Table 29.

Direct general expenditures per capita of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2003–04

State	Total, all direct general expenditures per capita1	Education expenditures
		Total		Elementary and secondary education		Colleges and universities		Other education2
		Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions	Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions	Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions	Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
United States	$6,481	$2,232	34.4	$1,539	23.8	$589	9.1	$103	1.6
Alabama	5,987	2,086	34.8	1,197	20.0	746	12.5	143	2.4
Alaska	12,912	3,494	27.1	2,461	19.1	884	6.8	149	1.2
Arizona	5,240	1,755	33.5	1,138	21.7	545	10.4	73	1.4
Arkansas	5,301	1,974	37.2	1,243	23.4	605	11.4	126	2.4
California	7,281	2,355	32.3	1,645	22.6	615	8.5	95	1.3
Colorado	6,176	2,108	34.1	1,421	23.0	625	10.1	62	1.0
Connecticut	7,150	2,502	35.0	1,883	26.3	525	7.3	94	1.3
Delaware	7,459	2,640	35.4	1,625	21.8	837	11.2	178	2.4
District of Columbia	12,135	2,471	20.4	2,288	18.9	183	1.5	—	—
Florida	5,796	1,691	29.2	1,230	21.2	389	6.7	72	1.2
Georgia	5,630	2,157	38.3	1,512	26.8	502	8.9	143	2.5
Hawaii	6,872	1,971	28.7	1,327	19.3	610	8.9	33	0.5
Idaho	5,405	1,890	35.0	1,223	22.6	592	11.0	75	1.4
Illinois	6,254	2,251	36.0	1,527	24.4	602	9.6	122	1.9
Indiana	5,707	2,187	38.3	1,431	25.1	641	11.2	114	2.0
Iowa	6,230	2,377	38.2	1,431	23.0	836	13.4	110	1.8
Kansas	5,956	2,269	38.1	1,351	22.7	809	13.6	109	1.8
Kentucky	5,636	1,871	33.2	1,101	19.5	608	10.8	161	2.9
Louisiana	6,046	1,912	31.6	1,250	20.7	508	8.4	153	2.5
Maine	7,058	2,177	30.8	1,579	22.4	499	7.1	99	1.4
Maryland	6,134	2,251	36.7	1,473	24.0	663	10.8	115	1.9
Massachusetts	7,561	2,287	30.2	1,614	21.3	423	5.6	251	3.3
Michigan	6,695	2,670	39.9	1,827	27.3	786	11.7	57	0.9
Minnesota	7,188	2,345	32.6	1,620	22.5	590	8.2	134	1.9
Mississippi	5,957	1,934	32.5	1,174	19.7	659	11.1	101	1.7
Missouri	5,385	1,881	34.9	1,321	24.5	473	8.8	87	1.6
Montana	5,983	2,087	34.9	1,318	22.0	639	10.7	130	2.2
Nebraska	6,165	2,312	37.5	1,482	24.0	747	12.1	82	1.3
Nevada	5,838	1,782	30.5	1,311	22.5	427	7.3	44	0.8
New Hampshire	5,811	2,120	36.5	1,585	27.3	472	8.1	63	1.1
New Jersey	7,049	2,845	40.4	2,267	32.2	505	7.2	73	1.0
New Mexico	6,630	2,447	36.9	1,492	22.5	826	12.5	129	1.9
New York	9,118	2,679	29.4	2,126	23.3	459	5.0	94	1.0
North Carolina	5,678	2,019	35.6	1,176	20.7	790	13.9	53	0.9
North Dakota	6,537	2,398	36.7	1,401	21.4	896	13.7	102	1.6
Ohio	6,502	2,312	35.6	1,637	25.2	553	8.5	122	1.9
Oklahoma	5,150	1,964	38.1	1,225	23.8	648	12.6	91	1.8
Oregon	6,213	2,103	33.9	1,312	21.1	730	11.8	61	1.0
Pennsylvania	6,482	2,316	35.7	1,598	24.7	512	7.9	206	3.2
Rhode Island	7,077	2,260	31.9	1,671	23.6	457	6.5	132	1.9
South Carolina	6,096	2,144	35.2	1,420	23.3	551	9.0	172	2.8
South Dakota	5,360	1,844	34.4	1,251	23.3	507	9.5	87	1.6
Tennessee	5,359	1,656	30.9	1,133	21.1	454	8.5	68	1.3
Texas	5,521	2,212	40.1	1,541	27.9	622	11.3	49	0.9
Utah	5,744	2,245	39.1	1,238	21.5	921	16.0	86	1.5
Vermont	7,082	2,836	40.0	1,859	26.3	835	11.8	141	2.0
Virginia	5,742	2,153	37.5	1,496	26.1	576	10.0	81	1.4
Washington	6,860	2,292	33.4	1,437	21.0	706	10.3	149	2.2
West Virginia	5,849	2,062	35.2	1,328	22.7	567	9.7	166	2.8
Wisconsin	6,670	2,428	36.4	1,585	23.8	767	11.5	77	1.1
Wyoming	8,961	2,840	31.7	1,870	20.9	835	9.3	136	1.5

—Not available. 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. 2 Includes assistance and subsidies to individuals, 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 2003. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances. Retrieved on July 13, 2006, from http://www.census.gov/govs/www/estimate04.html. (This table was prepared July 2006.)