Education in States and Nations: 1991

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State               Total    Primary-secondary             Higher education
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Alabama               4.7                  3.1                          1.6
Alaska                3.9                  3.1                          0.8
Arizona               4.9                  3.4                          1.5
Arkansas              4.7                  3.4                          1.3
California            4.0                  2.8                          1.2
Colorado              4.6                  3.4                          1.2
Connecticut           4.2                  3.5                          0.8
Delaware              3.3                  2.5                          0.8
District of Columbia  2.4                  1.6                          0.9
Florida               4.3                  3.3                          1.0
Georgia               4.2                  3.1                          1.1
Hawaii                4.1                  2.6                          1.4
Idaho                 4.7                  3.5                          1.2
Illinois              4.0                  3.0                          1.0
Indiana               5.0                  3.8                          1.2
Iowa                  5.1                  3.5                          1.6
Kansas                4.9                  3.5                          1.4
Kentucky              4.6                  3.3                          1.2
Louisiana             3.9                  2.9                          1.0
Maine                 5.3                  4.3                          1.0
Maryland              4.8                  3.5                          1.3
Massachusetts         3.9                  3.0                          0.9
Michigan              5.4                  4.2                          1.2
Minnesota             4.6                  3.4                          1.2
Mississippi           4.9                  3.4                          1.5
Missouri              4.1                  3.1                          1.0
Montana               6.3                  5.0                          1.3
Nebraska              4.8                  3.4                          1.5
Nevada                3.3                  2.5                          0.7
New Hampshire         4.4                  3.7                          0.7
New Jersey            4.7                  3.9                          0.7
New Mexico            6.0                  3.9                          2.1
New York              5.0                  3.9                          1.1
North Carolina        4.5                  3.0                          1.5
North Dakota          5.3                  3.4                          1.9
Ohio                  4.4                  3.5                          1.0
Oklahoma              4.6                  3.3                          1.2
Oregon                5.5                  4.1                          1.4
Pennsylvania          4.8                  3.9                          0.9
Rhode Island          4.8                  3.7                          1.1
South Carolina        4.8                  3.5                          1.3
South Dakota          4.4                  3.3                          1.1
Tennessee             3.9                  2.7                          1.1
Texas                 4.4                  3.3                          1.1
Utah                  5.6                  3.7                          1.9
Vermont               6.0                  4.9                          1.0
Virginia              4.1                  3.2                          0.9
Washington            4.5                  3.3                          1.2
West Virginia         6.0                  4.8                          1.2
Wisconsin             5.4                  3.9                          1.5
Wyoming               5.3                  3.9                          1.4
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NOTE: Row percentages may not sum to totals, due to rounding. 1991 GSPs are estimated from 1990 data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1993, Tables 160, 338, and 339; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Finance Survey, 1990-91. U.S. General Accounting Office, Education Finance, GAO/HEHS-95-3. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business, December, 1993; Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1992, Table 25.

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