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Table 159. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2001-02

[In thousands of dollars]
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                      |                                                                                                    Total expenditures
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                      |            |                                               Current expenditures for elementary and secondary programs                                     |          |           |
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                      |            |            |            |                                       Student support services                                |           |        |          |           |
                      |            |            |            |_______________________________________________________________________________________________|           |  Enter-|     Other|           |
                      |            |     Current|            |            |           |   Instruc-|   General|     School|  Operation|    Student|      Other|           |   prise|   current|           |   Interest
                      |            |expenditures|            |            |    Student|     tional|   admini-|    admini-|        and|  transpor-|    support|       Food|  opera-|  expendi-|    Capital|  on school
State or jurisdiction |       Total|       total| Instruction|       Total| support\4\|   staff\5\|  stration|   stration|maintenance|     tation|   services|   services|tions\3\|  tures\1\|  outlay\2\|       debt
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1                     |           2|           3|           4|           5|          6|          7|         8|          9|         10|         11|         12|         13|      14|        15|         16|         17
______________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|___________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|________|__________|___________|___________
   United States .....|$435,364,404|$368,378,006|$226,668,386|$126,437,885|$18,729,590|$17,352,980|$7,628,348|$20,680,699|$34,829,109|$14,799,365|$12,417,794|$14,466,602|$805,133|$6,530,554|$49,960,542|$10,495,301
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Alabama ..............|   5,156,903|   4,444,390|   2,721,721|   1,415,114|    204,290|    171,308|   112,643|    275,116|    381,210|    187,816|     82,732|    307,556|       0|   112,523|    498,296|    101,694
Alaska ...............|   1,537,251|   1,284,854|     754,660|     487,344|     64,388|     72,770|    20,888|     73,111|    165,295|     49,778|     41,114|     36,918|   5,932|     7,923|    216,603|     27,871
Arizona ..............|   6,606,795|   5,395,814|   3,226,029|   1,912,159|    287,954|    141,660|    91,049|    284,048|    607,115|    185,029|    315,304|    257,626|       0|    41,309|    938,564|    231,109
Arkansas .............|   3,172,698|   2,822,877|   1,739,445|     939,213|    130,496|    125,728|    97,907|    159,814|    261,373|     99,618|     64,278|    144,164|      54|    21,750|    262,413|     65,659
California ...........|  54,425,142|  46,265,544|  28,566,063|  15,960,392|  1,999,778|  2,815,683|   409,887|  3,076,398|  4,359,473|  1,108,441|  2,190,732|  1,678,793|  60,296|   969,819|  6,736,368|    453,411
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Colorado .............|   6,235,939|   5,151,003|   2,976,088|   1,991,311|    213,122|    230,926|    75,260|    339,258|    486,796|    154,571|    491,377|    165,165|  18,438|    49,605|    783,292|    252,040
Connecticut ..........|   7,022,257|   6,031,062|   3,861,634|   1,952,819|    327,976|    214,754|   116,636|    332,451|    536,354|    279,037|    145,610|    163,322|  53,287|   120,020|    737,118|    134,056
Delaware .............|   1,269,253|   1,072,875|     660,857|     361,985|     50,966|     15,559|    11,419|     63,221|    100,341|     59,197|     61,282|     50,033|       0|    17,279|    163,895|     15,204
District of Columbia .|   1,182,518|     912,432|     452,905|     431,692|     86,579|     98,297|    24,575|     40,190|    100,469|     54,451|     27,132|     27,834|       0|    14,787|    255,299|          0
Florida ..............|  19,443,481|  15,535,864|   9,161,962|   5,601,259|    789,365|    944,089|   175,550|    934,781|  1,628,226|    640,391|    488,855|    772,643|       0|   469,717|  3,002,571|    435,329
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Georgia ..............|  12,739,243|  10,853,496|   6,932,058|   3,363,275|    497,055|    551,444|   141,407|    650,627|    825,196|    399,561|    297,986|    547,523|  10,639|    57,340|  1,660,225|    168,182
Hawaii ...............|   1,483,148|   1,348,381|     815,123|     457,784|     74,140|     56,680|    73,766|     80,430|    114,541|     23,105|     35,122|     75,474|       0|    46,141|     48,433|     40,194
Idaho ................|   1,693,120|   1,481,803|     905,333|     512,538|     82,939|     64,128|    34,481|     86,271|    143,768|     67,352|     33,599|     63,933|       0|     4,202|    172,278|     34,837
