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Table 106.50. Direct general expenditures of state and local governments per capita for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2011-12 and 2012-13
[Amounts in current dollars]
  Direct general expenditures, 2011-12 Direct general expenditures, 2012-13
  Total amount per capita1 For education Total amount per capita1 For education
  All education Elementary and secondary education Colleges and universities Other education2
State Amount per capita As a percent of all functions Amount per capita As a percent of all functions Amount per capita As a percent
of all functions
Amount per capita As a percent of all functions Amount per capita As a percent of all functions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States $8,242 $2,767 33.6 $8,340 $2,770 33.2 $1,800 21.6 $825 9.9 $144 1.7
Alabama 7,221 2,618 36.3 7,497 2,766 36.9 1,560 20.8 1,030 13.7 176 2.4
Alaska 17,277 4,518 26.1 18,401 4,917 26.7 3,387 18.4 1,337 7.3 193 1.1
Arizona 6,332 2,062 32.6 6,226 2,028 32.6 1,125 18.1 765 12.3 138 2.2
Arkansas 7,240 2,806 38.8 7,242 2,761 38.1 1,659 22.9 881 12.2 220 3.0
California 9,175 2,827 30.8 9,417 2,760 29.3 1,726 18.3 901 9.6 134 1.4
                         
Colorado 7,662 2,545 33.2 7,845 2,562 32.7 1,555 19.8 884 11.3 123 1.6
Connecticut 9,486 3,319 35.0 9,697 3,386 34.9 2,458 25.4 725 7.5 203 2.1
Delaware 9,862 3,642 36.9 10,166 3,760 37.0 1,997 19.6 1,353 13.3 410 4.0
District of Columbia 16,952 3,735 22.0 17,804 3,891 21.9 3,647 20.5 244 1.4 0 0.0
Florida 6,959 1,931 27.8 6,881 1,912 27.8 1,257 18.3 486 7.1 168 2.4
                         
Georgia 6,495 2,548 39.2 6,530 2,520 38.6 1,705 26.1 630 9.6 184 2.8
Hawaii 8,874 2,515 28.3 8,736 2,416 27.7 1,339 15.3 1,001 11.5 76 0.9
Idaho 6,202 1,903 30.7 6,424 1,933 30.1 1,187 18.5 649 10.1 98 1.5
Illinois 7,980 2,748 34.4 8,340 2,788 33.4 1,940 23.3 718 8.6 130 1.6
Indiana 7,016 2,587 36.9 7,123 2,524 35.4 1,463 20.5 896 12.6 166 2.3
                         
Iowa 9,080 3,187 35.1 9,037 3,223 35.7 1,928 21.3 1,150 12.7 145 1.6
Kansas 7,954 2,920 36.7 8,033 2,919 36.3 1,777 22.1 1,055 13.1 88 1.1
Kentucky 7,463 2,654 35.6 7,274 2,647 36.4 1,562 21.5 859 11.8 225 3.1
Louisiana 9,248 2,781 30.1 9,079 2,593 28.6 1,719 18.9 673 7.4 200 2.2
Maine 8,483 2,523 29.7 8,367 2,427 29.0 1,677 20.0 596 7.1 153 1.8
                         
Maryland 9,137 3,158 34.6 8,872 3,106 35.0 2,039 23.0 948 10.7 119 1.3
Massachusetts 9,656 3,080 31.9 9,798 3,125 31.9 2,193 22.4 777 7.9 154 1.6
Michigan 7,475 2,903 38.8 7,547 2,828 37.5 1,664 22.1 1,059 14.0 105 1.4
Minnesota 9,014 2,869 31.8 9,081 2,953 32.5 1,908 21.0 857 9.4 188 2.1
Mississippi 8,083 2,493 30.8 8,009 2,446 30.5 1,441 18.0 860 10.7 146 1.8
                         
Missouri 7,186 2,369 33.0 7,217 2,373 32.9 1,592 22.1 660 9.1 122 1.7
Montana 8,157 2,565 31.4 8,077 2,591 32.1 1,617 20.0 798 9.9 176 2.2
Nebraska 8,021 3,201 39.9 8,222 3,267 39.7 2,039 24.8 1,078 13.1 150 1.8
Nevada 6,767 1,962 29.0 6,494 1,949 30.0 1,377 21.2 441 6.8 131 2.0
New Hampshire 7,575 2,906 38.4 7,549 2,809 37.2 2,033 26.9 640 8.5 136 1.8
                         
New Jersey 9,353 3,550 38.0 9,412 3,604 38.3 2,752 29.2 667 7.1 186 2.0
New Mexico 8,695 3,017 34.7 8,716 2,963 34.0 1,663 19.1 1,118 12.8 182 2.1
New York 12,127 3,646 30.1 12,425 3,612 29.1 2,832 22.8 693 5.6 88 0.7
North Carolina 7,288 2,430 33.3 7,422 2,525 34.0 1,440 19.4 958 12.9 128 1.7
North Dakota 10,260 3,354 32.7 10,303 3,485 33.8 1,990 19.3 1,355 13.2 139 1.4
                         
Ohio 7,918 2,816 35.6 8,040 2,798 34.8 1,824 22.7 843 10.5 131 1.6
Oklahoma 6,969 2,475 35.5 7,086 2,490 35.1 1,483 20.9 869 12.3 138 2.0
Oregon 8,224 2,652 32.2 8,198 2,659 32.4 1,502 18.3 1,049 12.8 108 1.3
Pennsylvania 8,379 2,766 33.0 8,595 2,932 34.1 2,027 23.6 751 8.7 154 1.8
Rhode Island 8,836 2,985 33.8 8,953 3,039 33.9 2,156 24.1 627 7.0 256 2.9
                         
South Carolina 7,271 2,569 35.3 7,345 2,642 36.0 1,606 21.9 775 10.5 261 3.5
South Dakota 7,311 2,398 32.8 7,352 2,434 33.1 1,528 20.8 772 10.5 134 1.8
Tennessee 6,652 2,135 32.1 6,577 2,116 32.2 1,391 21.2 565 8.6 159 2.4
Texas 7,023 2,698 38.4 7,064 2,711 38.4 1,699 24.1 930 13.2 82 1.2
Utah 7,445 2,874 38.6 7,323 2,917 39.8 1,539 21.0 1,247 17.0 132 1.8
                         
Vermont 9,965 3,794 38.1 10,475 3,923 37.5 2,432 23.2 1,209 11.5 282 2.7
Virginia 7,701 2,870 37.3 7,927 2,966 37.4 1,923 24.3 933 11.8 110 1.4
Washington 8,464 2,796 33.0 8,534 2,827 33.1 1,674 19.6 892 10.5 260 3.0
West Virginia 7,846 2,967 37.8 7,922 2,958 37.3 1,708 21.6 908 11.5 341 4.3
Wisconsin 8,254 2,968 36.0 8,218 2,921 35.5 1,783 21.7 1,017 12.4 121 1.5
Wyoming 13,387 4,367 32.6 13,310 4,394 33.0 2,845 21.4 1,257 9.4 292 2.2
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 private colleges and universities, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures. Does not include expenditures for public libraries.
NOTE: Per capita amounts for 2012-13 are based on population estimates for July 2013. Per capita amounts for 2011-12 are based on the latest population estimates for July 2012 and have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances, retrieved January 13, 2016, from http://www.census.gov/govs/local/; and GCT-T1 Population Estimates, retrieved January 13, 2016, from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/totals/2014/index.html. (This table was prepared January 2016).

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