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Table 209. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2008-09
[In thousands of current dollars]
State or jurisdiction Total expenditures
Total Current expenditures for elementary and secondary programs Other current expendi-
tures1
Capital outlay2 Interest on school debt
Elementary/
secondary current expenditures, total
Instruction Support services Food services Enter-
prise opera-
tions3
Total Student support4 Instruc-
tional staff5
General admini-
stration
School admini-
stration
Operation
and maintenance
Student
transportation
Other
support services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States $610,326,007 $518,922,842 $316,075,710 $181,788,950 $28,533,413 $25,018,199 $10,202,846 $28,608,480 $50,559,027 $21,679,876 $17,187,109 $19,794,945 $1,263,238 $8,463,793 $65,890,367 $17,049,004
Alabama 7,866,617 6,683,843 3,897,501 2,337,967 373,911 311,959 173,277 416,151 610,997 320,755 130,918 448,376 0 115,007 927,145 140,621
Alaska 2,360,715 2,007,319 1,123,574 821,411 161,052 113,309 29,706 121,084 261,004 61,331 73,924 53,355 8,979 7,966 304,504 40,926
Arizona 10,709,708 8,726,755 4,906,783 3,390,138 944,923 231,833 124,700 418,452 972,479 318,306 379,446 382,082 47,753 51,662 1,345,512 585,779
Arkansas 4,862,688 4,240,839 2,462,105 1,534,972 210,994 336,688 103,551 222,227 404,085 152,065 105,361 239,472 4,291 28,502 473,438 119,909
California 72,059,482 60,080,929 35,942,432 21,753,530 3,067,163 3,928,377 572,688 4,010,200 6,150,391 1,472,636 2,552,076 2,236,786 148,182 1,235,054 8,844,862 1,898,637
                                 
Colorado 8,732,152 7,187,267 4,141,866 2,761,981 334,618 394,998 117,909 489,394 699,155 214,033 511,873 244,032 39,387 56,266 1,048,756 439,864
Connecticut 9,904,492 8,708,294 5,441,636 2,975,808 539,182 272,889 182,451 498,983 849,063 437,208 196,032 215,038 75,811 146,086 893,667 156,445
Delaware 1,843,876 1,518,786 925,411 532,632 76,345 17,749 19,397 88,877 157,576 97,419 75,270 60,742 0 20,920 258,087 46,083
District of Columbia 1,865,053 1,352,905 624,116 685,775 138,818 88,290 39,250 120,413 124,747 88,538 85,719 41,386 1,627 24,754 474,140 13,254
Florida 29,197,311 23,328,028 14,104,997 8,195,582 1,087,761 1,512,924 210,878 1,332,838 2,500,985 947,681 602,516 1,027,449 0 510,550 4,523,261 835,471
                                 
Georgia 18,989,232 15,976,945 10,013,104 5,121,083 766,374 808,520 234,531 933,393 1,185,832 660,665 531,767 795,964 46,793 36,743 2,714,768 260,776
Hawaii 2,423,593 2,225,438 1,384,466 736,148 211,127 73,175 11,688 137,433 166,205 62,619 73,901 104,823 0 25,231 69,864 103,060
Idaho 2,370,488 1,957,740 1,192,267 668,144 113,401 81,142 45,261 109,581 184,705 92,622 41,433 96,900 430 4,266 352,323 56,159
Illinois 27,273,680 23,495,271 13,813,130 8,949,552 1,508,922 1,084,402 976,876 1,182,234 2,199,235 1,129,961 867,922 732,589 0 165,318 2,884,296 728,796
Indiana 11,069,893 9,680,895 5,652,947 3,619,385 451,616 357,410 204,041 558,674 1,155,276 563,551 328,816 408,563 0 142,523 929,150 317,325
                                 
