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Table 7.  Current instruction expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by object and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2011
 
Current instruction 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  $322,492,844 3 $212,849,042 3 $75,211,035 3 $14,692,931 3 $4,988,203 3 $13,280,584 3 $1,471,049 3
   
Alabama  3,846,419 2,500,993 983,940 112,088 2,632 235,134 11,632
Alaska  1,218,685 666,919 413,655 61,055 365 67,196 9,495
Arizona  4,506,883 3 3,256,513 3 770,957 3 225,929 3 2,074 99,765 3 151,646 3
Arkansas  2,615,474 3 1,798,852 3 492,291 3 98,070 3 11,630 196,051 3 18,580 3
California  34,679,610 3 22,874,871 3 7,843,569 3 1,741,303 3 754,422 1,461,634 3 3,810 3
 
Colorado  4,250,693 3,018,418 743,335 112,520 42,267 271,478 62,675
Connecticut  5,768,873 3 3,601,405 3 1,448,012 3 199,225 3 396,499 115,141 3 8,590 3
Delaware  1,018,491 643,671 281,665 24,378 5,547 54,010 9,220
District of Columbia4  754,464 451,341 79,700 52,967 135,240 18,961 16,256
Florida  14,566,298 3 8,826,445 3 2,860,946 3 2,196,960 3 960 582,507 3 98,479 3
 
Georgia  9,668,819 3 6,661,760 3 2,226,686 3 224,261 3 9,026 505,759 3 41,328 3
Hawaii4  1,242,693 829,260 263,734 68,519 6,494 64,916 9,770
Idaho  1,148,131 3 801,451 3 265,057 3 40,803 3 1,292 39,309 3 219 3
Illinois  14,690,696 3 9,447,166 3 3,839,639 3 678,624 3 161,448 397,632 3 166,186 3
Indiana  5,702,356 3 3,668,624 1,771,180 3 93,399 5,149 159,286 4,718
 
Iowa  2,994,346 2,111,774 670,350 82,724 26,012 99,366 4,120
Kansas  2,873,575 2,075,510 543,674 90,862 3,270 138,936 21,323
Kentucky  3,641,680 2,580,067 866,875 67,417 3,817 116,696 6,809
Louisiana  4,380,197 3 2,869,599 3 1,146,439 3 102,961 3 1,405 250,343 3 9,451 3
Maine  1,442,329 3 914,977 387,202 3 31,789 66,125 37,564 4,672
 
Maryland  7,424,153 3 4,708,564 2,025,230 3 227,255 248,452 206,217 8,434
Massachusetts  8,867,542 3 5,644,823 2,247,971 3 57,083 642,126 261,104 14,435
Michigan  9,672,947 5,711,512 2,916,048 732,872 181 293,849 18,485
Minnesota  5,888,594 3 4,026,985 3 1,258,416 3 337,946 3 55,945 188,447 3 20,855 3
Mississippi  2,247,757 3 1,569,391 3 475,160 3 62,080 3 5,116 126,656 3 9,353 3
 
Missouri  5,208,082 3 3,632,510 1,030,137 171,191 3 9,598 343,008 21,638 3
Montana  909,036 601,939 177,068 60,063 970 65,466 3,530
Nebraska  2,185,379 1,425,176 482,026 134,001 9,404 114,881 19,891
Nevada  2,190,166 1,439,113 536,624 56,334 1,315 155,303 1,476
New Hampshire  1,712,141 1,045,326 440,816 44,965 135,465 42,637 2,933
 
New Jersey  14,209,004 9,006,686 3,647,162 470,068 582,169 377,576 125,344
New Mexico  1,793,031 1,227,588 387,735 71,269 0 106,129 310
New York  35,992,426 3 22,145,426 3 10,225,654 3 2,139,734 3 762,254 715,000 3 4,358 3
North Carolina  7,702,399 5,450,501 1,566,742 267,061 0 418,096 0
North Dakota  607,522 426,980 131,943 17,890 692 27,023 2,995
 
Ohio  11,372,653 7,419,242 2,578,234 578,882 234,400 412,847 149,048
Oklahoma  2,862,054 2,017,034 613,229 47,986 470 174,222 9,112
Oregon  3,165,170 1,927,067 920,550 120,586 20,290 158,327 18,351
Pennsylvania  14,382,313 9,318,410 3,381,178 810,393 268,900 569,513 33,918
Rhode Island  1,324,326 3 861,668 3 347,020 3 10,339 3 79,309 25,252 3 738 3
 
South Carolina  3,688,634 2,569,308 796,285 128,228 2,521 171,226 21,066
South Dakota  666,180 449,743 130,050 32,994 7,313 44,733 1,346
Tennessee  5,325,040 3,467,350 1,132,546 110,668 0 599,449 15,027
Texas  25,719,093 19,881,407 3,074,615 865,178 58,715 1,602,088 237,090
Utah  2,382,888 1,503,172 632,253 73,759 628 165,709 7,366
 
Vermont  876,070 566,647 173,695 47,370 63,350 22,856 2,151
Virginia  7,861,182 5,573,464 1,732,130 191,019 4,325 353,681 6,563
Washington  6,067,366 3 4,120,582 1,294,236 349,878 15,825 3 249,485 37,359
West Virginia  2,029,616 3 1,116,785 3 747,810 3 38,357 3 3,718 122,536 3 411 3
Wisconsin  6,322,480 3 3,855,317 3 1,997,077 3 103,837 3 137,966 211,031 3 17,252 3
Wyoming    826,891   539,711   212,491   27,788   1,110   44,554   1,237  
Other jurisdictions 
American Samoa  32,770 20,734 3,593 1,599 0 2,670 4,174
Guam  149,292 102,505 40,305 5,134 0 1,348 0
Commonwealth of
   the Northern
   Mariana Islands 
36,014 3 27,206 3 6,469 3 563 3 0 75 3 1,702 3
Puerto Rico  1,460,167 3 1,029,741 3 238,718 3 165,297 0 24,310 2,101
U.S. Virgin Islands    108,061   75,314   28,392   1,784   0   2,571   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 2011, preliminary Version 1a.