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Table 161. Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state: 1969-70 to 2001-02 [In thousands]
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       State or       |  1969-70   |  1979-80   |  1980-81   |  1985-86    |   1989-90   |   1990-91   |   1991-92   |   1992-93   |   1993-94
      other area      |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |
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          1           |     2      |     3      |     4      |      5      |      6      |      7      |      8      |      9      |     10
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   United States .....|$34,217,773 |$86,984,142 |$94,321,093 |$137,164,965 |$188,229,359 |$202,037,752 |$211,210,190 |$220,948,052 |$231,542,764
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Alabama ..............|    422,730 |  1,146,713 |  1,393,137 |   1,761,154 |   2,275,233 |   2,475,216 |   2,465,523 |   2,610,514 |   2,809,713
Alaska ...............|     81,374 |    377,947 |    476,368 |     818,219 |     828,051 |     854,499 |     931,869 |     967,765 |   1,002,515
Arizona ..............|    281,941 |    949,753 |  1,075,362 |   1,649,832 |   2,258,660 |   2,469,543 |   2,599,586 |   2,753,504 |   2,911,304
Arkansas .............|    235,083 |    666,949 |    709,394 |   1,085,943 |   1,404,545 |   1,510,092 |   1,656,201 |   1,703,621 |   1,782,645
California ...........|  3,831,595 |  9,172,158 |  9,936,642 |  15,040,898 |  21,485,782 |  22,748,218 |  23,696,863 |  24,219,792 |  25,140,639
                      |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |
Colorado .............|    369,218 |  1,243,049 |  1,369,883 |   2,018,579 |   2,451,833 |   2,642,850 |   2,754,087 |   2,919,916 |   2,954,793
Connecticut ..........|    588,710 |  1,227,892 |  1,440,881 |   2,144,094 |   3,444,520 |   3,540,411 |   3,665,505 |   3,739,497 |   3,943,891
Delaware .............|    108,747 |    269,108 |    270,439 |     391,558 |     520,953 |     543,933 |     572,152 |     600,161 |     643,915
District of Columbia .|    141,138 |    298,448 |    295,155 |     406,910 |     639,983 |     647,901 |     677,422 |     670,677 |     713,427
Florida ..............|    961,273 |  2,766,468 |  3,336,657 |   5,092,668 |   8,228,531 |   9,045,710 |   9,314,079 |   9,661,012 |  10,331,896
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Georgia ..............|    599,371 |  1,608,028 |  1,688,714 |   2,979,980 |   4,505,962 |   4,804,225 |   4,856,583 |   5,273,143 |   5,643,843
Hawaii ...............|    141,324 |    351,889 |    395,038 |     575,456 |     700,012 |     827,579 |     884,591 |     946,074 |     998,143
Idaho ................|    103,107 |    313,927 |    352,912 |     492,092 |     627,794 |     708,045 |     760,440 |     804,231 |     859,088
Illinois .............|  1,896,067 |  4,579,355 |  4,773,179 |   6,066,390 |   8,125,493 |   8,932,538 |   9,244,655 |   9,942,737 |  10,076,889
Indiana...............|    809,105 |  1,851,292 |  1,898,194 |   2,851,080 |   4,074,578 |   4,379,142 |   4,544,829 |   4,797,946 |   5,064,685
                      |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |
Iowa .................|    527,086 |  1,186,659 |  1,337,504 |   1,644,359 |   2,004,742 |   2,136,561 |   2,356,196 |   2,459,141 |   2,527,434
Kansas ...............|    362,593 |    830,133 |    958,281 |   1,423,225 |   1,848,302 |   1,938,012 |   2,028,440 |   2,224,080 |   2,325,247
Kentucky .............|    353,265 |  1,054,459 |  1,096,472 |   1,434,962 |   2,134,011 |   2,480,363 |   2,709,623 |   2,823,134 |   2,952,119
Louisiana ............|    503,217 |  1,303,902 |  1,767,692 |   2,333,748 |   2,838,283 |   3,023,690 |   3,188,024 |   3,199,919 |   3,309,018
Maine ................|    155,907 |    385,492 |    401,355 |     688,673 |   1,048,195 |   1,070,965 |   1,121,360 |   1,217,418 |   1,208,411
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Maryland .............|    721,794 |  1,783,056 |  1,937,159 |   2,634,209 |   3,894,644 |   4,240,862 |   4,362,679 |   4,556,266 |   4,783,023
Massachusetts ........|    907,341 |  2,638,734 |  2,794,762 |   3,403,505 |   4,760,390 |   4,906,828 |   5,035,973 |   5,281,067 |   5,637,337
Michigan .............|  1,799,945 |  4,642,847 |  5,196,249 |   6,184,767 |   8,025,621 |   8,545,805 |   9,156,501 |   9,532,994 |   9,816,830
Minnesota ............|    781,243 |  1,786,768 |  1,900,322 |   2,637,722 |   3,474,398 |   3,740,820 |   3,936,695 |   4,135,284 |   4,328,093
Mississippi ..........|    262,760 |    756,018 |    716,878 |   1,058,301 |   1,472,710 |   1,510,552 |   1,536,295 |   1,600,752 |   1,725,386
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Missouri..............|    642,030 |  1,504,988 |  1,643,258 |   2,277,576 |   3,288,738 |   3,487,786 |   3,611,613 |   3,710,426 |   3,981,614
Montana ..............|    127,176 |    358,118 |    380,092 |     567,901 |     641,345 |     719,963 |     751,710 |     785,159 |     822,015
Nebraska .............|    231,612 |    581,615 |    629,017 |     911,983 |   1,233,431 |   1,297,643 |   1,381,290 |   1,430,039 |   1,513,971
