Table 207.

Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2009-10

[In thousands of current dollars]
State or jurisdiction	1969-70	1979-80	1980-81	1989-90	1995-96	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-091	2009-10
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
United States	$34,217,773	$86,984,142	$94,321,093	$188,229,359	$255,106,683	$323,888,508	$348,360,841	$368,378,006	$387,593,617	$403,390,369	$425,047,565	$449,131,342	$476,814,206	$506,884,219	$518,922,842	$525,497,898
Alabama	422,730	1,146,713	1,393,137	2,275,233	3,240,364	4,176,082	4,354,794	4,444,390	4,657,643	4,812,479	5,164,406	5,699,076	6,245,031	6,832,439	6,683,843	6,670,517
Alaska	81,374	377,947	476,368	828,051	1,045,022	1,183,499	1,229,036	1,284,854	1,326,226	1,354,846	1,442,269	1,529,645	1,634,316	1,918,375	2,007,319	2,084,019
Arizona	281,941	949,753	1,075,362	2,258,660	3,327,969	4,288,739	4,846,105	5,395,814	5,892,227	6,071,785	6,579,957	7,130,341	7,815,720	8,403,221	8,726,755	8,587,889
Arkansas	235,083	666,949	709,394	1,404,545	1,994,748	2,380,331	2,505,179	2,822,877	2,923,401	3,109,644	3,546,999	3,808,011	3,997,701	4,156,368	4,240,839	4,459,910
California	3,831,595	9,172,158	9,936,642	21,485,782	27,334,639	38,129,479	42,908,787	46,265,544	47,983,402	49,215,866	50,918,654	53,436,103	57,352,599	61,570,555	60,080,929	58,248,662
Colorado	369,218	1,243,049	1,369,883	2,451,833	3,360,529	4,401,010	4,758,173	5,151,003	5,551,506	5,666,191	5,994,440	6,368,289	6,579,053	7,338,766	7,187,267	7,429,302
Connecticut	588,710	1,227,892	1,440,881	3,444,520	4,366,123	5,402,836	5,693,207	6,031,062	6,302,988	6,600,767	7,080,396	7,517,025	7,855,459	8,336,789	8,708,294	8,853,337
Delaware	108,747	269,108	270,439	520,953	726,241	937,630	1,027,224	1,072,875	1,127,745	1,201,631	1,299,349	1,405,465	1,437,707	1,489,594	1,518,786	1,549,812
District of Columbia	141,138	298,448	295,155	639,983	679,106	780,192	830,299	912,432	902,318	1,011,536	1,067,500	1,057,166	1,130,006	1,282,437	1,352,905	1,451,870
Florida	961,273	2,766,468	3,336,657	8,228,531	11,480,359	13,885,988	15,023,514	15,535,864	16,355,123	17,578,884	19,042,877	20,897,327	22,887,024	24,224,114	23,328,028	23,349,314
Georgia	599,371	1,608,028	1,688,714	4,505,962	6,629,646	9,158,624	10,011,343	10,853,496	11,630,576	11,788,616	12,528,856	13,739,263	14,828,715	16,030,039	15,976,945	15,730,409
Hawaii	141,324	351,889	395,038	700,012	1,040,682	1,213,695	1,215,968	1,348,381	1,489,092	1,566,792	1,648,086	1,805,521	2,045,198	2,122,779	2,225,438	2,110,864
Idaho	103,107	313,927	352,912	627,794	1,019,594	1,302,817	1,403,190	1,481,803	1,511,862	1,555,006	1,618,215	1,694,827	1,777,491	1,891,505	1,957,740	1,961,857
Illinois	1,896,067	4,579,355	4,773,179	8,125,493	10,727,091	14,462,773	15,634,490	16,480,787	17,271,301	18,081,827	18,658,428	19,244,908	20,326,591	21,874,484	23,495,271	24,695,773
Indiana	809,105	1,851,292	1,898,194	4,074,578	5,493,653	7,110,930	7,548,487	7,704,547	8,088,684	8,524,980	9,108,931	9,241,986	9,497,077	9,281,709	9,680,895	9,921,243
Iowa	527,086	1,186,659	1,337,504	2,004,742	2,753,425	3,264,336	3,430,885	3,565,796	3,652,022	3,669,797	3,808,200	4,039,389	4,231,932	4,499,236	4,731,463	4,794,308
Kansas	362,593	830,133	958,281	1,848,302	2,488,077	2,971,814	3,264,698	3,450,923	3,510,675	3,658,421	3,718,153	4,039,417	4,339,477	4,633,517	4,806,603	4,731,676
