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Table 33. Direct general expenditures per capita of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2001-02

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                      |         |                             Education expenditures
                      |  Total, |_______________________________________________________________________
                      |     all |                 |   Elementary and  |  Colleges and  |     Other
State                 |  direct |      Total      |secondary education|  universities  |  education\2\
                      | general |_________________|___________________|________________|________________
                      |expendi- |       |    As a |         |    As a |      |    As a |      |    As a
                      |   tures |Amount | percent |  Amount | percent |Amount| percent |Amount| percent
                      |     per |   per |  of all |     per |  of all |  per |  of all |  per |  of all
                      |capita\1\|capita |functions|  capita |functions|capita|functions|capita|functions
______________________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_________|______|_________|______|_________
1                     |       2 |     3 |       4 |       5 |       6 |    7 |       8 |    9 |      10
______________________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_________|______|_________|______|_________
   United States .....|   $6,087| $2,086|     34.3|   $1,442|     23.7|  $550|      9.0|   $94|      1.5
                      |_________|_______|_________|_________|_________|______|_________|______|_________
Alabama ..............|    5,507|  1,862|     33.8|    1,139|     20.7|   609|     11.1|   114|      2.1
Alaska ...............|   13,351|  3,331|     25.0|    2,370|     17.8|   771|      5.8|   191|      1.4
Arizona ..............|    4,767|  1,661|     34.8|    1,089|     22.8|   510|     10.7|    61|      1.3
Arkansas .............|    4,854|  1,777|     36.6|    1,096|     22.6|   534|     11.0|   146|      3.0
California ...........|    6,823|  2,225|     32.6|    1,541|     22.6|   590|      8.6|    94|      1.4
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
Colorado .............|    6,121|  2,035|     33.3|    1,327|     21.7|   645|     10.5|    63|      1.0
Connecticut ..........|    7,048|  2,287|     32.4|    1,736|     24.6|   453|      6.4|    98|      1.4
Delaware .............|    6,733|  2,434|     36.2|    1,513|     22.5|   791|     11.8|   130|      1.9
District of Columbia .|   10,853|  2,063|     19.0|    1,924|     17.7|   139|      1.3|  --- |     ---
Florida ..............|    5,325|  1,577|     29.6|    1,138|     21.4|   354|      6.7|    85|      1.6
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
Georgia ..............|    5,357|  2,069|     38.6|    1,468|     27.4|   464|      8.7|   137|      2.6
Hawaii ...............|    6,783|  1,847|     27.2|    1,180|     17.4|   648|      9.6|    19|      0.3
Idaho ................|    5,150|  1,834|     35.6|    1,234|     24.0|   524|     10.2|    76|      1.5
Illinois .............|    5,897|  2,073|     35.2|    1,433|     24.3|   520|      8.8|   120|      2.0
Indiana ..............|    5,352|  1,990|     37.2|    1,304|     24.4|   590|     11.0|    96|      1.8
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
Iowa .................|    5,862|  2,206|     37.6|    1,297|     22.1|   794|     13.5|   115|      2.0
Kansas ...............|    5,507|  2,036|     37.0|    1,279|     23.2|   655|     11.9|   102|      1.9
Kentucky .............|    5,308|  1,691|     31.9|      958|     18.0|   591|     11.1|   142|      2.7
Louisiana ............|    5,445|  1,790|     32.9|    1,169|     21.5|   468|      8.6|   152|      2.8
Maine ................|    6,716|  1,936|     28.8|    1,401|     20.9|   435|      6.5|   100|      1.5
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
Maryland .............|    6,613|  2,257|     34.1|    1,486|     22.5|   656|      9.9|   114|      1.7
Massachusetts ........|    6,621|  2,102|     31.7|    1,604|     24.2|   394|      5.9|   104|      1.6