Illinois .............|  19,970,125|  16,480,787|   9,804,430|   6,140,082|  1,024,317|    666,948|   567,972|    875,789|  1,655,054|    790,337|    559,666|    536,275|       0|   141,365|  2,884,030|    463,943
Indiana ..............|   9,283,975|   7,704,547|   4,689,264|   2,699,273|    341,541|    251,811|   142,550|    435,815|    823,080|    421,670|    282,807|    316,010|       0|    63,099|    855,571|    660,759
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Iowa .................|   4,113,595|   3,565,796|   2,124,947|   1,181,655|    233,251|    170,721|   100,194|    190,436|    286,507|    106,752|     93,794|    157,931| 101,264|    29,237|    459,384|     59,178
Kansas ...............|   3,834,020|   3,450,923|   2,017,178|   1,272,727|    205,073|    167,055|   124,897|    210,074|    344,375|    134,518|     86,735|    161,018|       0|     5,178|    250,736|    127,184
Kentucky .............|   4,566,750|   4,268,608|   2,619,607|   1,413,529|    167,404|    206,855|   125,456|    241,443|    358,531|    213,086|    100,754|    235,471|       0|    51,391|    159,002|     87,749
Louisiana ............|   5,400,008|   4,802,565|   2,935,369|   1,562,258|    199,416|    217,329|   110,987|    262,549|    423,695|    242,539|    105,743|    304,855|      83|    49,175|    443,689|    104,579
Maine ................|   2,013,802|   1,812,798|   1,208,176|     543,988|     59,627|     57,025|    36,819|     98,569|    177,200|     82,367|     32,380|     60,578|      56|    21,175|    139,799|     40,030
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Maryland .............|   8,544,911|   7,480,723|   4,653,921|   2,471,745|    315,236|    391,417|    65,187|    488,990|    646,783|    365,346|    198,786|    227,626| 127,432|    22,275|    953,931|     87,982
Massachusetts ........|  10,635,293|   9,957,292|   6,340,143|   3,308,015|    574,937|    459,072|   186,111|    433,079|    926,797|    419,136|    308,884|    309,134|       0|   113,220|    287,244|    277,537
Michigan .............|  18,467,758|  14,975,150|   8,598,644|   5,916,871|    989,268|    732,823|   350,237|    989,127|  1,538,873|    606,292|    710,250|    459,635|       0|   415,169|  2,434,973|    642,465
Minnesota ............|   8,570,743|   6,586,559|   4,192,309|   2,100,159|    230,503|    388,476|   173,284|    261,187|    485,570|    364,708|    196,431|    281,475|  12,616|   314,656|  1,301,733|    367,794
Mississippi ..........|   2,928,691|   2,642,116|   1,591,250|     878,870|    113,547|    113,457|    87,612|    150,562|    253,270|    112,283|     48,138|    171,707|     290|    21,798|    199,548|     65,228
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Missouri .............|   7,689,238|   6,491,885|   3,954,284|   2,249,300|    309,981|    296,483|   196,710|    388,441|    630,550|    304,250|    122,885|    288,301|       0|   153,326|    829,470|    214,556
Montana ..............|   1,166,021|   1,073,005|     664,569|     363,625|     52,201|     40,621|    32,918|     57,757|    107,800|     46,536|     25,792|     42,967|   1,844|     7,360|     72,683|     12,972
Nebraska .............|   2,610,863|   2,206,946|   1,390,961|     659,551|     96,464|     78,590|    83,140|    111,176|    188,481|     58,531|     43,169|     86,763|  69,670|     2,899|    348,248|     52,769
Nevada ...............|   2,929,241|   2,169,000|   1,353,806|     744,190|     79,748|     83,396|    35,764|    151,564|    219,396|     84,731|     89,590|     71,003|       0|    16,812|    605,685|    137,744
New Hampshire ........|   1,868,786|   1,641,378|   1,064,917|     524,179|    108,681|     49,800|    54,807|     92,523|    135,648|     71,553|     11,167|     52,283|       0|     5,770|    186,855|     34,784
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New Jersey ...........|  17,568,596|  15,822,609|   9,358,608|   5,975,494|  1,368,917|    557,422|   440,510|    827,899|  1,546,368|    899,976|    334,402|    384,232| 104,275|   181,626|  1,299,498|    264,863
New Mexico ...........|   2,634,747|   2,204,165|   1,232,319|     869,870|    222,065|    101,471|    62,304|    130,744|    214,456|    101,443|     37,388|    100,651|   1,325|    18,369|    375,965|     36,248
New York .............|  37,225,533|  32,218,975|  22,001,202|   9,350,907|  1,042,721|    899,055|   671,626|  1,365,087|  2,785,267|  1,587,472|    999,680|    866,866|       0| 1,330,376|  3,041,840|    634,342
North Carolina .......|  10,058,403|   8,543,290|   5,412,927|   2,643,261|    460,371|    293,270|   171,884|    566,086|    646,132|    297,748|    207,770|    487,102|       0|    49,018|  1,229,340|    236,755
North Dakota .........|     781,895|     711,437|     436,583|     219,858|     26,357|     20,537|    33,366|     33,869|     59,131|     31,699|     14,899|     33,549|  21,447|     5,770|     57,463|      7,225
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Ohio .................|  17,665,581|  14,774,065|   8,574,310|   5,693,030|    828,379|    931,297|   402,471|    886,251|  1,348,424|    657,738|    638,469|    505,142|   1,584|   411,541|  2,141,502|    338,473
