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Table 163. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 1999-2000 [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    |              |                                       Support services                                                        |             |          |  expendi-  |             |   school
     jurisdiction     |              | 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 .....|  $381,838,155|  $323,888,508|  $199,968,138|  $110,153,391|  $16,046,845|  $14,640,411|  $6,698,006|  $18,381,292|  $31,190,295|  $13,007,625|  $10,188,917|  $12,948,807|  $818,172|  $5,457,015|  $43,357,186|  $9,135,445
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Alabama ..............|     5,010,612|     4,176,082|     2,577,581|     1,319,454|      182,988|      159,957|     114,952|      256,470|      353,011|      175,720|       76,357|      279,047|         0|      92,742|      666,798|      74,991
Alaska ...............|     1,397,285|     1,183,499|       662,932|       480,989|       62,790|       87,743|      58,346|       66,182|      158,659|       44,603|        2,666|       33,426|     6,151|       7,134|      184,599|      22,053
Arizona ..............|     5,895,099|     4,288,739|     2,605,219|     1,477,507|      285,277|      114,098|      75,745|      218,670|      514,748|      153,198|      115,772|      206,014|         0|       3,959|    1,295,700|     306,701
Arkansas .............|     2,679,792|     2,380,331|     1,447,716|       798,529|      106,478|       96,643|      82,169|      141,198|      217,001|       86,839|       68,201|      134,070|        15|       8,714|      239,157|      51,590
California ...........|    44,759,855|    38,129,479|    23,832,969|    12,815,848|    1,494,680|    2,058,205|     275,312|    2,675,276|    3,665,200|      954,377|    1,692,799|    1,455,196|    25,466|     774,401|    5,555,655|     300,320
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Colorado .............|     5,461,006|     4,401,010|     2,550,133|     1,691,847|      171,884|      189,715|      65,957|      287,020|      408,898|      132,081|      436,293|      144,995|    14,035|      39,178|      786,569|     234,249
Connecticut ..........|     6,304,421|     5,402,836|     3,426,238|     1,719,095|      289,228|      180,122|     109,067|      294,837|      486,917|      242,243|      116,681|      150,950|   106,554|     101,973|      676,812|     122,799
Delaware .............|     1,048,645|       937,630|       576,886|       316,901|       42,621|       13,410|      10,505|       51,846|       97,840|       51,456|       49,223|       43,843|         0|      15,374|       81,932|      13,709
District of Columbia .|       890,143|       780,192|       324,325|       434,354|       62,317|      153,670|      21,118|       35,188|       99,048|       41,673|       21,339|       21,513|         0|       1,664|       87,713|      20,574
Florida ..............|    17,515,027|    13,885,988|     8,076,047|     5,121,344|      701,303|      858,262|     148,338|      853,189|    1,507,980|      591,859|      460,412|      688,597|         0|     449,022|    2,806,038|     373,979
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Georgia ..............|    10,899,994|     9,158,624|     5,713,274|     2,948,563|      441,902|      526,019|     119,739|      564,795|      713,052|      341,807|      241,248|      489,217|     7,570|      49,228|    1,521,103|     171,039
Hawaii ...............|     1,406,978|     1,213,695|       765,134|       373,037|       89,758|       46,736|       8,896|       73,414|       98,311|       21,965|       33,958|       75,524|         0|      33,842|      118,918|      40,522
Idaho ................|     1,492,809|     1,302,817|       804,086|       442,073|       72,211|       51,948|      33,438|       77,474|      121,317|       60,757|       24,928|       56,658|         0|       3,370|      155,544|      31,078
Illinois .............|    17,392,541|    14,462,773|     8,686,846|     5,280,916|      861,098|      582,985|     491,777|      768,285|    1,500,335|      628,796|      447,639|      495,011|         0|     131,771|    2,464,022|     333,975
Indiana ..............|     8,612,151|     7,110,930|     4,433,163|     2,388,519|      312,521|      222,841|     129,839|      400,850|      765,291|      391,535|      165,644|      289,249|         0|      54,667|      852,641|     593,913
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Iowa .................|     3,694,883|     3,264,336|     1,921,516|     1,098,019|      211,399|      160,880|      97,496|      174,414|      272,365|      101,089|       80,376|      146,479|    98,322|      25,789|      353,405|      51,353
Kansas ...............|     3,286,262|     2,971,814|     1,703,818|     1,122,727|      168,169|      129,344|     115,561|      192,601|      310,511|      123,278|       83,263|      145,268|         0|       3,111|      212,543|      98,795