Nevada ...............|     87,273 |    281,901 |    287,752 |     495,147 |     712,898 |     864,379 |     962,800 |   1,035,623 |   1,099,685
New Hampshire ........|    101,370 |    295,400 |    340,518 |     522,604 |     821,671 |     890,116 |     927,625 |     972,963 |   1,007,129
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New Jersey ...........|  1,343,564 |  3,638,533 |  3,648,914 |   5,735,895 |   8,119,336 |   8,897,612 |   9,660,899 |   9,915,482 |  10,448,096
New Mexico ...........|    183,736 |    515,451 |    560,213 |     808,036 |   1,020,148 |   1,134,156 |   1,212,189 |   1,240,310 |   1,323,459
New York .............|  4,111,839 |  8,760,500 |  9,259,948 |  13,686,039 |  18,090,978 |  19,514,583 |  19,781,384 |  20,898,267 |  22,059,949
North Carolina .......|    676,193 |  1,880,862 |  2,112,417 |   2,991,747 |   4,342,826 |   4,605,384 |   4,660,027 |   4,930,823 |   5,145,416
North Dakota .........|     97,895 |    228,483 |    254,197 |     379,470 |     459,391 |     460,581 |     491,293 |     511,095 |     522,377
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Ohio .................|  1,639,805 |  3,836,576 |  4,149,858 |   5,856,999 |   7,994,379 |   8,407,428 |   9,124,731 |   9,173,393 |   9,612,678
Oklahoma .............|    339,105 |  1,055,844 |  1,193,373 |   1,740,981 |   1,905,332 |   2,107,513 |   2,268,958 |   2,442,320 |   2,680,113
Oregon ...............|    403,844 |  1,126,812 |  1,292,624 |   1,662,372 |   2,297,944 |   2,453,934 |   2,626,803 |   2,849,009 |   2,852,723
Pennsylvania .........|  1,912,644 |  4,584,320 |  4,955,115 |   6,750,520 |   9,496,788 |  10,087,322 |  10,371,796 |  10,944,392 |  11,236,417
Rhode Island .........|    145,443 |    362,046 |    395,389 |     569,935 |     801,908 |     823,655 |     865,898 |     934,815 |     990,094
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South Carolina .......|    367,689 |    997,984 |  1,006,088 |   1,708,603 |   2,322,618 |   2,494,254 |   2,564,949 |   2,690,009 |   2,790,878
South Dakota .........|    109,375 |    238,332 |    242,215 |     360,832 |     447,074 |     481,304 |     518,156 |     553,005 |     584,894
Tennessee ............|    473,226 |  1,319,303 |  1,429,938 |   1,990,889 |   2,790,808 |   2,903,209 |   2,859,755 |   3,139,223 |   3,305,579
Texas ................|  1,518,181 |  4,997,689 |  5,310,181 |   9,642,812 |  12,763,954 |  13,695,327 |  14,709,628 |  15,121,655 |  16,193,722
Utah .................|    179,981 |    518,251 |    587,648 |     906,484 |   1,130,135 |   1,235,916 |   1,296,723 |   1,376,319 |   1,511,205
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Vermont ..............|     78,921 |    189,811 |    224,901 |     346,164 |     546,901 |     599,018 |     606,410 |     616,212 |     643,828
Virginia .............|    704,677 |  1,881,519 |  2,045,412 |   3,183,707 |   4,621,071 |   4,958,213 |   4,993,480 |   5,228,326 |   5,441,384
Washington ...........|    699,984 |  1,825,782 |  1,791,477 |   2,702,652 |   3,550,819 |   3,906,471 |   4,259,048 |   4,679,698 |   4,892,690
West Virginia.........|    249,404 |    678,386 |    754,889 |   1,164,882 |   1,316,637 |   1,473,640 |   1,503,980 |   1,626,005 |   1,663,868
Wisconsin ............|    777,288 |  1,908,523 |  2,035,879 |   2,893,797 |   3,929,920 |   4,292,434 |   4,597,004 |   4,954,900 |   5,170,343
Wyoming ..............|     69,584 |    226,067 |    271,153 |     488,616 |     509,084 |     521,549 |     545,870 |     547,938 |     558,353
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  Outlying areas      |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |
American Samoa .......|        --- |        --- |        --- |      14,997 |      21,838 |      24,946 |      26,972 |      23,636 |      25,161
Guam .................|     16,652 |        --- |        --- |      78,545 |     101,130 |     116,406 |     132,494 |     161,477 |     160,797
Northern Marianas ....|        --- |        --- |        --- |      12,556 |      20,476 |      26,822 |      32,498 |      38,784 |      32,824
Puerto Rico ..........|        --- |        --- |    713,000 |     842,827 |   1,045,407 |   1,142,863 |   1,207,235 |   1,295,452 |   1,360,762
Virgin Islands .......|        --- |        --- |        --- |      76,751 |     128,065 |     119,950 |     121,660 |     120,510 |     120,556
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\1\Data revised from previously published figures.
\2\Data estimated by state education agencies unless otherwise indicated.
\3\U.S. total includes National Center for Education Statistics estimates for nonreporting states.
\4\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.
\5\Actual amount reported by state.
\6\Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by the National Center for Education Statistics.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, expenditures for state administration are excluded. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared May 2002.)


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2002 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest