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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 33b: Current public expenditure per student relative to GSP per capita, by level of education and state: 1991

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State               All levels     Primary secondary          Higher education
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Alabama              21.4                 17.6                 37.5
Alaska               18.0                 16.6                 26.6
Arizona              23.9                 21.1                 34.3
Arkansas             22.7                 19.3                 42.3
California           19.6                 16.6                 32.7
Colorado             21.4                 20.4                 25.1
Connecticut          23.5                 23.7                 22.9
Delaware             15.8                 15.3                 17.7
District of Columbia  9.9                 10.8                  8.6
Florida              25.5                 23.8                 33.9
Georgia              21.0                 18.4                 36.4
Hawaii               20.0                 15.6                 41.2
Idaho                19.8                 17.4                 32.3
Illinois             19.3                 18.3                 23.6
Indiana              23.5                 22.0                 30.2
Iowa                 23.0                 20.2                 33.3
Kansas               22.7                 20.4                 31.0
Kentucky             22.0                 19.5                 34.1
Louisiana            16.9                 15.0                 27.8
Maine                26.8                 26.0                 30.8
Maryland             25.6                 22.7                 38.6
Massachusetts        19.7                 20.5                 17.4
Michigan             25.9                 25.0                 29.8
Minnesota            21.5                 19.9                 28.2
Mississippi          20.7                 17.1                 39.0
Missouri             20.2                 19.0                 25.3
Montana              28.9                 27.3                 37.0
Nebraska             21.2                 18.8                 29.5
Nevada               18.9                 17.2                 28.5
New Hampshire        21.5                 22.7                 16.8
New Jersey           25.8                 25.8                 25.5
New Mexico           26.2                 20.2                 56.7
New York             25.2                 25.0                 25.7
North Carolina       23.2                 19.5                 38.1
North Dakota         23.0                 19.2                 36.5
Ohio                 21.3                 20.4                 25.5
Oklahoma             21.3                 19.0                 31.4
Oregon               27.7                 25.9                 34.8
Pennsylvania         24.8                 25.0                 24.0
Rhode Island         23.5                 25.6                 18.2
South Carolina       23.1                 20.5                 36.5
South Dakota         20.0                 18.4                 27.1
Tennessee            19.1                 16.2                 33.1
Texas                20.3                 18.2                 30.9
Utah                 19.6                 15.7                 37.2
Vermont              27.8                 29.9                 21.0
Virginia             21.2                 20.6                 23.7
Washington           22.6                 20.1                 34.0
West Virginia        28.9                 28.0                 32.9
Wisconsin            25.1                 22.8                 34.0
Wyoming              21.8                 20.0                 29.3
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1993, Tables 45, 160, 197, 338, and 339; Digest of Education Statistics, 1994; Table 63; 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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