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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 31b: Current public expenditure on education as a percentage of total public expenditure, by level of education and state: 1991

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State                Total   Primary-secondary             Higher-education
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Alabama               9.8                  6.9                          2.9
Alaska               10.8                  8.6                          2.2
Arizona              11.3                  8.2                          3.1
Arkansas             11.7                  8.8                          2.9
California           10.8                  8.3                          2.5
Colorado             11.5                  9.4                          2.1
Connecticut          13.5                 11.8                          1.7
Delaware             12.3                  9.7                          2.6
District of Columbia 17.6                 15.2                          2.4
Florida              10.0                  8.0                          2.1
Georgia              12.0                  9.4                          2.6
Hawaii               10.1                  6.8                          3.3
Idaho                12.1                  9.1                          2.9
Illinois             13.0                 10.7                          2.3
Indiana              15.9                 12.7                          3.2
Iowa                 13.6                 10.1                          3.6
Kansas               13.6                 10.0                          3.6
Kentucky             12.1                  9.0                          3.0
Louisiana            11.0                  8.6                          2.4
Maine                12.1                 10.0                          2.0
Maryland              9.8                  8.1                          1.7
Massachusetts         9.4                  8.6                          0.9
Michigan             15.2                 12.4                          2.9
Minnesota            13.3                 10.5                          2.9
Mississippi           9.1                  6.5                          2.6
Missouri             10.9                  8.9                          2.1
Montana              12.6                 10.4                          2.2
Nebraska             13.8                 10.0                          3.8
Nevada               10.9                  8.7                          2.2
New Hampshire        13.9                 12.6                          1.3
New Jersey           15.5                 13.5                          2.0
New Mexico            8.3                  6.8                          1.5
New York             13.3                 11.0                          2.3
North Carolina       14.0                  9.9                          4.1
North Dakota         10.4                  7.5                          2.9
Ohio                 13.0                 10.7                          2.4
Oklahoma             11.4                  8.7                          2.7
Oregon               14.1                 11.1                          3.0
Pennsylvania         12.7                 11.0                          1.7
Rhode Island         11.6                  9.8                          1.8
South Carolina       11.8                  8.9                          2.9
South Dakota         10.4                  8.4                          2.0
Tennessee             9.8                  7.5                          2.2
Texas                14.1                 11.0                          3.1
Utah                 13.2                  9.7                          3.5
Vermont              15.5                 14.0                          1.5
Virginia              9.5                  7.8                          1.7
Washington           11.7                  9.1                          2.6
West Virginia        13.2                 11.0                          2.2
Wisconsin            15.7                 11.9                          3.7
Wyoming              17.2                 13.0                          4.1
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NOTE: Row percentages may not sum to totals, due to rounding.

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. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Significant Features of Fiscal Federalism, 1993, Volume 2, Table 68.



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