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Table 163. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state: 1997-98 [In thousands]

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                      |                                                  Total expenditures
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                      |             |                                               Current expenditures for elementary and secondary programs                                               |   Other   |  Capital   | Interest
                      |    Total    |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|  current  | outlay\2\  |    on
       State or       |             |   Current   |             |                                       Student support services                                      |            |         | expendi-  |            |  school
      other area      |             |expenditures | Instruction |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________|    Food    | Enter-  | tures\1\  |            |   debt
                      |             | for public  |             |   Total    |  Student   |  Instruc-  |  General  |   School   | Operation  |  Student   |   Other   |  services  |  prise  |           |            |
                      |             |   schools   |             |            | support\4\ |   tional   |  admini-  |  admini-   |    and     | transpor-  |  support  |            | opera-  |           |            |
                      |             |             |             |            |            |  staff\5\  | stration  |  stration  |maintenance |   tation   | services  |            |tions\3\ |           |            |
______________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|___________|____________|____________|____________|___________|____________|_________|___________|____________|___________
          1           |      2      |      3      |      4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8     |     9      |     10     |     11     |    12     |     13     |   14    |    15     |     16     |    17
______________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|___________|____________|____________|____________|___________|____________|_________|___________|____________|___________
   United States .....|$334,315,020 |$285,485,370 |$176,521,719 |$96,474,833 |$14,203,217 |$11,975,351 |$5,870,508 |$16,172,593 |$27,952,899 |$11,465,658 |$8,834,605 |$11,716,741 |$772,077 |$4,884,115 |$36,168,090 |$7,777,445
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Alabama ..............|   4,253,187 |   3,633,159 |   2,219,708 |  1,157,714 |    147,595 |    140,321 |   100,421 |    220,744 |    318,060 |    153,941 |    76,632 |    255,738 |       0 |   103,049 |    464,941 |    52,039
Alaska ...............|   1,211,263 |   1,092,750 |     621,299 |    434,336 |     55,566 |     64,582 |    59,221 |     66,795 |    148,134 |     37,752 |     2,285 |     31,919 |   5,195 |     5,203 |     94,036 |    19,273
Arizona ..............|   4,836,602 |   3,740,889 |   2,163,072 |  1,350,296 |    166,448 |    122,555 |   150,177 |    194,962 |    418,858 |    154,414 |   142,881 |    180,773 |  46,748 |    39,396 |    782,874 |   273,442
Arkansas .............|   2,382,510 |   2,149,237 |   1,362,690 |    635,730 |     94,234 |     84,877 |    72,674 |     50,854 |    206,792 |     88,249 |    38,049 |    128,808 |  22,009 |    13,128 |    170,680 |    49,464
California ...........|  37,963,799 |  32,759,492 |  20,033,782 | 11,412,151 |  1,695,483 |  1,551,735 |   186,389 |  2,414,133 |  3,235,743 |    855,707 | 1,472,961 |  1,303,737 |   9,822 |   603,058 |  4,413,964 |   187,285
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Colorado .............|   4,702,068 |   3,886,872 |   2,247,424 |  1,498,236 |    149,679 |    160,538 |    65,429 |    253,594 |    385,382 |    116,207 |   367,408 |    131,924 |   9,288 |    23,346 |    625,711 |   166,138
