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Table 29. | Direct general expenditures per capita of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2005–06 |
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 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
United States | $7,087 | $2,431 | 34.3 | $1,672 | 23.6 | $640 | 9.0 | $119 | 1.7 |
Alabama | 6,680 | 2,372 | 35.5 | 1,425 | 21.3 | 814 | 12.2 | 134 | 2.0 |
Alaska | 13,968 | 3,666 | 26.2 | 2,682 | 19.2 | 864 | 6.2 | 120 | 0.9 |
Arizona | 5,797 | 1,914 | 33.0 | 1,255 | 21.6 | 580 | 10.0 | 79 | 1.4 |
Arkansas | 5,900 | 2,271 | 38.5 | 1,470 | 24.9 | 678 | 11.5 | 123 | 2.1 |
California | 8,050 | 2,534 | 31.5 | 1,759 | 21.8 | 668 | 8.3 | 107 | 1.3 |
Colorado | 6,475 | 2,301 | 35.5 | 1,561 | 24.1 | 668 | 10.3 | 72 | 1.1 |
Connecticut | 7,842 | 2,833 | 36.1 | 2,085 | 26.6 | 606 | 7.7 | 142 | 1.8 |
Delaware | 8,740 | 3,100 | 35.5 | 1,894 | 21.7 | 1,011 | 11.6 | 196 | 2.2 |
District of Columbia | 13,763 | 2,541 | 18.5 | 2,348 | 17.1 | 193 | 1.4 | # | # |
Florida | 6,779 | 1,954 | 28.8 | 1,438 | 21.2 | 412 | 6.1 | 104 | 1.5 |
Georgia | 5,789 | 2,274 | 39.3 | 1,645 | 28.4 | 484 | 8.4 | 145 | 2.5 |
Hawaii | 7,659 | 2,266 | 29.6 | 1,507 | 19.7 | 728 | 9.5 | 31 | 0.4 |
Idaho | 5,746 | 1,961 | 34.1 | 1,266 | 22.0 | 607 | 10.6 | 87 | 1.5 |
Illinois | 6,561 | 2,295 | 35.0 | 1,612 | 24.6 | 578 | 8.8 | 104 | 1.6 |
Indiana | 6,319 | 2,357 | 37.3 | 1,548 | 24.5 | 685 | 10.8 | 124 | 2.0 |
Iowa | 6,910 | 2,609 | 37.8 | 1,563 | 22.6 | 927 | 13.4 | 118 | 1.7 |
Kansas | 6,528 | 2,437 | 37.3 | 1,490 | 22.8 | 875 | 13.4 | 73 | 1.1 |
Kentucky | 6,020 | 2,069 | 34.4 | 1,232 | 20.5 | 654 | 10.9 | 183 | 3.0 |
Louisiana | 7,108 | 2,129 | 30.0 | 1,391 | 19.6 | 572 | 8.1 | 166 | 2.3 |
Maine | 7,541 | 2,269 | 30.1 | 1,612 | 21.4 | 541 | 7.2 | 117 | 1.5 |
Maryland | 7,013 | 2,563 | 36.5 | 1,731 | 24.7 | 721 | 10.3 | 110 | 1.6 |
Massachusetts | 8,143 | 2,645 | 32.5 | 1,803 | 22.1 | 551 | 6.8 | 291 | 3.6 |
Michigan | 6,590 | 2,609 | 39.6 | 1,707 | 25.9 | 822 | 12.5 | 80 | 1.2 |
Minnesota | 7,502 | 2,527 | 33.7 | 1,722 | 23.0 | 658 | 8.8 | 146 | 1.9 |
Mississippi | 6,614 | 2,209 | 33.4 | 1,373 | 20.8 | 732 | 11.1 | 104 | 1.6 |
Missouri | 5,911 | 2,043 | 34.6 | 1,426 | 24.1 | 529 | 8.9 | 88 | 1.5 |
Montana | 6,591 | 2,287 | 34.7 | 1,431 | 21.7 | 708 | 10.7 | 148 | 2.3 |