Iowa 5,517,616 4,731,463 2,897,898 1,617,639 268,931 214,072 124,570 274,472 424,493 166,920 144,182 211,267 4,660 27,506 677,328 81,318
Kansas 5,389,538 4,806,603 2,902,869 1,684,591 276,623 225,855 147,283 278,983 451,954 186,685 117,208 219,144 0 4,975 409,651 168,308
Kentucky 6,839,799 5,886,890 3,486,673 2,042,628 260,815 310,156 125,985 330,122 547,636 335,246 132,668 344,230 13,359 86,735 714,321 151,852
Louisiana 8,269,661 7,276,651 4,218,540 2,664,645 334,256 394,418 185,137 407,148 729,088 393,372 221,227 393,243 224 54,859 829,054 109,097
Maine 2,579,168 2,350,447 1,414,747 851,795 147,738 112,710 93,647 126,609 240,565 109,552 20,972 83,850 55 27,881 156,303 44,537
                                 
Maryland 12,753,441 11,591,965 7,147,477 3,979,493 529,879 596,948 78,538 802,912 1,078,237 570,850 322,129 304,976 160,019 25,038 988,894 147,544
Massachusetts 15,076,052 13,937,097 9,072,483 4,499,978 956,365 656,560 179,899 563,110 1,262,220 551,549 330,275 364,636 0 65,704 793,699 279,552
Michigan 19,897,270 17,217,584 9,843,731 6,810,105 1,306,870 820,143 352,864 993,486 1,787,713 742,718 806,311 563,748 0 339,221 1,469,393 871,072
Minnesota 11,244,655 9,182,281 6,042,647 2,743,315 247,606 424,752 281,369 372,881 679,840 483,721 253,145 372,592 23,726 422,034 1,215,827 424,514
Mississippi 4,402,170 3,967,232 2,327,535 1,398,665 186,883 182,341 117,437 229,664 414,227 180,014 88,097 240,748 285 28,517 333,562 72,858
                                 
Missouri 10,466,632 8,827,224 5,304,123 3,127,460 414,203 406,271 279,832 502,570 876,773 443,929 203,883 395,641 0 195,440 1,129,253 314,714
Montana 1,624,979 1,436,062 862,843 511,489 81,182 54,966 40,524 77,712 155,356 67,239 34,510 59,207 2,523 9,036 161,935 17,946
Nebraska 3,579,827 3,053,575 1,982,560 863,350 112,011 87,034 90,352 152,571 272,526 84,034 64,822 123,337 84,328 3,242 449,965 73,045
Nevada 4,550,664 3,606,035 2,142,723 1,345,410 173,167 188,597 58,654 259,658 383,827 153,352 128,154 117,902 0 22,291 633,569 288,769
New Hampshire 2,655,947 2,490,623 1,600,157 822,153 173,945 78,609 83,924 134,348 220,207 105,787 25,333 68,313 0 7,225 112,508 45,591
                                 
New Jersey 25,739,241 23,446,911 13,899,669 8,760,994 2,205,962 786,738 514,738 1,084,374 2,378,131 1,255,488 535,563 525,349 260,900 202,381 1,433,387 656,562
New Mexico 3,912,992 3,186,252 1,837,760 1,215,387 324,958 95,441 69,963 196,954 320,854 112,072 95,145 131,500 1,605 4,229 722,373 138
New York 54,766,076 48,635,363 33,644,194 13,968,400 1,629,616 1,361,331 916,311 2,014,531 4,218,196 2,568,077 1,260,339 1,022,769 0 2,103,039 2,908,659 1,119,015
North Carolina 14,242,947 12,598,382 7,997,296 3,922,098 573,371 479,004 171,201 769,972 1,046,653 505,690 376,207 678,988 0 72,614 1,564,983 6,967
North Dakota 1,046,126 928,528 541,896 308,827 38,023 28,752 41,600 46,839 90,196 40,263 23,155 49,773 28,031 9,129 95,376 13,093
                                 
