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Table 35  Direct general expenditures of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level and state: 1995-96 [In millions]

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                      |           |                     Education expenditures
                      |   Total   |_____________________________________________________________________________________
                      |  direct   |         |Elementary and secondary education|      Higher education         |
        State         |  general  |         |__________________________________|_______________________________| Other
                      | expendi-  |  Total  |          |  Current  |  Capital  |          |  Current  |Capital | educa-
                      | tures\1\  |         |  Total   |expenditure|  outlay   |  Total   |expenditure| outlay |tion\2\
______________________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|________|________
          1           |     2     |    3    |    4     |     5     |     6     |    7     |     8     |   9    |   10
______________________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|________|________
   United States .....|$1,189,356 |$398,859 | $279,353 |  $250,484 |   $28,868 | $100,736 |   $89,729 |$11,006 |$18,770
                      |___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|________|________
Alabama ..............|    16,585 |   5,796 |    3,570 |     3,269 |       301 |    1,867 |     1,699 |    168 |    359
Alaska ...............|     6,291 |   1,550 |    1,179 |     1,016 |       162 |      316 |       305 |     11 |     56
Arizona ..............|    16,950 |   6,148 |    4,085 |     3,274 |       811 |    1,819 |     1,611 |    208 |    244
Arkansas .............|     8,679 |   3,164 |    1,999 |     1,798 |       201 |      847 |       730 |    117 |    318
California ...........|   151,433 |  43,799 |   29,890 |    27,550 |     2,340 |   11,954 |    10,606 |  1,348 |  1,955
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
Colorado .............|    16,193 |   6,072 |    3,897 |     3,259 |       638 |    1,882 |     1,738 |    145 |    293
Connecticut ..........|    17,478 |   5,332 |    4,206 |     4,038 |       168 |      892 |       871 |     21 |    234
Delaware .............|     3,783 |   1,362 |      803 |       730 |        72 |      454 |       446 |      8 |    105
District of Columbia .|     4,184 |     669 |      597 |       574 |        23 |       72 |        70 |      2 |      0
Florida ..............|    60,773 |  18,027 |   13,647 |    11,589 |     2,058 |    3,705 |     3,164 |    541 |    675
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
Georgia ..............|    30,647 |  11,150 |    7,858 |     6,791 |     1,067 |    2,384 |     1,991 |    393 |    908
Hawaii ...............|     6,555 |   1,549 |      947 |       770 |       178 |      579 |       527 |     52 |     22
Idaho ................|     4,545 |   1,810 |    1,178 |     1,021 |       157 |      510 |       425 |     85 |    122
Illinois .............|    50,951 |  17,013 |   11,942 |    10,492 |     1,450 |    4,143 |     3,665 |    478 |    928
Indiana...............|    22,044 |   9,214 |    5,967 |     5,232 |       735 |    2,879 |     2,403 |    476 |    368
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
Iowa .................|    12,218 |   4,633 |    2,841 |     2,648 |       193 |    1,561 |     1,461 |    101 |    230
Kansas ...............|    10,826 |   4,247 |    2,827 |     2,457 |       370 |    1,263 |     1,135 |    128 |    158
Kentucky .............|    14,634 |   5,328 |    3,441 |     2,956 |       485 |    1,413 |     1,256 |    157 |    474
Louisiana ............|    18,391 |   5,652 |    3,773 |     3,536 |       237 |    1,562 |     1,452 |    110 |    317
Maine ................|     5,402 |   1,788 |    1,303 |     1,245 |        58 |      392 |       359 |     33 |     93
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
Maryland .............|    21,728 |   7,724 |    5,336 |     4,882 |       454 |    2,060 |     1,857 |    203 |    328
Massachusetts ........|    30,730 |   8,055 |    6,066 |     5,900 |       166 |    1,511 |     1,443 |     68 |    478
Michigan .............|    43,425 |  17,242 |   11,454 |    10,693 |       761 |    4,993 |     4,313 |    679 |    796
