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Table 1. Changes in revenue sources: Percentage distribution of total revenue for public elementary and secondary education in the United States, by region and revenue source: 1989–90 to 2007–08 (Return to Table 1)
 
Region and
revenue source
1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Northeast                     
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal  5.3 5.4 5.4 5.9 6.4 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7
State  40.8 42.8 43.3 44.4 42.6 41.4 41.7 41.7 42.3 42.4
Local (property taxes)  47.3 45.4 44.9 43.9 45.4 45.8 45.7 45.6 45.5 45.8
Local (other sources)  6.5 6.3 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.1
 
Midwest 
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal  6.2 6.4 6.5 6.9 7.6 7.8 8.1 8.0 7.7 7.6
State  47.8 48.0 48.5 48.7 49.6 47.8 46.5 46.3 46.3 46.4
Local (property taxes)  36.6 36.0 34.9 35.5 34.5 36.4 37.0 36.6 36.6 36.4
Local (other sources)  9.4 9.6 10.1 9.0 8.4 8.0 8.4 9.2 9.8 9.7
 
South 
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal  8.1 8.3 8.4 9.2 9.8 10.5 10.6 10.9 9.9 9.5
State  49.3 49.8 48.8 47.3 46.6 45.4 44.4 43.3 44.8 47.0
Local (property taxes)  29.8 29.1 29.7 31.1 30.9 31.3 31.5 31.6 31.2 30.1
Local (other sources)  12.8 12.7 13.0 12.3 12.7 12.9 13.4 14.1 14.1 13.4
 
West 
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal  8.3 8.6 8.3 9.2 9.8 10.7 10.9 10.5 9.6 9.3
State  57.5 57.6 58.7 57.4 56.9 54.7 56.4 56.6 58.5 58.5
Local (property taxes)  24.9 24.5 23.8 24.8 25.1 26.3 23.9 23.5 22.7 23.4
Local (other sources)  9.3 9.3 9.2 8.6 8.2 8.3 8.9 9.5 9.3 8.8
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates are revised from previous publications. Supplemental note 1 identifies the states in each region. See supplemental note 11 for further information about revenue types. See supplemental note 3 for more information about the Common Core of Data (CCD).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)," fiscal years 1990–2001, Version 1b; fiscal year 2002, Version 1c; fiscal year 2003–2006, Version 1b; fiscal year 2007–2008, Version 1a.

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