Table 7.Current instruction expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by object and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2010

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2009–10 (Fiscal Year 2010)

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Table 7. Current instruction expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by object and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2010
	Current expenditures¹ [in thousands of dollars]
State or jurisdiction	Total		Salaries		Employee benefits		Purchased services		Tuition to out‑of-state and private schools		Instructional supplies		Other
United States²	$321,929,831	³	$214,445,260	³	$73,729,412	³	$13,818,576	³	$4,749,301	³	$13,746,138	³	$1,441,143	³

Alabama	3,902,381		2,527,834		998,530		104,085		1,853		258,191		11,889
Alaska	1,155,587		641,431		384,228		59,289		109		59,981		10,549
Arizona	4,759,457	³	3,359,861	³	859,390	³	206,438	³	10,873		187,009	³	135,885	³
Arkansas	2,572,811	³	1,757,604	³	479,524	³	90,422	³	12,001		214,753	³	18,507	³
California	35,056,436	³	23,503,106	³	7,756,666	³	1,679,025	³	748,357		1,365,473	³	3,809	³

Colorado	4,269,477		3,059,053		724,108		110,502		42,117		274,122		59,574
Connecticut	5,618,936	³	3,544,681	³	1,371,505	³	204,106	³	364,609		126,809	³	7,226	³
Delaware	952,560		607,857		265,700		14,029		6,475		48,807		9,692
District of Columbia⁴	723,156		458,470		60,640		13,030		166,575		18,708		5,733
Florida	14,111,697	³	8,699,435	³	2,680,150	³	2,129,009	³	943		502,706	³	99,454	³

Georgia	9,838,312	³	6,863,150	³	2,243,363	³	192,239	³	8,035		500,742	³	30,782	³
Hawaii⁴	1,316,336		812,429		324,683		78,326		6,911		83,618		10,369
Idaho	1,199,775	³	829,549	³	273,217	³	44,791	³	1,302		50,620	³	295	³
Illinois	14,782,525	³	9,541,184	³	3,894,222	³	590,515	³	151,875		438,190	³	166,540	³
Indiana	5,834,548	³	3,808,314	³	1,729,415	³	100,161		2,645		188,548		5,465

Iowa	2,954,930		2,111,224		645,635		76,451		25,005		92,624		3,991
Kansas	2,880,088		2,109,134		551,743		82,012		2,888		116,484		17,828
Kentucky	3,614,078		2,557,262		845,438		68,008		3,621		130,797		8,951
Louisiana	4,328,354	³	2,912,229	³	1,008,889	³	106,206	³	6,448		285,880	³	8,702	³
Maine	1,428,312	³	912,900	³	375,762	³	29,712		66,229		37,688		6,021

Maryland	7,386,467	³	4,768,639	³	1,925,146	³	203,855		266,746		214,323		7,758
Massachusetts	9,243,556	³	5,536,313	³	2,746,541	³	54,298		633,706		258,212		14,486
Michigan	9,913,891		6,046,627		2,857,136		693,935		191		298,548		17,453
Minnesota	5,906,921	³	3,962,598	³	1,349,709	³	330,105	³	55,998		188,968	³	19,542	³
Mississippi	2,346,594	³	1,651,702	³	498,594	³	55,878	³	6,313		125,499	³	8,608	³

Missouri	5,378,592	³	3,773,167		1,030,092		172,347	³	9,191		371,570		22,226	³
Montana	901,788		595,725		172,492		60,481		873		69,385		2,831
Nebraska	2,128,741		1,375,800		468,113		125,093		13,417		124,864		21,454
Nevada	2,139,830		1,428,342		515,923		36,767		1,187		154,696		2,916
New Hampshire	1,671,301		1,029,385		415,873		44,849		135,815		42,510		2,869

New Jersey	14,541,885		9,318,554		3,594,863		464,905		605,439		419,575		138,549
New Mexico	1,847,604		1,267,212		390,637		74,630		0		114,882		243
New York	35,061,778	³	22,419,307	³	9,503,554	³	1,819,078	³	552,606		762,178	³	5,055	³
North Carolina	7,641,089		5,495,033		1,445,007		274,235		0		426,814		0
North Dakota	578,011		405,129		122,536		18,016		983		28,160		3,186

Ohio	11,321,779		7,436,422		2,515,056		559,152		214,902		445,040		151,206
Oklahoma	2,989,502		2,091,724		624,222		44,298		144		219,922		9,192
Oregon	3,157,351		1,936,211		901,639		120,958		20,168		161,440		16,935
Pennsylvania	13,889,978		9,078,091		3,176,889		771,406		255,311		579,651		28,631
Rhode Island	1,294,924	³	834,178	³	352,977	³	9,175	³	74,798		23,156	³	640	³

South Carolina	3,784,450		2,651,844		785,027		129,937		2,859		193,770		21,012
South Dakota	666,468		444,367		126,560		34,217		7,606		52,129		1,590
Tennessee	4,970,275		3,400,112		1,008,551		97,974		0		446,717		16,922
Texas	25,747,871		19,686,185		3,015,717		856,632		59,866		1,892,724		236,747
Utah	2,340,227		1,489,881		614,804		60,241		625		165,582		9,094

Vermont	912,181		572,577		201,251		47,958		64,321		24,141		1,935
Virginia	8,049,182		5,674,422		1,850,325		186,658		4,297		327,674		5,805
Washington	5,932,836	³	4,053,728		1,262,584		330,377		14,473	³	234,887		36,786
West Virginia	2,008,007	³	1,115,190	³	719,994	³	35,873	³	2,161		134,212	³	578	³
Wisconsin	6,088,281		3,763,087		1,872,610		100,189		115,345		222,545		14,505
Wyoming	788,716		527,000		192,182		26,703		1,090		40,613		1,128
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	32,396		20,546		3,460		1,523		0		2,864		4,004
Guam	132,678		98,610		30,114		2,479		0		1,475		0
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	30,164	³	24,103	³	4,160	³	599	³	0		1,292	³	10	³
Puerto Rico	1,746,579	³	1,307,313	³	223,877	³	27,319		0		51,736		136,333
U.S. Virgin Islands	119,422		82,258		31,258		1,550		0		4,355		0
¹ Current instruction expenditures include expenditures for activities related to the interaction between teachers and students, including salaries and benefits for teachers and teacher aides, textbooks, supplies, and purchased services. These expenditures also include expenditures relating to extracurricular and cocurricular activities.
² U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
³ Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items, and/or to distribute state direct support expenditures.
⁴ Both the District of Columbia and Hawaii have only one school district each; therefore, neither is comparable to other states.
NOTE: 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 (NPEFS)," fiscal year 2010, provisional Version 1a.

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