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Table 204. Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools, by source and state or jurisdiction: 2008-09
State or jurisdiction Total (in thousands) Federal State Local (including intermediate)
Amount (in
thousands)
Per pupil Percent
of total
Amount (in
thousands)
Percent
of total
Amount (in
thousands)1
Percent
of total
Property taxes Private2
Amount (in
thousands)
Percent
of total
Amount (in
thousands)
Percent
of total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States $592,422,033 $56,670,261 $1,151 9.6 $276,525,603 46.7 $259,226,169 43.8 $205,821,844 34.7 $12,209,012 2.1
Alabama 7,239,083 777,591 1,043 10.7 4,166,018 57.5 2,295,475 31.7 1,043,596 14.4 303,176 4.2
Alaska 2,262,964 314,949 2,410 13.9 1,459,658 64.5 488,356 21.6 227,279 10.0 22,777 1.0
Arizona 9,792,303 1,164,199 1,070 11.9 4,628,421 47.3 3,999,683 40.8 3,168,999 32.4 240,902 2.5
Arkansas 4,823,956 556,500 1,162 11.5 2,684,309 55.6 1,583,147 32.8 1,317,525 27.3 145,506 3.0
California 70,687,012 9,185,270 1,453 13.0 40,605,913 57.4 20,895,829 29.6 16,285,557 23.0 527,770 0.7
                         
Colorado 8,353,849 578,233 707 6.9 3,670,240 43.9 4,105,376 49.1 3,302,064 39.5 328,289 3.9
Connecticut 9,871,755 440,826 777 4.5 3,842,177 38.9 5,588,751 56.6 5,411,897 54.8 126,286 1.3
Delaware 1,755,133 142,428 1,136 8.1 1,094,909 62.4 517,796 29.5 435,192 24.8 18,773 1.1
District of Columbia 1,651,014 175,732 2,559 10.6 1,475,283 89.4 307,127 18.6 10,848 0.7
Florida 26,322,090 2,694,579 1,024 10.2 9,047,588 34.4 14,579,923 55.4 12,467,923 47.4 967,448 3.7
                         
Georgia 18,017,477 1,688,274 1,020 9.4 7,780,725 43.2 8,548,478 47.4 6,099,649 33.9 478,489 2.7
Hawaii 2,601,823 305,550 1,702 11.7 2,205,032 84.7 91,241 3.5 0 0.0 24,515 0.9
Idaho 2,243,784 229,156 833 10.2 1,509,815 67.3 504,812 22.5 411,166 18.3 37,856 1.7
Illinois 26,512,711 3,146,741 1,486 11.9 7,324,750 27.6 16,041,221 60.5 13,799,481 52.0 509,814 1.9
Indiana 12,569,782 1,432,813 1,370 11.4 4,964,928 39.5 6,172,042 49.1 4,794,930 38.1 341,401 2.7
                         
Iowa 5,519,854 443,827 910 8.0 2,545,360 46.1 2,530,666 45.8 1,686,820 30.6 147,308 2.7
Kansas 5,754,449 453,608 963 7.9 3,323,346 57.8 1,977,495 34.4 1,506,567 26.2 120,835 2.1
Kentucky 6,641,128 731,351 1,092 11.0 3,802,150 57.3 2,107,627 31.7 1,454,252 21.9 117,576 1.8
Louisiana 8,099,981 1,264,057 1,846 15.6 3,740,262 46.2 3,095,662 38.2 1,201,568 14.8 68,196 0.8
Maine 2,575,516 245,719 1,274 9.5 1,127,032 43.8 1,202,765 46.7 1,132,763 44.0 44,278 1.7
                         
Maryland 13,097,508 694,847 823 5.3 5,698,735 43.5 6,703,926 51.2 3,176,196 24.3 305,572 2.3
Massachusetts 15,102,480 1,276,250 1,331 8.5 6,036,202 40.0 7,790,028 51.6 7,205,305 47.7 204,823 1.4
Michigan 19,585,635 2,253,644 1,358 11.5 10,904,987 55.7 6,427,004 32.8 5,482,523 28.0 324,596 1.7
Minnesota 10,542,303 632,057 756 6.0 6,914,839 65.6 2,995,407 28.4 1,801,168 17.1 325,954 3.1
Mississippi 4,360,702 675,972 1,374 15.5 2,334,355 53.5 1,350,375 31.0 1,053,180 24.2 116,176 2.7
                         