Kentucky	353,265	1,054,459	1,096,472	2,134,011	3,171,495	3,837,794	4,047,392	4,268,608	4,401,627	4,553,382	4,812,591	5,213,620	5,424,621	5,822,550	5,886,890	6,091,814
Louisiana	503,217	1,303,902	1,767,692	2,838,283	3,545,832	4,391,189	4,485,878	4,802,565	5,056,583	5,290,964	5,554,766	5,554,278	6,040,368	6,814,455	7,276,651	7,393,452
Maine	155,907	385,492	401,355	1,048,195	1,313,759	1,604,438	1,704,422	1,812,798	1,909,268	1,969,497	2,056,266	2,119,408	2,258,764	2,308,071	2,350,447	2,356,312
Maryland	721,794	1,783,056	1,937,159	3,894,644	5,311,207	6,545,135	7,044,881	7,480,723	7,933,055	8,198,454	8,682,586	9,381,613	10,210,303	11,211,176	11,591,965	11,883,677
Massachusetts	907,341	2,638,734	2,794,762	4,760,390	6,435,458	8,564,039	9,272,387	9,957,292	10,281,820	10,799,765	11,357,857	11,747,010	12,383,447	13,182,987	13,937,097	14,067,276
Michigan	1,799,945	4,642,847	5,196,249	8,025,621	11,137,877	13,994,294	14,243,597	14,975,150	15,674,698	15,983,044	16,353,921	16,681,981	17,013,259	17,053,521	17,217,584	17,227,515
Minnesota	781,243	1,786,768	1,900,322	3,474,398	4,844,879	6,140,442	6,531,198	6,586,559	6,867,403	7,084,005	7,310,284	7,686,638	8,060,410	8,426,264	9,182,281	8,927,288
Mississippi	262,760	756,018	716,878	1,472,710	2,000,321	2,510,376	2,576,457	2,642,116	2,853,531	3,059,569	3,243,888	3,550,261	3,692,358	3,898,401	3,967,232	3,990,876
Missouri	642,030	1,504,988	1,643,258	3,288,738	4,531,192	5,655,531	6,076,169	6,491,885	6,793,957	6,832,454	7,115,207	7,592,485	7,957,705	8,526,641	8,827,224	8,923,448
Montana	127,176	358,118	380,092	641,345	868,892	994,770	1,041,760	1,073,005	1,124,291	1,160,838	1,193,182	1,254,360	1,320,112	1,392,449	1,436,062	1,498,252
Nebraska	231,612	581,615	629,017	1,233,431	1,648,104	1,926,500	2,067,290	2,206,946	2,304,223	2,413,404	2,512,914	2,672,629	2,825,608	2,970,323	3,053,575	3,247,970
Nevada	87,273	281,901	287,752	712,898	1,296,629	1,875,467	1,978,480	2,169,000	2,251,044	2,470,581	2,722,264	2,959,728	3,311,471	3,515,004	3,606,035	3,592,994
New Hampshire	101,370	295,400	340,518	821,671	1,114,540	1,418,503	1,518,792	1,641,378	1,781,594	1,900,240	2,021,144	2,139,113	2,246,692	2,399,330	2,490,623	2,576,956
New Jersey	1,343,564	3,638,533	3,648,914	8,119,336	11,208,558	13,327,645	14,773,650	15,822,609	17,185,966	18,416,695	19,669,576	20,869,993	22,448,262	24,357,079	23,446,911	24,261,392
New Mexico	183,736	515,451	560,213	1,020,148	1,517,517	1,890,274	2,022,093	2,204,165	2,281,608	2,446,115	2,554,638	2,729,707	2,904,474	3,057,061	3,186,252	3,217,328
New York	4,111,839	8,760,500	9,259,948	18,090,978	23,522,461	28,433,240	30,884,292	32,218,975	34,546,965	36,205,111	38,866,853	41,149,457	43,679,908	46,443,426	48,635,363	50,251,461
North Carolina	676,193	1,880,862	2,112,417	4,342,826	5,582,994	7,713,293	8,201,901	8,543,290	8,766,968	8,994,620	9,835,550	10,476,056	11,248,336	11,482,912	12,598,382	12,200,362
North Dakota	97,895	228,483	254,197	459,391	557,043	638,946	668,814	711,437	716,007	749,697	832,157	857,774	838,221	886,317	928,528	1,000,095
Ohio	1,639,805	3,836,576	4,149,858	7,994,379	10,408,022	12,974,575	13,893,495	14,774,065	15,868,494	16,662,985	17,167,866	17,829,599	18,251,361	18,892,374	19,387,318	19,801,670
Oklahoma	339,105	1,055,844	1,193,373	1,905,332	2,804,088	3,382,581	3,750,542	3,875,547	3,804,570	3,853,308	4,161,024	4,406,002	4,750,536	4,932,913	5,082,062	5,192,124
