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Table 158. Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 to 2001-02
[In thousands]

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State or              |   1969-70 |   1979-80 |   1980-81 |    1989-90 |    1990-91 |    1991-92 |    1992-93 |    1993-94 |    1994-95 |    1995-96 |    1996-97 |    1997-98 |    1998-99 |  1999-2000 | 2000-01\1\ |    2001-02
jurisdiction          |           |           |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
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   United States .....|$34,217,773|$86,984,142|$94,321,093|$188,229,359|$202,037,752|$211,210,190|$220,948,052|$231,542,764|$243,877,582|$255,106,683|$270,174,298|$285,485,370|$302,876,294|$323,888,508|$348,360,841|$368,378,006
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Alabama ..............|    422,730|  1,146,713|  1,393,137|   2,275,233|   2,475,216|   2,465,523|   2,610,514|   2,809,713|   3,026,287|   3,240,364|   3,436,406|   3,633,159|   3,880,188|   4,176,082|   4,354,794|   4,444,390
Alaska ...............|     81,374|    377,947|    476,368|     828,051|     854,499|     931,869|     967,765|   1,002,515|   1,020,675|   1,045,022|   1,069,379|   1,092,750|   1,137,610|   1,183,499|   1,229,036|   1,284,854
Arizona ..............|    281,941|    949,753|  1,075,362|   2,258,660|   2,469,543|   2,599,586|   2,753,504|   2,911,304|   3,144,540|   3,327,969|   3,527,473|   3,740,889|   3,963,455|   4,288,739|   4,846,105|   5,395,814
Arkansas .............|    235,083|    666,949|    709,394|   1,404,545|   1,510,092|   1,656,201|   1,703,621|   1,782,645|   1,873,595|   1,994,748|   2,074,113|   2,149,237|   2,241,244|   2,380,331|   2,505,179|   2,822,877
California ...........|  3,831,595|  9,172,158|  9,936,642|  21,485,782|  22,748,218|  23,696,863|  24,219,792|  25,140,639|  25,949,033|  27,334,639|  29,909,168|  32,759,492|  34,379,878|  38,129,479|  42,908,787|  46,265,544
                      |           |           |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
Colorado .............|    369,218|  1,243,049|  1,369,883|   2,451,833|   2,642,850|   2,754,087|   2,919,916|   2,954,793|   3,232,976|   3,360,529|   3,577,211|   3,886,872|   4,140,699|   4,401,010|   4,758,173|   5,151,003
Connecticut ..........|    588,710|  1,227,892|  1,440,881|   3,444,520|   3,540,411|   3,665,505|   3,739,497|   3,943,891|   4,247,328|   4,366,123|   4,522,718|   4,763,653|   5,075,580|   5,402,836|   5,693,207|   6,031,062
Delaware .............|    108,747|    269,108|    270,439|     520,953|     543,933|     572,152|     600,161|     643,915|     694,473|     726,241|     788,715|     830,731|     872,786|     937,630|   1,027,224|   1,072,875
District of Columbia .|    141,138|    298,448|    295,155|     639,983|     647,901|     677,422|     670,677|     713,427|     666,938|     679,106|     632,952|     647,202|     693,712|     780,192|     830,299|     912,432
Florida ..............|    961,273|  2,766,468|  3,336,657|   8,228,531|   9,045,710|   9,314,079|   9,661,012|  10,331,896|  11,019,735|  11,480,359|  12,018,676|  12,737,325|  13,534,374|  13,885,988|  15,023,514|  15,535,864
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Georgia ..............|    599,371|  1,608,028|  1,688,714|   4,505,962|   4,804,225|   4,856,583|   5,273,143|   5,643,843|   6,136,689|   6,629,646|   7,230,405|   7,770,241|   8,537,177|   9,158,624|  10,011,343|  10,853,496
Hawaii ...............|    141,324|    351,889|    395,038|     700,012|     827,579|     884,591|     946,074|     998,143|   1,028,729|   1,040,682|   1,057,069|   1,112,351|   1,143,713|   1,213,695|   1,215,968|   1,348,381