Ohio 22,896,440 19,387,318 11,049,442 7,691,029 1,179,200 1,261,100 582,231 1,109,732 1,807,485 896,794 854,487 645,308 1,538 442,642 2,588,850 477,631
Oklahoma 5,622,898 5,082,062 2,908,376 1,828,735 342,773 184,305 148,430 276,346 579,842 158,208 138,832 298,388 46,563 12,794 472,558 55,484
Oregon 6,624,906 5,529,831 3,218,961 2,119,694 397,276 238,764 75,675 351,366 460,928 240,911 354,774 188,987 2,189 23,268 803,068 268,739
Pennsylvania 26,001,339 21,831,816 13,201,013 7,778,904 1,086,621 852,409 651,573 952,843 2,310,842 1,109,260 815,356 758,229 93,670 599,517 2,468,875 1,101,131
Rhode Island 2,259,628 2,139,317 1,280,778 806,377 266,637 69,384 55,355 105,391 182,792 84,232 42,586 52,081 81 57,046 25,523 37,742
                                 
South Carolina 8,378,028 6,626,763 3,826,821 2,441,544 487,739 437,172 79,535 395,185 617,719 216,135 208,058 339,378 19,020 74,810 1,317,674 358,781
South Dakota 1,273,677 1,080,054 626,773 391,593 61,302 44,605 37,864 53,784 116,036 37,844 40,158 56,746 4,943 3,630 167,299 22,694
Tennessee 8,645,040 7,768,063 4,874,878 2,508,101 321,372 452,226 151,729 446,506 706,404 281,361 148,503 385,084 0 65,622 636,113 175,242
Texas 52,980,125 40,688,181 24,415,370 14,155,735 1,971,160 2,120,068 596,482 2,254,343 4,593,772 1,106,854 1,513,056 2,117,077 0 303,178 9,293,157 2,695,608
Utah 4,754,524 3,638,775 2,352,270 1,078,296 138,666 157,909 45,066 216,969 324,720 112,747 82,219 190,117 18,092 104,773 891,455 119,521
                                 
Vermont 1,501,278 1,413,329 881,772 492,311 103,821 56,216 33,092 95,999 121,630 47,342 34,212 38,520 725 10,119 64,522 13,308
Virginia 15,155,776 13,505,290 8,194,326 4,813,707 655,441 906,450 214,391 799,234 1,324,723 691,335 222,133 495,745 1,512 77,601 1,418,910 153,975
Washington 12,227,154 9,940,325 5,982,198 3,512,282 660,150 443,977 185,121 579,763 882,009 391,809 369,453 324,730 121,116 57,389 1,811,236 418,204
West Virginia 3,135,617 2,998,657 1,787,149 1,042,948 110,677 120,608 72,220 158,246 317,746 214,137 49,313 168,560 0 41,145 83,357 12,458
Wisconsin 11,135,130 9,696,228 5,935,538 3,422,525 448,911 470,984 249,525 485,249 886,891 356,477 524,487 338,068 97 301,023 631,446 506,432
Wyoming 1,650,665 1,268,407 745,889 482,637 73,057 83,660 24,524 68,670 125,061 58,484 49,182 39,156 725 7,289 372,510 2,460
                                 
Other jurisdictions                                
American Samoa 71,468 65,436 32,737 17,540 1,799 3,372 928 6,093 2,631 1,225 1,493 15,158 0 1,980 4,052 0
Guam 265,065 235,711 135,903 87,369 26,318 6,113 3,613 13,663 33,190 1,011 3,462 12,438 0 0 22,800 6,555
Northern Marianas 65,766 62,787 28,625 28,094 7,857 5,138 1,354 4,912 5,161 1,264 2,408 488 5,580 1,576 1,403 0
Puerto Rico 4,026,886 3,502,757 1,738,493 1,417,946 227,299 168,157 125,230 185,627 421,380 100,516 189,737 346,319 0 101,921 417,112 5,096
U.S. Virgin Islands 207,633 201,326 116,671 76,159 11,687 4,560 7,266 9,144 9,290 14,182 20,031 8,496 0 1,677 4,630 0
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 buildings 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 guidance, 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 because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2012.)

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