,901 | 651,622 | 683,918 | 704,695 | 761,830 | 791,732 | 814,092 | 863,423 |
Other jurisdictions | ||||||||||||||||
American Samoa | — | — | — | 21,838 | 24,946 | 28,643 | 30,382 | 33,780 | 33,088 | 35,092 | 42,395 | 40,642 | 46,192 | 47,566 | 55,519 | 58,163 |
Guam | 16,652 | — | — | 101,130 | 116,406 | 161,434 | 158,303 | 156,561 | 168,716 | — | — | — | — | — | 182,506 | — |
Northern Marianas | — | — | — | 20,476 | 26,822 | 45,008 | 44,037 | 53,140 | 56,514 | 50,450 | 49,832 | 49,151 | 46,508 | 50,843 | 47,681 | 58,400 |
Puerto Rico | — | — | 713,000 | 1,045,407 | 1,142,863 | 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 | 2,865,945 |
Virgin Islands | — | — | — | 128,065 | 119,950 | 122,094 | 122,286 | 122,188 | 131,315 | 146,474 | 135,174 | 125,252 | 107,343 | 125,405 | 128,250 | 137,793 |
— 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 ComĀmon Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2004-05. (This table was prepared July 2007.) |