Idaho ................|    103,107|    313,927|    352,912|     627,794|     708,045|     760,440|     804,231|     859,088|     951,350|   1,019,594|   1,090,597|   1,153,778|   1,239,755|   1,302,817|   1,403,190|   1,481,803
Illinois .............|  1,896,067|  4,579,355|  4,773,179|   8,125,493|   8,932,538|   9,244,655|   9,942,737|  10,076,889|  10,640,279|  10,727,091|  11,720,249|  12,473,064|  13,602,965|  14,462,773|  15,634,490|  16,480,787
Indiana ..............|    809,105|  1,851,292|  1,898,194|   4,074,578|   4,379,142|   4,544,829|   4,797,946|   5,064,685|   5,243,761|   5,493,653|   6,055,055|   6,234,563|   6,697,468|   7,110,930|   7,548,487|   7,704,547
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Iowa .................|    527,086|  1,186,659|  1,337,504|   2,004,742|   2,136,561|   2,356,196|   2,459,141|   2,527,434|   2,622,510|   2,753,425|   2,885,943|   3,005,421|   3,110,585|   3,264,336|   3,430,885|   3,565,796
Kansas ...............|    362,593|    830,133|    958,281|   1,848,302|   1,938,012|   2,028,440|   2,224,080|   2,325,247|   2,406,580|   2,488,077|   2,568,525|   2,684,244|   2,841,147|   2,971,814|   3,264,698|   3,450,923
Kentucky .............|    353,265|  1,054,459|  1,096,472|   2,134,011|   2,480,363|   2,709,623|   2,823,134|   2,952,119|   2,988,892|   3,171,495|   3,382,062|   3,489,205|   3,696,331|   3,837,794|   4,047,392|   4,268,608
Louisiana ............|    503,217|  1,303,902|  1,767,692|   2,838,283|   3,023,690|   3,188,024|   3,199,919|   3,309,018|   3,475,926|   3,545,832|   3,747,508|   4,029,139|   4,264,981|   4,391,189|   4,485,878|   4,802,565
Maine ................|    155,907|    385,492|    401,355|   1,048,195|   1,070,965|   1,121,360|   1,217,418|   1,208,411|   1,281,706|   1,313,759|   1,372,571|   1,433,175|   1,510,024|   1,604,438|   1,704,422|   1,812,798
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Maryland .............|    721,794|  1,783,056|  1,937,159|   3,894,644|   4,240,862|   4,362,679|   4,556,266|   4,783,023|   5,083,380|   5,311,207|   5,529,309|   5,843,685|   6,165,934|   6,545,135|   7,044,881|   7,480,723
Massachusetts ........|    907,341|  2,638,734|  2,794,762|   4,760,390|   4,906,828|   5,035,973|   5,281,067|   5,637,337|   6,062,303|   6,435,458|   6,846,610|   7,381,784|   7,948,502|   8,564,039|   9,272,387|   9,957,292
Michigan .............|  1,799,945|  4,642,847|  5,196,249|   8,025,621|   8,545,805|   9,156,501|   9,532,994|   9,816,830|  10,440,206|  11,137,877|  11,686,124|  12,003,818|  12,785,480|  13,994,294|  14,243,597|  14,975,150
Minnesota ............|    781,243|  1,786,768|  1,900,322|   3,474,398|   3,740,820|   3,936,695|   4,135,284|   4,328,093|   4,622,930|   4,844,879|   5,087,353|   5,452,571|   5,836,186|   6,140,442|   6,531,198|   6,586,559
Mississippi ..........|    262,760|    756,018|    716,878|   1,472,710|   1,510,552|   1,536,295|   1,600,752|   1,725,386|   1,921,480|   2,000,321|   2,035,675|   2,164,592|   2,293,188|   2,510,376|   2,576,457|   2,642,116
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Missouri .............|    642,030|  1,504,988|  1,643,258|   3,288,738|   3,487,786|   3,611,613|   3,710,426|   3,981,614|   4,275,217|   4,531,192|   4,775,931|   5,067,720|   5,348,366|   5,655,531|   6,076,169|   6,491,885
Montana ..............|    127,176|    358,118|    380,092|     641,345|     719,963|     751,710|     785,159|     822,015|     844,257|     868,892|     902,252|     929,197|     955,695|     994,770|   1,041,760|   1,073,005
