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    Table 28. Direct general expenditures of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2003–04

    [In millions]
    State Total direct
    general expenditures1 
    Education expenditures
    Total Elementary and secondary education Colleges and universities Other education2 
    Total Current expenditure Capital outlay Total Current expenditure Capital outlay
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    United States $1,903,194 (1,522.6) $655,361 (131.1) $452,055 (135.6) $399,078 $52,977 $173,086 (17.3) $151,964 $21,121 $30,220
    Alabama 27,089 (86.7) 9,437 (37.7) 5,416 (37.9) 4,890 526 3,375 (#) 2,835 540 646
    Alaska 8,496 (16.1) 2,299 (22.8) 1,620 (22.7) 1,369 250 581 (#) 463 118 98
    Arizona 30,075 (39.1) 10,074 (#) 6,530 (0.7) 5,700 830 3,128 (#) 2,713 415 416
    Arkansas 14,577 (115.2) 5,429 (#) 3,418 (#) 3,055 363 1,664 (#) 1,447 216 347
    California 260,960 (1,043.8) 84,395 (8.4) 58,948 (11.8) 49,693 9,255 22,054 (#) 19,061 2,992 3,393
                               
    Colorado 28,424 (145.0) 9,702 (#) 6,541 (#) 5,682 859 2,878 (#) 2,606 271 284
    Connecticut 25,018 (35.0) 8,753 (21.9) 6,587 (21.7) 6,008 579 1,836 (#) 1,583 253 330
    Delaware 6,191 (12.4) 2,191 (#) 1,349 (#) 1,190 158 695 (#) 643 52 147
    District of Columbia 6,723 (#) 1,369 (#) 1,267 (#) 1,146 122 102 (#) 92 9 #
    Florida 100,771 (423.2) 29,396 (#) 21,392 (#) 18,027 3,366 6,757 (#) 5,845 912 1,247
                               
    Georgia 50,211 (120.5) 19,239 (#) 13,481 (#) 11,713 1,768 4,479 (#) 3,672 807 1,279
    Hawaii 8,673 (0.9) 2,488 (#) 1,675 (#) 1,597 78 770 (#) 768 2 42
    Idaho 7,540 (26.4) 2,636 (#) 1,705 (#) 1,522 183 826 (#) 685 141 105
    Illinois 79,495 (270.3) 28,621 (#) 19,417 (#) 17,074 2,343 7,655 (#) 6,978 677 1,549
    Indiana 35,540 (145.7) 13,616 (32.7) 8,912 (32.1) 7,937 975 3,992 (#) 3,622 370 712
                               
    Iowa 18,396 (47.8) 7,020 (#) 4,226 (#) 3,693 533 2,467 (#) 2,197 271 326
    Kansas 16,284 (87.9) 6,205 (0.6) 3,695 (0.7) 3,408 287 2,213 (#) 1,956 256 297
    Kentucky 23,342 (39.7) 7,748 (#) 4,561 (#) 4,062 499 2,520 (#) 2,232 289 666
    Louisiana 27,251 (60.0) 8,616 (#) 5,635 (#) 5,262 373 2,291 (#) 2,102 189 690
    Maine 9,282 (37.1) 2,863 (33.8) 2,076 (33.8) 1,851 226 657 (#) 576 80 130
                               
    Maryland 34,111 (58.0) 12,519 (#) 8,193 (#) 7,574 619 3,684 (#) 3,315 369 642
    Massachusetts 48,446 (72.7) 14,654 (29.3) 10,341 (29.0) 9,784 557 2,707 (#) 2,416 291 1,606
    Michigan 67,643 (162.3) 26,974 (#) 18,456 (#) 16,249 2,207 7,939 (#) 6,794 1,145 579
    Minnesota 36,637 (249.1) 11,951 (#) 8,259 (#) 7,221 1,038 3,010 (#) 2,740 269 682
    Mississippi 17,282 (103.7) 5,611 (#) 3,407 (#) 3,084 323 1,912 (#) 1,729 182 293
                               