Oregon	403,844	1,126,812	1,292,624	2,297,944	3,056,801	3,896,287	4,112,069	4,214,512	4,150,747	4,199,485	4,458,028	4,773,751	5,039,632	5,409,630	5,529,831	5,401,667
Pennsylvania	1,912,644	4,584,320	4,955,115	9,496,788	12,374,073	14,120,112	14,895,316	15,550,975	16,344,439	17,680,332	18,711,100	19,631,006	20,404,304	21,157,430	21,831,816	22,733,518
Rhode Island	145,443	362,046	395,389	801,908	1,094,185	1,393,143	1,465,703	1,533,455	1,647,587	1,765,585	1,825,900	1,934,429	2,039,633	2,134,609	2,139,317	2,136,582
South Carolina	367,689	997,984	1,006,088	2,322,618	3,085,495	4,087,355	4,492,161	4,744,809	4,888,250	5,017,833	5,312,739	5,696,629	6,023,043	6,453,817	6,626,763	6,566,165
South Dakota	109,375	238,332	242,215	447,074	610,640	737,998	796,133	819,296	851,429	887,328	916,563	948,671	977,006	1,037,875	1,080,054	1,115,861
Tennessee	473,226	1,319,303	1,429,938	2,790,808	3,728,486	4,931,734	5,170,379	5,501,029	5,674,773	6,056,657	6,446,691	6,681,445	6,975,099	7,540,306	7,768,063	7,894,661
Texas	1,518,181	4,997,689	5,310,181	12,763,954	18,801,462	25,098,703	26,546,557	28,191,128	30,399,603	30,974,890	31,919,107	33,851,773	36,105,784	39,033,235	40,688,181	42,621,886
Utah	179,981	518,251	587,648	1,130,135	1,719,782	2,102,655	2,250,339	2,374,702	2,366,897	2,475,550	2,627,022	2,778,236	2,987,810	3,444,936	3,638,775	3,635,085
Vermont	78,921	189,811	224,901	546,901	684,864	870,198	934,031	992,149	1,045,213	1,111,029	1,177,478	1,237,442	1,300,149	1,356,165	1,413,329	1,463,792
Virginia	704,677	1,881,519	2,045,412	4,621,071	5,969,608	7,757,598	8,335,805	8,718,554	9,208,329	9,798,239	10,705,162	11,470,735	12,465,858	13,125,666	13,505,290	13,193,633
Washington	699,984	1,825,782	1,791,477	3,550,819	5,394,507	6,399,885	6,782,136	7,103,817	7,359,566	7,549,235	7,870,979	8,239,716	8,752,007	9,331,539	9,940,325	9,832,913
West Virginia	249,404	678,386	754,889	1,316,637	1,806,004	2,086,937	2,157,568	2,219,013	2,349,833	2,415,043	2,527,767	2,651,491	2,742,344	2,841,962	2,998,657	3,315,648
Wisconsin	777,288	1,908,523	2,035,879	3,929,920	5,670,826	6,852,178	7,249,081	7,592,176	7,934,755	8,131,276	8,435,359	8,745,195	9,029,660	9,366,134	9,696,228	9,918,809
Wyoming	69,584	226,067	271,153	509,084	581,817	683,918	704,695	761,830	791,732	814,092	863,423	965,350	1,124,564	1,191,736	1,268,407	1,334,655
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	—	—	21,838	30,382	42,395	40,642	46,192	47,566	55,519	58,163	58,539	57,093	63,105	65,436	70,305
Guam	16,652	—	—	101,130	—	—	—	—	—	182,506	—	210,119	219,881	229,243	235,711	235,784
Northern Marianas	—	—	—	20,476	44,037	49,832	49,151	46,508	50,843	47,681	58,400	57,694	55,048	51,241	62,787	62,210
Puerto Rico	—	—	713,000	1,045,407	1,667,640	2,086,414	2,257,837	2,152,724	2,541,385	2,425,372	2,865,945	3,082,295	3,268,200	3,433,229	3,502,757	3,464,044
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	—	128,065	122,286	135,174	125,252	107,343	125,405	128,250	137,793	146,872	157,446	196,533	201,326	218,734

—Not available.

1 Data have been revised from previously published figures.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, expenditures for state administration are excluded. Data are not adjusted for changes in the purchasing power of the dollar due to inflation. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80 and 1980-81; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2009-10. (This table was prepared January 2013.)