Nebraska .............|    231,612|    581,615|    629,017|   1,233,431|   1,297,643|   1,381,290|   1,430,039|   1,513,971|   1,594,928|   1,648,104|   1,707,455|   1,743,775|   1,821,310|   1,926,500|   2,067,290|   2,206,946
Nevada ...............|     87,273|    281,901|    287,752|     712,898|     864,379|     962,800|   1,035,623|   1,099,685|   1,186,132|   1,296,629|   1,434,395|   1,570,576|   1,738,009|   1,875,467|   1,978,480|   2,169,000
New Hampshire ........|    101,370|    295,400|    340,518|     821,671|     890,116|     927,625|     972,963|   1,007,129|   1,053,966|   1,114,540|   1,173,958|   1,241,255|   1,316,946|   1,418,503|   1,518,792|   1,641,378
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New Jersey ...........|  1,343,564|  3,638,533|  3,648,914|   8,119,336|   8,897,612|   9,660,899|   9,915,482|  10,448,096|  10,776,982|  11,208,558|  11,771,941|  12,056,560|  12,874,579|  13,327,645|  14,773,650|  15,822,609
New Mexico ...........|    183,736|    515,451|    560,213|   1,020,148|   1,134,156|   1,212,189|   1,240,310|   1,323,459|   1,441,078|   1,517,517|   1,557,376|   1,659,891|   1,788,382|   1,890,274|   2,022,093|   2,204,165
New York .............|  4,111,839|  8,760,500|  9,259,948|  18,090,978|  19,514,583|  19,781,384|  20,898,267|  22,059,949|  22,989,629|  23,522,461|  24,237,291|  25,332,735|  26,885,444|  28,433,240|  30,884,292|  32,218,975
North Carolina .......|    676,193|  1,880,862|  2,112,417|   4,342,826|   4,605,384|   4,660,027|   4,930,823|   5,145,416|   5,440,426|   5,582,994|   5,964,939|   6,497,648|   7,097,882|   7,713,293|   8,201,901|   8,543,290
North Dakota .........|     97,895|    228,483|    254,197|     459,391|     460,581|     491,293|     511,095|     522,377|     534,632|     557,043|     577,498|     599,443|     625,428|     638,946|     668,814|     711,437
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Ohio .................|  1,639,805|  3,836,576|  4,149,858|   7,994,379|   8,407,428|   9,124,731|   9,173,393|   9,612,678|  10,030,956|  10,408,022|  10,948,074|  11,448,722|  12,138,937|  12,974,575|  13,893,495|  14,774,065
Oklahoma .............|    339,105|  1,055,844|  1,193,373|   1,905,332|   2,107,513|   2,268,958|   2,442,320|   2,680,113|   2,763,721|   2,804,088|   2,990,044|   3,138,690|   3,332,697|   3,382,581|   3,750,542|   3,875,547
Oregon ...............|    403,844|  1,126,812|  1,292,624|   2,297,944|   2,453,934|   2,626,803|   2,849,009|   2,852,723|   2,948,539|   3,056,801|   3,184,100|   3,474,714|   3,706,044|   3,896,287|   4,112,069|   4,214,512
Pennsylvania .........|  1,912,644|  4,584,320|  4,955,115|   9,496,788|  10,087,322|  10,371,796|  10,944,392|  11,236,417|  11,587,027|  12,374,073|  12,820,704|  13,084,859|  13,532,211|  14,120,112|  14,895,316|  15,550,975
Rhode Island .........|    145,443|    362,046|    395,389|     801,908|     823,655|     865,898|     934,815|     990,094|   1,050,969|   1,094,185|   1,151,888|   1,215,595|   1,283,859|   1,393,143|   1,465,703|   1,533,455
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South Carolina .......|    367,689|    997,984|  1,006,088|   2,322,618|   2,494,254|   2,564,949|   2,690,009|   2,790,878|   2,920,230|   3,085,495|   3,296,661|   3,507,017|   3,759,042|   4,087,355|   4,492,161|   4,744,809
South Dakota .........|    109,375|    238,332|    242,215|     447,074|     481,304|     518,156|     553,005|     584,894|     612,825|     610,640|     628,753|     665,082|     696,785|     737,998|     796,133|     819,296