Connecticut ..........|   5,360,422 |   4,763,653 |   3,031,206 |  1,504,057 |    255,820 |    149,454 |    92,437 |    262,770 |    433,559 |    214,915 |    95,102 |    128,477 |  99,913 |    89,769 |    393,420 |   113,580
Delaware .............|     920,608 |     830,731 |     514,269 |    275,908 |     38,064 |     11,614 |     8,841 |     46,799 |     80,409 |     47,711 |    42,471 |     40,553 |       0 |    14,443 |     63,209 |    12,226
District of Columbia .|     717,050 |     647,202 |     283,484 |    339,974 |     76,532 |     62,995 |    25,147 |     35,313 |     96,131 |     23,219 |    20,636 |     23,744 |       0 |     3,389 |     59,891 |     6,568
Florida ..............|  15,489,121 |  12,737,325 |   7,500,075 |  4,606,310 |    624,682 |    740,283 |   142,553 |    790,498 |  1,389,206 |    537,922 |   381,166 |    630,939 |       0 |   428,230 |  1,955,197 |   368,369
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Georgia ..............|   9,002,447 |   7,770,241 |   4,833,424 |  2,492,010 |    369,716 |    432,611 |   105,456 |    482,381 |    622,910 |    287,713 |   191,222 |    439,137 |   5,671 |    43,564 |  1,023,052 |   165,590
Hawaii ...............|   1,302,860 |   1,112,351 |     712,023 |    328,520 |     58,092 |     36,144 |     5,081 |     74,853 |     99,849 |     20,147 |    34,353 |     71,809 |       0 |    32,421 |    122,344 |    35,744
Idaho ................|   1,353,036 |   1,153,778 |     717,677 |    385,470 |     62,570 |     38,150 |    32,190 |     68,219 |    112,222 |     52,709 |    19,410 |     50,631 |       0 |     3,166 |    165,700 |    30,392
Illinois .............|  14,961,549 |  12,473,064 |   7,568,726 |  4,472,681 |    699,574 |    535,203 |   351,552 |    671,071 |  1,287,251 |    578,535 |   349,496 |    431,657 |       0 |   112,211 |  1,983,418 |   392,855
Indiana...............|   7,565,185 |   6,234,563 |   3,897,221 |  2,061,399 |    267,544 |    186,098 |   111,595 |    347,453 |    672,192 |    337,456 |   139,060 |    275,943 |       0 |    47,385 |    775,837 |   507,401
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Iowa .................|   3,395,593 |   3,005,421 |   1,842,537 |  1,017,529 |    190,705 |    143,104 |    87,968 |    155,056 |    257,418 |     91,481 |    91,797 |    134,454 |  10,901 |    18,111 |    325,901 |    46,159
Kansas ...............|   2,972,972 |   2,684,244 |   1,546,598 |  1,002,331 |    148,838 |    113,079 |   103,116 |    178,907 |    288,223 |    110,287 |    59,880 |    135,315 |       0 |     3,200 |    200,487 |    85,041
Kentucky .............|   3,759,844 |   3,489,205 |   2,133,659 |  1,153,036 |    127,885 |    169,656 |   106,624 |    184,275 |    315,701 |    177,706 |    71,190 |    202,509 |       0 |    43,038 |    158,000 |    69,602
Louisiana ............|   4,455,609 |   4,029,139 |   2,415,114 |  1,279,565 |    158,157 |    170,558 |    97,256 |    220,714 |    347,892 |    215,981 |    69,006 |    283,275 |  51,186 |    17,187 |    310,114 |    99,169
Maine ................|   1,563,869 |   1,433,175 |     964,342 |    417,833 |     43,394 |     41,347 |    27,605 |     81,637 |    134,807 |     64,992 |    24,051 |     50,950 |      50 |    16,677 |     80,035 |    33,983
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Maryland .............|   6,511,446 |   5,843,685 |   3,661,049 |  1,901,323 |    238,374 |    256,756 |    32,372 |    391,347 |    558,606 |    289,648 |   134,219 |    182,178 |  99,135 |    21,101 |    570,331 |    76,329
Massachusetts ........|   7,740,557 |   7,381,784 |   4,899,352 |  2,240,641 |    361,589 |    236,443 |   157,579 |    325,588 |    685,180 |    329,775 |   144,487 |    241,792 |       0 |    74,128 |    143,271 |   141,374
Michigan .............|  14,508,276 |  12,003,818 |   7,044,614 |  4,604,271 |    764,157 |    525,738 |   260,692 |    756,139 |  1,270,308 |    496,342 |   530,895 |    354,933 |       0 |   301,738 |  1,784,442 |   418,278