Missouri 10,042,753 833,909 909 8.3 3,425,716 34.1 5,783,128 57.6 4,461,471 44.4 356,364 3.5
Montana 1,595,197 199,017 1,403 12.5 774,091 48.5 622,089 39.0 387,229 24.3 59,285 3.7
Nebraska 3,455,794 280,666 997 8.1 1,213,317 35.1 1,961,810 56.8 1,701,529 49.2 153,210 4.4
Nevada 4,450,741 434,484 1,003 9.8 1,362,123 30.6 2,654,134 59.6 1,449,301 32.6 129,908 2.9
New Hampshire 2,717,115 147,318 744 5.4 1,003,249 36.9 1,566,547 57.7 1,483,896 54.6 50,236 1.8
                         
New Jersey 25,335,461 1,040,733 753 4.1 10,558,101 41.7 13,736,627 54.2 12,868,317 50.8 561,687 2.2
New Mexico 3,820,116 569,047 1,723 14.9 2,675,916 70.0 575,152 15.1 442,389 11.6 53,334 1.4
New York 55,558,190 3,220,417 1,175 5.8 25,346,556 45.6 26,991,217 48.6 24,286,747 43.7 360,999 0.6
North Carolina 13,322,946 1,406,049 945 10.6 8,401,249 63.1 3,515,648 26.4 2,751,450 20.7 283,807 2.1
North Dakota 1,102,479 161,484 1,705 14.6 408,004 37.0 532,990 48.3 426,615 38.7 47,578 4.3
                         
Ohio 22,335,976 1,685,617 928 7.5 10,297,735 46.1 10,352,625 46.3 8,411,116 37.7 691,892 3.1
Oklahoma 5,729,610 770,745 1,195 13.5 3,042,487 53.1 1,916,378 33.4 1,356,942 23.7 255,202 4.5
Oregon 6,145,206 670,547 1,165 10.9 3,117,303 50.7 2,357,357 38.4 1,837,657 29.9 147,187 2.4
Pennsylvania 25,632,072 1,868,034 1,052 7.3 9,920,340 38.7 13,843,699 54.0 10,437,514 40.7 400,487 1.6
Rhode Island 2,232,149 215,514 1,483 9.7 817,590 36.6 1,199,044 53.7 1,163,574 52.1 21,514 1.0
                         
South Carolina 7,702,962 762,297 1,062 9.9 3,679,907 47.8 3,260,758 42.3 2,484,980 32.3 246,603 3.2
South Dakota 1,241,892 203,354 1,608 16.4 410,179 33.0 628,359 50.6 515,512 41.5 36,612 2.9
Tennessee 8,283,928 935,135 962 11.3 3,809,467 46.0 3,539,325 42.7 1,677,865 20.3 443,677 5.4
Texas 46,962,119 5,014,820 1,055 10.7 19,973,129 42.5 21,974,171 46.8 19,519,790 41.6 944,003 2.0
Utah 4,542,690 565,022 1,027 12.4 2,387,698 52.6 1,589,970 35.0 1,156,660 25.5 188,910 4.2
                         
Vermont 1,571,006 102,785 1,098 6.5 1,346,300 85.7 121,922 7.8 2,030 0.1 22,915 1.5
Virginia 14,964,444 914,524 740 6.1 6,303,648 42.1 7,746,272 51.8 3,908,139 26.1 290,243 1.9
Washington 11,903,510 1,385,449 1,336 11.6 7,146,394 60.0 3,371,667 28.3 2,732,696 23.0 312,487 2.6
West Virginia 3,281,385 366,038 1,295 11.2 1,938,999 59.1 976,347 29.8 864,804 26.4 30,313 0.9
Wisconsin 10,832,105 1,302,449 1,502 12.0 4,809,185 44.4 4,720,471 43.6 4,308,914 39.8 242,049 2.2
Wyoming 1,675,896 110,634 1,276 6.6 945,167 56.4 620,095 37.0 411,981 24.6 19,344 1.2
                         
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa 79,922 68,432 85.6 11,282 14.1 209 0.3 0 0.0 209 0.3
Guam 262,823 50,170 19.1 0 0.0 212,652 80.9 0 0.0 767 0.3
Northern Marianas 65,538 30,711 2,814 46.9 34,602 52.8 225 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Puerto Rico 3,542,658 1,076,147 2,137 30.4 2,462,725 69.5 3,787 0.1 0 0.0 3,775 0.1
U.S. Virgin Islands 243,079 40,037 2,539 16.5 0 0.0 203,042 83.5 0 0.0 39,505 16.3
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
1 Includes other categories of revenue not separately shown.
2 Includes revenues from gifts, and tuition and fees from patrons.
NOTE: Excludes revenues for state education agencies. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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," 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2012.)

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