Michigan .............|    6,069|  2,373|     39.1|    1,598|     26.3|   729|     12.0|    46|      0.8
Minnesota ............|    7,007|  2,260|     32.3|    1,558|     22.2|   591|      8.4|   110|      1.6
Mississippi ..........|    5,382|  1,785|     33.2|    1,033|     19.2|   644|     12.0|   107|      2.0
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
Missouri .............|    5,147|  1,871|     36.3|    1,309|     25.4|   469|      9.1|    93|      1.8
Montana ..............|    5,573|  1,977|     35.5|    1,250|     22.4|   559|     10.0|   169|      3.0
Nebraska .............|    5,670|  2,209|     39.0|    1,443|     25.4|   694|     12.2|    73|      1.3
Nevada ...............|    5,616|  1,756|     31.3|    1,324|     23.6|   387|      6.9|    45|      0.8
New Hampshire ........|    5,037|  1,937|     38.5|    1,437|     28.5|   445|      8.8|    55|      1.1
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
New Jersey ...........|    6,394|  2,415|     37.8|    1,882|     29.4|   473|      7.4|    60|      0.9
New Mexico ...........|    6,241|  2,279|     36.5|    1,368|     21.9|   798|     12.8|   113|      1.8
New York .............|    8,442|  2,500|     29.6|    2,006|     23.8|   418|      5.0|    76|      0.9
North Carolina .......|    5,433|  1,862|     34.3|    1,171|     21.6|   628|     11.6|    63|      1.2
North Dakota .........|    6,107|  2,061|     33.7|    1,177|     19.3|   802|     13.1|    82|      1.3
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
Ohio .................|    5,888|  2,074|     35.2|    1,448|     24.6|   512|      8.7|   114|      1.9
Oklahoma .............|    5,237|  1,992|     38.0|    1,265|     24.2|   643|     12.3|    84|      1.6
Oregon ...............|    6,617|  2,171|     32.8|    1,384|     20.9|   731|     11.0|    57|      0.9
Pennsylvania .........|    5,961|  1,975|     33.1|    1,338|     22.4|   469|      7.9|   169|      2.8
Rhode Island .........|    6,382|  2,060|     32.3|    1,488|     23.3|   453|      7.1|   119|      1.9
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
South Carolina .......|    5,865|  2,063|     35.2|    1,417|     24.2|   524|      8.9|   121|      2.1
South Dakota .........|    5,123|  1,794|     35.0|    1,241|     24.2|   478|      9.3|    75|      1.5
Tennessee ............|    5,037|  1,647|     32.7|    1,070|     21.3|   515|     10.2|    62|      1.2
Texas ................|    5,231|  2,142|     41.0|    1,503|     28.7|   585|     11.2|    54|      1.0
Utah .................|    5,638|  2,278|     40.4|    1,247|     22.1|   934|     16.6|    96|      1.7
                      |         |       |         |         |         |      |         |      |
Vermont ..............|    6,208|  2,382|     38.4|    1,528|     24.6|   699|     11.3|   155|      2.5
Virginia .............|    5,465|  2,108|     38.6|    1,447|     26.5|   578|     10.6|    83|      1.5
Washington ...........|    6,449|  2,147|     33.3|    1,367|     21.2|   665|     10.3|   116|      1.8
West Virginia ........|    5,466|  1,953|     35.7|    1,265|     23.1|   555|     10.2|   133|      2.4
Wisconsin ............|    6,290|  2,324|     37.0|    1,566|     24.9|   686|     10.9|    72|      1.1
Wyoming ..............|    7,799|  2,585|     33.2|    1,734|     22.2|   729|      9.4|   122|      1.6
______________________|_________|_______|_________|_________|_________|______|_________|______|_________

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\1\Includes state and local government expenditures for education services, social services and income maintenance, transportation, public safety, environment and housing, governmental administration, interest on general debt, and other general expenditures. Includes intergovernmental expenditure to the federal government.
\2\Includes assistance and subsidies to individuals and private elementary and secondary schools, and colleges and universities, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures.

NOTE: Per capita amounts are based on population figures as of July 2001. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances, unpublished data. (This table was prepared March 2005.)