Kentucky .............|     4,145,224|     3,837,794|     2,343,704|     1,280,466|      146,108|      192,055|     115,601|      219,915|      334,397|      189,886|       82,504|      213,624|         0|      47,633|      176,416|      83,381
Louisiana ............|     4,925,923|     4,391,189|     2,645,628|     1,408,763|      176,747|      195,884|      98,832|      238,911|      371,852|      228,777|       97,760|      289,070|    47,727|      17,843|      415,636|     101,256
Maine ................|     1,799,866|     1,604,438|     1,072,763|       469,366|       49,281|       47,144|      32,184|       89,554|      151,503|       72,019|       27,681|       62,256|        53|      17,983|      141,831|      35,615
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Maryland .............|     7,348,943|     6,545,135|     4,028,454|     2,190,247|      271,035|      338,868|      53,765|      434,916|      600,657|      316,041|      174,965|      196,592|   129,843|      17,807|      709,551|      76,450
Massachusetts ........|     9,078,617|     8,564,039|     5,700,310|     2,558,087|      405,750|      285,910|     182,740|      368,788|      780,490|      353,091|      181,318|      305,641|         0|     116,919|      200,057|     197,603
Michigan .............|    16,841,093|    13,994,294|     8,137,640|     5,454,043|      921,491|      664,954|     329,564|      888,506|    1,470,480|      542,967|      636,081|      402,611|         0|     336,809|    1,996,865|     513,125
Minnesota ............|     7,614,218|     6,140,442|     3,861,367|     2,023,544|      206,787|      332,357|     189,444|      253,827|      513,869|      336,038|      191,222|      255,531|         0|     280,143|      914,555|     279,078
Mississippi ..........|     2,931,371|     2,510,376|     1,532,550|       814,941|      104,393|      104,193|      77,861|      140,799|      241,599|      102,317|       43,780|      162,339|       546|      18,201|      345,811|      56,983
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Missouri..............|     6,733,065|     5,655,531|     3,484,116|     1,932,389|      261,722|      246,384|     171,818|      338,625|      544,406|      266,770|      102,663|      239,026|         0|     131,651|      759,780|     186,103
Montana ..............|     1,073,132|       994,770|       620,684|       334,121|       47,151|       36,734|      29,796|       52,873|      102,809|       42,987|       21,771|       39,240|       726|       7,096|       60,477|      10,789
Nebraska .............|     2,195,263|     1,926,500|     1,209,991|       569,901|       81,533|       68,152|      68,826|       96,665|      168,340|       52,996|       33,390|       79,289|    67,318|       3,171|      228,437|      37,155
Nevada ...............|     2,444,804|     1,875,467|     1,119,108|       698,300|       69,753|       74,177|      30,292|      135,460|      182,023|       76,444|      130,151|       58,058|         0|      12,300|      428,919|     128,119
New Hampshire ........|     1,580,317|     1,418,503|       929,165|       443,067|       90,269|       39,089|      47,825|       78,350|      119,467|       60,338|        7,728|       46,272|         0|       3,642|      130,145|      28,026
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New Jersey ...........|    14,953,710|    13,327,645|     7,848,553|     5,066,132|    1,146,201|      411,176|     396,998|      721,086|    1,371,519|      738,680|      280,471|      338,348|    74,613|     164,134|    1,232,944|     228,987
New Mexico ...........|     2,214,591|     1,890,274|     1,066,564|       731,346|      184,660|       80,010|      52,710|      108,257|      183,696|       92,536|       29,477|       91,095|     1,270|      12,717|      279,568|      32,031
New York .............|    32,354,348|    28,433,240|    19,368,224|     8,299,373|      963,004|      789,896|     580,939|    1,208,635|    2,558,789|    1,391,996|      806,115|      765,643|         0|   1,112,759|    1,949,689|     858,660
North Carolina .......|     9,366,556|     7,713,293|     4,893,381|     2,387,992|      404,419|      272,909|     160,681|      519,383|      584,633|      277,808|      168,159|      431,920|         0|      48,014|    1,388,756|     216,493
North Dakota .........|       732,929|       638,946|       382,289|       203,506|       23,187|       19,185|      31,583|       31,244|       55,930|       28,978|       13,399|       31,516|    21,636|       5,138|       80,652|       8,193
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Ohio .................|    15,021,942|    12,974,575|     7,633,412|     4,871,562|      689,078|      754,802|     335,830|      762,406|    1,200,768|      573,123|      555,554|      467,064|     2,537|     398,489|    1,392,455|     256,423
Oklahoma .............|     3,677,397|     3,382,581|     1,956,646|     1,202,906|      203,606|      109,018|     108,369|      197,662|      372,381|      112,928|       98,942|      184,909|    38,121|      17,186|      236,705|      40,924
