Table 32.

Direct general expenditures per capita of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2007-08 and 2008-09

	Direct general expenditures,1 2007-08			Direct general expenditures,1 2008-09
	Total amount per capita	For education		Total amount per capita	For education
					All education		Elementary and secondary education		Colleges and universities		Other education2
State		Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions		Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions	Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions	Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions	Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	$7,886	$2,714	34.4	$8,062	$2,771	34.4	$1,881	23.3	$763	9.5	$126	1.6
Alabama	6,975	2,784	39.9	7,214	2,838	39.3	1,667	23.1	1,019	14.1	152	2.1
Alaska	16,746	4,375	26.1	17,802	4,466	25.1	3,290	18.5	1,030	5.8	147	0.8
Arizona	6,651	2,160	32.5	6,662	2,122	31.9	1,378	20.7	643	9.7	101	1.5
Arkansas	6,238	2,436	39.1	6,234	2,553	41.0	1,643	26.4	789	12.7	122	1.9
California	9,166	2,840	31.0	9,241	2,816	30.5	1,876	20.3	839	9.1	101	1.1
Colorado	7,212	2,554	35.4	7,264	2,538	34.9	1,635	22.5	826	11.4	77	1.1
Connecticut	8,683	3,176	36.6	9,068	3,275	36.1	2,385	26.3	711	7.8	179	2.0
Delaware	9,216	3,285	35.6	9,242	3,314	35.9	1,998	21.6	1,090	11.8	226	2.4
District of Columbia	18,094	3,774	20.9	16,906	3,697	21.9	3,476	20.6	221	1.3	0	0.0
Florida	7,517	2,242	29.8	7,438	2,127	28.6	1,517	20.4	482	6.5	129	1.7
Georgia	6,732	2,645	39.3	6,544	2,628	40.2	1,895	29.0	568	8.7	165	2.5
Hawaii	9,091	2,636	29.0	9,758	2,746	28.1	1,814	18.6	888	9.1	45	0.5
Idaho	6,348	2,074	32.7	6,585	2,137	32.5	1,303	19.8	726	11.0	108	1.6
Illinois	7,492	2,549	34.0	7,813	2,680	34.3	1,920	24.6	639	8.2	121	1.5
Indiana	6,957	2,414	34.7	7,075	2,582	36.5	1,605	22.7	835	11.8	143	2.0
Iowa	7,692	2,902	37.7	8,257	3,069	37.2	1,805	21.9	1,126	13.6	138	1.7
Kansas	7,469	2,683	35.9	7,934	2,989	37.7	1,927	24.3	975	12.3	87	1.1
Kentucky	6,873	2,480	36.1	7,027	2,485	35.4	1,462	20.8	819	11.7	205	2.9
Louisiana	9,292	2,653	28.6	9,179	2,721	29.6	1,772	19.3	753	8.2	196	2.1
Maine	7,811	2,416	30.9	8,202	2,469	30.1	1,756	21.4	583	7.1	129	1.6
Maryland	8,083	3,040	37.6	8,423	3,047	36.2	2,055	24.4	868	10.3	124	1.5
Massachusetts	8,651	2,645	30.6	8,800	2,725	31.0	1,941	22.1	622	7.1	161	1.8
Michigan	7,227	2,830	39.2	7,303	2,820	38.6	1,811	24.8	912	12.5	98	1.3
Minnesota	8,424	2,830	33.6	8,811	3,031	34.4	1,998	22.7	847	9.6	187	2.1
Mississippi	7,637	2,433	31.9	7,796	2,512	32.2	1,518	19.5	875	11.2	119	1.5
Missouri	6,591	2,340	35.5	6,795	2,392	35.2	1,652	24.3	627	9.2	113	1.7
Montana	7,497	2,606	34.8	7,637	2,633	34.5	1,635	21.4	849	11.1	150	2.0
Nebraska	7,697	2,857	37.1	7,713	3,052	39.6	1,907	24.7	1,015	13.2	130	1.7
Nevada	6,970	2,380	34.2	7,114	2,205	31.0	1,621	22.8	508	7.1	76	1.1
New Hampshire	6,754	2,587	38.3	7,060	2,632	37.3	1,912	27.1	619	8.8	101	1.4
New Jersey	9,104	3,521	38.7	9,274	3,634	39.2	2,828	30.5	639	6.9	168	1.8
New Mexico	8,694	2,976	34.2	9,182	3,184	34.7	1,937	21.1	1,078	11.7	170	1.8
New York	10,909	3,326	30.5	11,303	3,524	31.2	2,754	24.4	674	6.0	96	0.8
North Carolina	6,852	2,464	36.0	6,962	2,485	35.7	1,543	22.2	858	12.3	83	1.2
North Dakota	7,981	2,876	36.0	8,359	2,952	35.3	1,656	19.8	1,193	14.3	103	1.2
Ohio	7,498	2,679	35.7	7,660	2,724	35.6	1,869	24.4	690	9.0	164	2.1
Oklahoma	6,588	2,509	38.1	6,859	2,600	37.9	1,588	23.2	888	13.0	123	1.8
Oregon	7,439	2,557	34.4	7,945	2,769	34.9	1,681	21.2	994	12.5	95	1.2
Pennsylvania	7,536	2,635	35.0	7,767	2,709	34.9	1,911	24.6	657	8.5	140	1.8
Rhode Island	8,510	2,787	32.8	8,467	2,783	32.9	2,059	24.3	547	6.5	177	2.1
South Carolina	7,473	2,721	36.4	7,520	2,738	36.4	1,795	23.9	710	9.4	233	3.1
South Dakota	6,492	2,179	33.6	7,029	2,371	33.7	1,488	21.2	735	10.5	149	2.1
Tennessee	6,060	1,983	32.7	6,325	2,010	31.8	1,336	21.1	528	8.3	145	2.3
Texas	6,707	2,714	40.5	6,955	2,850	41.0	1,936	27.8	837	12.0	77	1.1
Utah	6,862	2,739	39.9	7,078	2,814	39.8	1,548	21.9	1,157	16.3	109	1.5
Vermont	8,753	3,566	40.7	9,098	3,656	40.2	2,294	25.2	1,121	12.3	241	2.6
Virginia	7,324	2,911	39.7	7,333	2,842	38.8	1,852	25.3	876	11.9	113	1.5
Washington	8,162	2,748	33.7	8,479	2,863	33.8	1,768	20.9	893	10.5	202	2.4
West Virginia	6,844	2,581	37.7	7,182	2,689	37.4	1,593	22.2	800	11.1	295	4.1
Wisconsin	7,541	2,771	36.7	7,962	2,859	35.9	1,843	23.2	916	11.5	99	1.2
Wyoming	12,762	4,203	32.9	13,709	4,509	32.9	3,026	22.1	1,263	9.2	219	1.6

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.

2 Includes assistance and subsidies to individuals, private elementary and secondary schools, and private colleges and universities, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures.

NOTE: Per capita amounts for 2008-09 are based on population estimates for July 2009. Per capita amounts for 2007-08 are based on the latest population estimates for July 2008 and have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances, retrieved November 2, 2011, from http://www.census.gov/govs/estimate/; and GCT-T1 Population Estimates, retrieved November 2, 2011, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-state=gct&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=PEP_2009_EST_GCTT1_ST2&-redoLog=true&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=&-format=US-40&-_lang=en. (This table was prepared November 2011).