Tennessee ............|    473,226|  1,319,303|  1,429,938|   2,790,808|   2,903,209|   2,859,755|   3,139,223|   3,305,579|   3,540,682|   3,728,486|   4,145,380|   4,409,338|   4,638,924|   4,931,734|   5,170,379|   5,501,029
Texas ................|  1,518,181|  4,997,689|  5,310,181|  12,763,954|  13,695,327|  14,709,628|  15,121,655|  16,193,722|  17,572,269|  18,801,462|  20,167,238|  21,188,676|  22,430,153|  25,098,703|  26,546,557|  28,191,128
Utah .................|    179,981|    518,251|    587,648|   1,130,135|   1,235,916|   1,296,723|   1,376,319|   1,511,205|   1,618,047|   1,719,782|   1,822,725|   1,916,688|   2,025,714|   2,102,655|   2,250,339|   2,374,702
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Vermont ..............|     78,921|    189,811|    224,901|     546,901|     599,018|     606,410|     616,212|     643,828|     665,559|     684,864|     718,092|     749,786|     792,664|     870,198|     934,031|     992,149
Virginia .............|    704,677|  1,881,519|  2,045,412|   4,621,071|   4,958,213|   4,993,480|   5,228,326|   5,441,384|   5,750,318|   5,969,608|   6,343,768|   6,736,863|   7,137,419|   7,757,598|   8,335,805|   8,718,554
Washington ...........|    699,984|  1,825,782|  1,791,477|   3,550,819|   3,906,471|   4,259,048|   4,679,698|   4,892,690|   5,138,928|   5,394,507|   5,587,803|   5,987,060|   6,098,008|   6,399,885|   6,782,136|   7,103,817
West Virginia ........|    249,404|    678,386|    754,889|   1,316,637|   1,473,640|   1,503,980|   1,626,005|   1,663,868|   1,758,557|   1,806,004|   1,847,560|   1,905,940|   1,986,562|   2,086,937|   2,157,568|   2,219,013
Wisconsin ............|    777,288|  1,908,523|  2,035,879|   3,929,920|   4,292,434|   4,597,004|   4,954,900|   5,170,343|   5,422,264|   5,670,826|   5,975,122|   6,280,696|   6,620,653|   6,852,178|   7,249,081|   7,592,176
Wyoming ..............|     69,584|    226,067|    271,153|     509,084|     521,549|     545,870|     547,938|     558,353|     577,144|     581,817|     591,488|     603,901|     651,622|     683,918|     704,695|     761,830
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  American Samoa .....|        ---|        ---|        ---|      21,838|      24,946|      26,972|      23,636|      25,161|      28,643|      30,382|      33,780|      33,088|      35,092|      42,395|      40,642|      46,192
  Guam ...............|     16,652|        ---|        ---|     101,130|     116,406|     132,494|     161,477|     160,797|     161,434|     158,303|     156,561|     168,716|        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
  Northern Marianas ..|        ---|        ---|        ---|      20,476|      26,822|      32,498|      38,784|      32,824|      45,008|      44,037|      53,140|      56,514|      50,450|      49,832|      49,151|      46,508
  Puerto Rico ........|        ---|        ---|    713,000|   1,045,407|   1,142,863|   1,207,235|   1,295,452|   1,360,762|   1,501,485|   1,667,640|   1,740,074|   1,981,603|   2,024,499|   2,086,414|   2,257,837|   2,152,724
  Virgin Islands .....|        ---|        ---|        ---|     128,065|     119,950|     121,660|     120,510|     120,556|     122,094|     122,286|     122,188|     131,315|     146,474|     135,174|     125,252|     107,343
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\1\Data have been revised from previously published figures.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, expenditures for state administration are excluded. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80 and 1980-81; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared April 2005.)