Oklahoma .............|   4,234,350|   3,875,547|   2,239,893|   1,382,715|    245,811|    125,719|   113,393|    209,812|    432,498|    124,935|    130,548|    211,087|  41,852|    16,706|    296,371|     45,726
Oregon ...............|   4,966,829|   4,214,512|   2,476,323|   1,597,050|    288,365|    179,075|    61,424|    272,309|    358,680|    179,880|    257,316|    139,875|   1,263|    30,303|    557,129|    164,886
Pennsylvania .........|  18,639,229|  15,550,975|   9,686,763|   5,272,437|    751,400|    573,357|   475,448|    689,875|  1,543,495|    768,827|    470,035|    559,501|  32,274|   378,808|  1,979,972|    729,474
Rhode Island .........|   1,612,465|   1,533,455|     989,404|     503,479|    124,704|     64,032|    19,717|     78,595|    124,136|     59,091|     33,205|     40,573|       0|    24,199|     27,128|     27,682
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South Carolina .......|   5,900,096|   4,744,809|   2,857,016|   1,630,168|    314,153|    282,963|    59,852|    285,046|    417,392|    147,434|    123,327|    242,115|  15,509|    66,803|    948,873|    139,611
South Dakota .........|     994,193|     819,296|     484,985|     289,896|     44,394|     38,539|    28,645|     42,245|     77,660|     27,205|     31,208|     41,980|   2,436|     3,323|    149,970|     21,604
Tennessee ............|   6,484,883|   5,501,029|   3,586,667|   1,644,763|    189,868|    293,677|   106,712|    283,542|    509,884|    186,829|     74,252|    269,598|       0|    35,175|    768,274|    180,405
Texas ................|  35,238,428|  28,191,128|  17,026,101|   9,755,351|  1,373,055|  1,621,289|   478,827|  1,556,913|  3,030,032|    740,948|    954,287|  1,409,676|       0|   247,626|  5,398,793|  1,400,881
Utah .................|   2,949,468|   2,374,702|   1,549,329|     695,398|     87,931|    103,422|    25,660|    140,936|    216,931|     70,935|     49,583|    122,625|   7,350|    69,499|    426,483|     78,783
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Vermont ..............|   1,075,981|     992,149|     638,802|     325,507|     70,608|     34,316|    24,830|     66,881|     76,461|     32,328|     20,082|     26,969|     872|     3,163|     65,704|     14,965
Virginia .............|  10,074,939|   8,718,554|   5,373,764|   3,003,915|    411,229|    549,342|   148,461|    512,890|    846,270|    403,763|    131,961|    338,641|   2,234|    58,484|  1,127,182|    170,718
Washington ...........|   8,493,138|   7,103,817|   4,227,668|   2,531,023|    492,506|    326,975|   163,632|    336,889|    707,561|    271,364|    232,096|    235,037| 110,090|    42,125|  1,048,026|    299,170
West Virginia ........|   2,462,386|   2,219,013|   1,368,692|     721,118|     76,314|     61,721|    59,387|    122,884|    224,260|    146,262|     30,291|    129,200|       3|    33,911|    198,312|     11,150
Wisconsin ............|   8,877,133|   7,592,176|   4,705,538|   2,642,906|    354,603|    388,159|   204,431|    393,647|    673,935|    298,665|    329,466|    243,642|      90|   155,078|    842,235|    287,644
Wyoming ..............|     864,564|     761,830|     463,839|     272,841|     45,600|     32,437|    15,656|     43,502|     78,369|     31,845|     25,433|     24,522|     629|     2,332|     92,546|      7,855
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  American Samoa .....|      55,227|      46,192|      21,887|      13,439|      2,069|      3,064|       580|      1,951|      3,985|        602|      1,189|     10,866|       0|     2,672|      6,363|          0
  Guam ...............|        --- |        --- |         ---|         ---|        ---|        ---|       ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|     ---|       ---|        ---|        ---
  Northern Marianas ..|      59,197|      46,508|      38,687|       5,253|        480|         41|     4,549|          0|          0|         62|        121|      2,569|       0|       343|     12,345|          0
  Puerto Rico ........|   2,219,364|   2,152,724|   1,514,026|     419,407|     55,191|     31,363|     8,792|          0|    215,830|     42,040|     66,191|    219,291|       0|    44,158|      3,641|     18,842
  Virgin Islands .....|     115,143|     107,343|      67,985|      35,120|      6,229|      3,173|     5,231|      6,020|      8,157|      4,374|      1,937|      3,398|     840|     2,020|      5,780|          0
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\1\Includes expenditures for adult education, community colleges, private school programs funded by local and state education agencies, and community services.
\2\Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.
\3\Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time). Also includes small amounts for direct program support made by state education agencies for local school districts.
\4\Includes expenditures for health, attendance, and speech pathology services.
\5\Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.
NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2001-02. (This table was prepared April 2005.)


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