Minnesota ............|    24,715 |   8,252 |    6,032 |     5,283 |       749 |    1,881 |     1,707 |    174 |    338
Mississippi ..........|    10,487 |   3,649 |    2,305 |     2,049 |       256 |    1,150 |     1,035 |    116 |    194
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
Missouri..............|    19,176 |   7,132 |    5,180 |     4,525 |       655 |    1,683 |     1,501 |    182 |    268
Montana ..............|     3,723 |   1,469 |      981 |       935 |        45 |      380 |       309 |     71 |    108
Nebraska .............|     6,941 |   2,827 |    1,930 |     1,665 |       265 |      805 |       745 |     60 |     92
Nevada ...............|     6,867 |   2,035 |    1,510 |     1,284 |       225 |      480 |       428 |     52 |     46
New Hampshire ........|     4,724 |   1,625 |    1,213 |     1,104 |       109 |      360 |       335 |     25 |     52
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
New Jersey ...........|    42,022 |  14,576 |   11,370 |    10,487 |       883 |    2,629 |     2,382 |    247 |    577
New Mexico ...........|     7,818 |   2,614 |    1,504 |     1,318 |       186 |      998 |       893 |    105 |    112
New York .............|   120,189 |  32,959 |   26,188 |    24,065 |     2,123 |    5,413 |     4,921 |    491 |  1,358
North Carolina .......|    28,992 |  10,231 |    6,382 |     5,674 |       708 |    3,401 |     3,020 |    381 |    448
North Dakota .........|     2,662 |   1,020 |      602 |       549 |        53 |      373 |       342 |     31 |     45
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
Ohio .................|    45,854 |  16,628 |   11,896 |    10,644 |     1,252 |    3,990 |     3,542 |    449 |    742
Oklahoma .............|    11,630 |   4,525 |    3,103 |     2,843 |       260 |    1,268 |     1,140 |    128 |    154
Oregon... ............|    15,090 |   5,296 |    3,596 |     3,270 |       326 |    1,482 |     1,355 |    127 |    218
Pennsylvania .........|    51,091 |  18,025 |   12,549 |    11,301 |     1,248 |    4,120 |     3,616 |    505 |  1,356
Rhode Island .........|     4,780 |   1,496 |    1,072 |     1,052 |        20 |      323 |       312 |     11 |    101
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
South Carolina .......|    15,036 |   5,289 |    3,459 |     3,092 |       367 |    1,525 |     1,338 |    187 |    306
South Dakota .........|     2,833 |     951 |      673 |       616 |        57 |      235 |       215 |     20 |     43
Tennessee ............|    19,975 |   6,378 |    4,254 |     3,789 |       466 |    1,896 |     1,569 |    327 |    228
Texas ................|    72,366 |  27,859 |   20,130 |    17,643 |     2,487 |    7,095 |     6,434 |    661 |    633
Utah .................|     8,259 |   3,428 |    2,096 |     1,756 |       339 |    1,199 |     1,041 |    159 |    133
                      |           |         |          |           |           |          |           |        |
Vermont ..............|     2,627 |   1,043 |      661 |       607 |        54 |      312 |       284 |     28 |     70
Virginia .............|    26,135 |  10,023 |    6,684 |     5,962 |       722 |    2,615 |     2,323 |    292 |    724
Washington ...........|    27,018 |   9,428 |    6,409 |     5,319 |     1,090 |    2,588 |     2,270 |    317 |    431
West Virginia.........|     7,342 |   2,653 |    1,813 |     1,712 |       101 |      675 |       627 |     48 |    165
Wisconsin ............|    23,862 |   9,154 |    6,303 |     5,641 |       662 |    2,525 |     2,268 |    257 |    326
Wyoming ..............|     2,695 |     969 |      653 |       581 |        72 |      276 |       252 |     25 |     39
______________________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|__________|___________|________|________

\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. Includes intergovernmental expenditure to the federal government.
\2\Includes outlays for "other education."
\3\Includes assistance and subsidies to individuals and private institutions for elementary, secondary, and higher education, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures. NOTE.
--Current expenditure data in this table differ from figures appearing in other tables because of slightly varying definitions used in the Governmental Finances and Common Core of Data surveys. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 1999.)


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