Oregon ...............|     4,419,127|     3,896,287|     2,313,122|     1,446,181|      233,772|      178,376|      65,522|      247,463|      335,419|      161,871|      223,758|      125,416|    11,567|      13,217|      395,381|     114,241
Pennsylvania .........|    16,981,551|    14,120,112|     8,857,974|     4,732,578|      661,009|      528,512|     432,356|      625,799|    1,426,223|      655,225|      403,454|      502,168|    27,393|     340,408|    1,874,275|     646,755
Rhode Island .........|     1,456,291|     1,393,143|       916,608|       437,400|       93,915|       59,712|      29,053|       68,118|      110,736|       57,080|       18,785|       39,135|         0|       8,397|       30,593|      24,158
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South Carolina .......|     4,968,906|     4,087,355|     2,450,038|     1,404,865|      266,564|      241,761|      52,421|      248,734|      365,810|      130,068|       99,506|      215,000|    17,452|      50,872|      721,810|     108,870
South Dakota .........|       902,255|       737,998|       444,596|       253,953|       39,427|       29,413|      25,625|       38,846|       69,979|       26,343|       24,319|       37,669|     1,780|       2,042|      144,374|      17,842
Tennessee ............|     5,818,502|     4,931,734|     3,216,104|     1,468,494|      166,624|      271,097|      95,540|      255,258|      441,401|      167,666|       70,908|      247,136|         0|      26,853|      743,906|     116,009
Texas ................|    31,071,241|    25,098,703|    15,278,648|     8,555,496|    1,208,268|    1,332,764|     431,434|    1,413,099|    2,699,619|      674,116|      796,197|    1,264,559|         0|     161,112|    4,719,702|   1,091,725
Utah .................|     2,599,491|     2,102,655|     1,372,663|       603,245|       75,110|       87,721|      22,049|      124,917|      190,844|       62,341|       40,266|      115,299|    11,447|      64,889|      366,789|      65,159
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Vermont ..............|       929,310|       870,198|       562,372|       283,750|       56,560|       30,261|      23,208|       58,013|       69,026|       29,176|       17,507|       23,404|       671|       5,341|       39,165|      14,606
Virginia .............|     9,008,649|     7,757,598|     4,825,091|     2,639,236|      367,659|      456,002|      75,731|      461,367|      759,413|      346,729|      172,336|      291,865|     1,406|      54,375|    1,005,551|     191,125
Washington ...........|     7,765,238|     6,399,885|     3,816,969|     2,269,270|      443,818|      294,354|     142,471|      310,447|      629,687|      251,483|      197,011|      210,294|   103,351|      35,736|    1,043,767|     285,850
West Virginia ........|     2,281,245|     2,086,937|     1,288,004|       675,680|       68,461|       57,494|      53,600|      114,491|      217,199|      136,386|       28,049|      123,232|        22|      32,928|      147,736|      13,645
Wisconsin ............|     8,091,176|     6,852,178|     4,265,597|     2,370,682|      322,627|      350,386|     180,205|      356,199|      603,684|      280,978|      276,603|      215,796|       103|      93,596|      926,361|     219,041
Wyoming ..............|       764,360|       683,918|       417,920|       242,788|       40,235|       27,083|      14,878|       40,972|       71,165|       28,168|       20,287|       22,733|       477|       1,677|       69,379|       9,386
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  Outlying areas      |              |              |              |              |             |             |            |             |             |             |             |             |          |            |             |
American Samoa .......|        51,050|        42,395|        16,164|        17,380|        6,876|        2,984|         501|        1,922|        2,996|          598|        1,503|        8,851|         0|       2,747|        5,908|           0
Guam .................|          --- |          --- |         ---  |          --- |         --- |         --- |        --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |      --- |        --- |         --- |        ---
Northern Marianas ....|        57,669|        49,832|        40,226|         6,488|          579|            0|       5,704|         --- |           54|           78|           73|        3,118|         0|         337|        7,501|           0
Puerto Rico ..........|     2,198,277|     2,086,414|     1,453,889|       397,265|       54,068|       18,174|      39,279|         --- |      187,386|       36,305|       62,053|      235,261|         0|      47,086|       45,155|      19,621
Virgin Islands .......|       147,528|       135,174|        84,107|        44,682|        8,314|        5,604|       7,636|        6,300|        9,347|        4,738|        2,743|        5,623|       761|       2,155|       10,199|           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. Some data have been 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, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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