    Missouri 31,020 (161.3) 10,836 (#) 7,608 (#) 6,869 739 2,724 (#) 2,449 275 504
    Montana 5,547 (12.8) 1,935 (#) 1,222 (#) 1,158 64 593 (#) 536 57 120
    Nebraska 10,776 (107.8) 4,041 (#) 2,591 (#) 2,295 296 1,307 (#) 1,190 117 143
    Nevada 13,619 (100.8) 4,157 (#) 3,059 (#) 2,484 575 995 (#) 845 150 103
    New Hampshire 7,549 (12.8) 2,753 (#) 2,059 (#) 1,860 199 613 (#) 554 59 82
                               
    New Jersey 61,224 (214.3) 24,712 (14.8) 19,685 (15.7) 17,711 1,974 4,389 (#) 3,766 623 637
    New Mexico 12,616 (32.8) 4,657 (#) 2,838 (#) 2,394 444 1,572 (#) 1,449 124 246
    New York 175,803 (632.9) 51,655 (10.3) 40,989 (4.1) 37,120 3,869 8,847 (8.8) 7,868 979 1,819
    North Carolina 48,490 (116.4) 17,240 (25.9) 10,043 (25.1) 9,104 939 6,745 (6.1) 5,885 860 453
    North Dakota 4,157 (11.2) 1,525 (#) 891 (#) 794 97 570 (#) 537 33 65
                               
    Ohio 74,445 (230.8) 26,472 (#) 18,742 (#) 16,603 2,140 6,331 (#) 5,539 792 1,398
    Oklahoma 18,148 (56.3) 6,921 (#) 4,316 (#) 3,996 320 2,283 (#) 2,079 204 321
    Oregon 22,309 (73.6) 7,553 (#) 4,711 (#) 4,225 487 2,622 (#) 2,261 360 220
    Pennsylvania 80,339 (241.0) 28,703 (#) 19,811 (#) 17,846 1,965 6,341 (#) 5,750 591 2,550
    Rhode Island 7,643 (10.7) 2,441 (4.4) 1,805 (4.3) 1,766 39 494 (#) 461 33 142
                               
    South Carolina 25,591 (40.9) 8,999 (#) 5,963 (#) 5,116 847 2,313 (#) 2,076 237 723
    South Dakota 4,132 (6.2) 1,422 (#) 964 (#) 862 102 391 (#) 346 45 67
    Tennessee 31,581 (173.7) 9,756 (65.4) 6,678 (65.4) 6,080 598 2,675 (#) 2,430 244 403
    Texas 124,057 (235.7) 49,707 (5.0) 34,631 (6.9) 29,812 4,819 13,973 (#) 11,881 2,091 1,104
    Utah 13,906 (34.8) 5,434 (#) 2,996 (#) 2,517 479 2,231 (#) 2,037 194 207
                               
    Vermont 4,398 (8.4) 1,761 (#) 1,155 (#) 1,077 77 519 (#) 465 54 88
    Virginia 42,955 (163.2) 16,107 (103.1) 11,192 (103.0) 9,942 1,250 4,311 (#) 3,700 611 604
    Washington 42,579 (102.2) 14,228 (#) 8,921 (#) 7,435 1,486 4,384 (#) 3,766 618 924
    West Virginia 10,604 (17.0) 3,738 (#) 2,408 (#) 2,227 182 1,029 (#) 903 126 301
    Wisconsin 36,714 (135.8) 13,366 (#) 8,722 (0.9) 8,175 547 4,222 (#) 3,734 489 422
    Wyoming 4,535 (17.2) 1,437 (#) 946 (#) 819 127 422 (#) 386 36 69
    # Rounds to zero.
    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 colleges and universities, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures.
    NOTE: Current expenditure data in this table differ from figures appearing in other tables because of slightly varying definitions used in the Governmental Finances and Common Core of Data surveys. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances. Retrieved on July 13, 2006, from http://www.census.gov/govs/www/estimate04.html. (This table was prepared July 2006.)

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