Minnesota ............|   6,808,821 |   5,452,571 |   3,423,447 |  1,804,163 |    174,989 |    284,310 |    83,155 |    227,466 |    463,496 |    303,436 |   267,312 |    224,961 |       0 |   256,272 |    870,072 |   229,907
Mississippi ..........|   2,554,589 |   2,164,592 |   1,327,436 |    682,395 |     80,324 |     90,020 |    66,964 |    121,796 |    198,675 |     89,940 |    34,678 |    154,154 |     607 |    15,599 |    334,036 |    40,363
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Missouri..............|   5,876,065 |   5,067,720 |   3,108,316 |  1,740,933 |    226,426 |    207,321 |   154,554 |    306,426 |    492,936 |    274,288 |    78,983 |    218,471 |       0 |   104,760 |    555,460 |   148,126
Montana ..............|   1,031,934 |     929,197 |     580,901 |    310,256 |     43,318 |     32,795 |    29,410 |     49,601 |     94,555 |     40,637 |    19,941 |     37,045 |     996 |     6,517 |     84,360 |    11,861
Nebraska .............|   1,971,715 |   1,743,775 |   1,096,002 |    517,114 |     69,940 |     60,614 |    62,252 |     88,761 |    154,335 |     49,410 |    31,801 |     69,726 |  60,933 |     3,006 |    195,257 |    29,676
Nevada ...............|   2,032,499 |   1,570,576 |     944,837 |    575,767 |     61,108 |     54,461 |    23,383 |    114,334 |    156,292 |     62,529 |   103,661 |     49,972 |       0 |    11,117 |    340,992 |   109,813
New Hampshire ........|   1,369,985 |   1,241,255 |     810,097 |    387,656 |     67,414 |     35,991 |    43,292 |     69,502 |    105,291 |     55,057 |    11,108 |     43,501 |       0 |     3,255 |     94,624 |    30,851
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New Jersey ...........|  13,442,330 |  12,056,560 |   7,293,294 |  4,398,670 |    959,312 |    343,163 |   355,197 |    645,358 |  1,238,018 |    620,482 |   237,140 |    304,207 |  60,389 |   152,276 |  1,048,357 |   185,138
New Mexico ...........|   1,966,188 |   1,659,891 |     949,678 |    629,290 |    144,256 |     78,689 |    43,734 |     83,791 |    167,977 |     85,709 |    25,135 |     79,755 |   1,168 |     9,276 |    268,449 |    28,573
New York .............|  29,879,111 |  25,332,735 |  17,220,209 |  7,412,444 |    951,018 |    639,995 |   535,309 |  1,037,932 |  2,273,966 |  1,269,761 |   704,464 |    700,082 |       0 |   997,765 |  2,894,218 |   654,393
North Carolina .......|   7,858,020 |   6,497,648 |   4,072,780 |  2,015,605 |    327,403 |    236,028 |   129,024 |    421,994 |    530,537 |    239,886 |   130,733 |    409,263 |       0 |    51,067 |  1,078,480 |   230,826
North Dakota .........|     668,209 |     599,443 |     367,111 |    183,738 |     19,090 |     14,702 |    28,887 |     28,549 |     52,357 |     28,524 |    11,629 |     30,143 |  18,451 |     4,750 |     56,900 |     7,116
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Ohio .................|  13,154,497 |  11,448,722 |   6,752,805 |  4,267,606 |    583,726 |    623,474 |   282,367 |    671,772 |  1,087,701 |    293,978 |   724,589 |    425,007 |   3,304 |   351,005 |  1,130,198 |   224,572
Oklahoma .............|   3,459,677 |   3,138,690 |   1,860,769 |  1,085,992 |    178,959 |     97,083 |   121,846 |    175,939 |    338,420 |    100,758 |    72,986 |    161,992 |  29,938 |     9,370 |    281,077 |    30,539
Oregon ...............|   3,937,825 |   3,474,714 |   2,072,977 |  1,281,385 |    180,695 |    142,813 |    71,904 |    227,190 |    355,994 |    141,770 |   161,018 |    115,007 |   5,345 |    19,112 |    356,105 |    87,894
Pennsylvania .........|  15,723,939 |  13,084,859 |   8,338,422 |  4,261,130 |    600,437 |    437,749 |   382,292 |    581,984 |  1,300,242 |    605,726 |   352,701 |    465,755 |  19,552 |   309,519 |  1,671,199 |   658,362
Rhode Island .........|   1,268,204 |   1,215,595 |     815,847 |    366,562 |     75,207 |     43,011 |    26,190 |     58,608 |     97,651 |     50,157 |    15,739 |     33,186 |       0 |     7,087 |     25,185 |    20,338