Nebraska | 6,610 | 2,459 | 37.2 | 1,541 | 23.3 | 821 | 12.4 | 98 | 1.5 |
Nevada | 6,451 | 2,055 | 31.9 | 1,526 | 23.7 | 470 | 7.3 | 60 | 0.9 |
New Hampshire | 6,196 | 2,386 | 38.5 | 1,739 | 28.1 | 579 | 9.4 | 67 | 1.1 |
New Jersey | 8,159 | 3,185 | 39.0 | 2,512 | 30.8 | 562 | 6.9 | 110 | 1.4 |
New Mexico | 7,606 | 2,669 | 35.1 | 1,564 | 20.6 | 958 | 12.6 | 147 | 1.9 |
New York | 10,086 | 2,962 | 29.4 | 2,354 | 23.3 | 506 | 5.0 | 102 | 1.0 |
North Carolina | 6,312 | 2,254 | 35.7 | 1,299 | 20.6 | 888 | 14.1 | 67 | 1.1 |
North Dakota | 7,100 | 2,619 | 36.9 | 1,492 | 21.0 | 1,041 | 14.7 | 86 | 1.2 |
Ohio | 7,148 | 2,505 | 35.1 | 1,732 | 24.2 | 621 | 8.7 | 153 | 2.1 |
Oklahoma | 5,820 | 2,243 | 38.5 | 1,402 | 24.1 | 735 | 12.6 | 106 | 1.8 |
Oregon | 6,843 | 2,253 | 32.9 | 1,391 | 20.3 | 796 | 11.6 | 66 | 1.0 |
Pennsylvania | 7,184 | 2,527 | 35.2 | 1,744 | 24.3 | 534 | 7.4 | 249 | 3.5 |
Rhode Island | 7,725 | 2,538 | 32.9 | 1,833 | 23.7 | 559 | 7.2 | 147 | 1.9 |
South Carolina | 6,724 | 2,445 | 36.4 | 1,606 | 23.9 | 649 | 9.7 | 190 | 2.8 |
South Dakota | 5,967 | 1,968 | 33.0 | 1,293 | 21.7 | 555 | 9.3 | 120 | 2.0 |
Tennessee | 5,694 | 1,805 | 31.7 | 1,224 | 21.5 | 472 | 8.3 | 109 | 1.9 |
Texas | 5,881 | 2,384 | 40.5 | 1,641 | 27.9 | 665 | 11.3 | 78 | 1.3 |
Utah | 6,122 | 2,328 | 38.0 | 1,290 | 21.1 | 935 | 15.3 | 103 | 1.7 |
Vermont | 7,874 | 3,252 | 41.3 | 1,995 | 25.3 | 1,066 | 13.5 | 191 | 2.4 |
Virginia | 6,593 | 2,518 | 38.2 | 1,721 | 26.1 | 697 | 10.6 | 100 | 1.5 |
Washington | 7,063 | 2,400 | 34.0 | 1,492 | 21.1 | 742 | 10.5 | 166 | 2.3 |
West Virginia | 6,288 | 2,354 | 37.4 | 1,432 | 22.8 | 692 | 11.0 | 230 | 3.7 |
Wisconsin | 7,093 | 2,580 | 36.4 | 1,680 | 23.7 | 813 | 11.5 | 87 | 1.2 |
Wyoming | 10,425 | 3,287 | 31.5 | 2,207 | 21.2 | 956 | 9.2 | 125 | 1.2 |
# Rounds to zero. 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 2006. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances, retrieved July 15, 2008, from http://www.census.gov/govs/www/estimate06.html; and GCT-T1 Population Estimates, retrieved July 15, 2008, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCT Table?_bm=y& -geo_id=01000US&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2006_EST&_lang=en&-_format =US-9&-_sse=on. (This table was prepared July 2008.) |