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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 (Table 1—Continued)

Region and
revenue source
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Northeast                   
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal  4.6 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.3 4.7 5.0 4.9 5.0
State  40.2 40.5 39.5 38.8 38.4 39.0 38.7 38.6 38.9
Local (property taxes)  48.7 48.8 49.2 49.8 50.3 50.0 49.8 49.9 49.8
Local (other sources)  6.5 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.3
 
Midwest 
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal  5.4 5.5 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 6.0
State  39.6 39.4 37.9 38.5 39.0 45.8 46.7 46.8 47.2
Local (property taxes)  45.0 44.8 46.1 46.6 46.0 39.1 38.6 38.1 37.4
Local (other sources)  10.1 10.3 10.1 8.9 9.0 9.2 9.0 9.3 9.5
 
South 
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal  7.3 7.3 7.8 8.4 8.4 8.0 7.6 7.8 8.0
State  49.1 49.5 48.5 48.0 48.0 48.1 49.0 48.9 49.3
Local (property taxes)  27.1 27.3 28.3 21.7 27.6 27.7 27.7 27.9 26.8
Local (other sources)  16.5 15.9 15.5 22.0 15.9 16.2 15.7 15.5 15.9
 
West 
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal  6.8 7.0 7.3 7.7 8.2 8.5 8.1 7.7 7.9
State  60.6 60.4 60.7 59.0 55.7 54.9 56.3 58.4 58.3
Local (property taxes)  23.8 23.8 23.8 25.5 28.1 28.2 26.8 25.3 24.7
Local (other sources)  8.8 8.8 8.2 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.6 9.0
See notes at end of table.

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