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South Carolina .......|   4,260,086 |   3,507,017 |   2,087,547 |  1,202,316 |    227,878 |    199,192 |    47,422 |    219,021 |    317,973 |    107,987 |    82,843 |    198,017 |  19,137 |    42,070 |    619,024 |    91,975
South Dakota .........|     792,448 |     665,082 |     409,201 |    218,910 |     26,404 |     22,488 |    19,042 |     37,296 |     66,481 |     24,563 |    22,636 |     34,423 |   2,548 |       974 |    111,261 |    15,130
Tennessee ............|   5,021,961 |   4,409,338 |   2,867,088 |  1,318,057 |    141,597 |    237,856 |    91,012 |    227,501 |    411,647 |    150,516 |    57,927 |    224,193 |       0 |    22,172 |    494,962 |    95,488
Texas ................|  25,690,633 |  21,188,676 |  13,013,001 |  7,052,149 |    990,045 |    978,990 |   415,016 |  1,177,745 |  2,352,424 |    574,831 |   563,098 |  1,123,527 |       0 |   132,534 |  3,568,199 |   801,224
Utah .................|   2,396,340 |   1,916,688 |   1,265,282 |    541,639 |     68,496 |     73,774 |    19,084 |    111,697 |    177,180 |     55,287 |    36,121 |    103,713 |   6,055 |    56,239 |    355,873 |    67,540
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Vermont ..............|     829,696 |     749,786 |     486,174 |    240,947 |     45,209 |     22,998 |    21,559 |     50,023 |     60,668 |     24,899 |    15,591 |     22,024 |     640 |     2,258 |     63,540 |    14,112
Virginia .............|   7,837,596 |   6,736,863 |   4,108,526 |  2,275,431 |    320,125 |    384,781 |    68,914 |    401,260 |    669,244 |    295,995 |   135,112 |    261,147 |  91,760 |   140,543 |    784,985 |   175,204
Washington ...........|   7,266,028 |   5,987,060 |   3,521,141 |  2,185,775 |    486,722 |    280,496 |   134,685 |    287,587 |    584,794 |    232,453 |   179,037 |    189,096 |  91,049 |    30,915 |    992,988 |   255,065
West Virginia.........|   2,139,256 |   1,905,940 |   1,181,952 |    610,863 |     62,016 |     52,326 |    50,144 |    106,869 |    191,567 |    121,145 |    26,796 |    112,938 |     186 |    28,007 |    191,060 |    14,250
Wisconsin ............|   7,442,064 |   6,280,696 |   3,966,885 |  2,120,618 |    262,941 |    305,274 |   168,152 |    331,842 |    576,211 |    258,297 |   217,901 |    193,092 |     101 |    58,227 |    946,518 |   156,623
Wyoming ..............|     705,430 |     603,901 |     366,647 |    216,104 |     33,463 |     21,118 |    13,341 |     36,650 |     71,434 |     24,828 |    15,269 |     21,150 |       0 |     1,488 |     87,855 |    12,185
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American Samoa .......|      39,536 |      33,088 |      14,030 |     11,307 |      3,871 |      2,169 |       590 |      1,839 |        868 |        707 |     1,263 |      7,751 |       0 |     2,831 |      3,617 |         0
Guam .................|     168,864 |     168,716 |      88,743 |     65,623 |     17,133 |      2,789 |     1,663 |      8,678 |     20,837 |      7,863 |     6,660 |     10,775 |   3,575 |        56 |         92 |         0
Northern Marianas ....|      58,154 |      56,514 |      43,060 |      7,400 |         82 |         72 |     6,740 |          0 |        155 |        291 |        60 |      3,335 |   2,718 |       450 |      1,190 |         0
Puerto Rico ..........|   2,021,108 |   1,981,603 |   1,385,170 |    383,723 |     61,976 |     28,559 |    17,284 |          0 |    196,202 |     36,878 |    42,823 |    212,710 |       0 |    36,454 |      3,051 |         0
Virgin Islands .......|     137,378 |     131,315 |      78,688 |     45,864 |      9,012 |      6,937 |     8,411 |      5,246 |      5,726 |      5,411 |     5,121 |      6,241 |     522 |     2,336 |      3,727 |         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 building 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. Revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared November 2001.)


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