Table 32.

Direct general expenditures per capita of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2006-07 and 2007-08

	Direct general expenditures,1  2006-07			Direct general expenditures,1  2007-08
	Total amount per capita	For education		Total amount per capita	For education
					All education		Elementary and secondary education		Colleges and universities		Other education2
State		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	Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	$7,495	$2,570	34.3	$7,894	$2,717	34.4	$1,860	23.6	$734	9.3	$122	1.5
Alabama	6,698	2,600	38.8	6,999	2,793	39.9	1,660	23.7	994	14.2	140	2.0
Alaska	15,181	3,823	25.2	16,790	4,387	26.1	3,258	19.4	1,004	6.0	124	0.7
Arizona	6,184	2,042	33.0	6,650	2,160	32.5	1,413	21.2	654	9.8	93	1.4
Arkansas	6,025	2,394	39.7	6,265	2,447	39.1	1,561	24.9	758	12.1	128	2.0
California	8,653	2,707	31.3	9,122	2,826	31.0	1,923	21.1	803	8.8	100	1.1
Colorado	6,927	2,384	34.4	7,205	2,551	35.4	1,710	23.7	771	10.7	70	1.0
Connecticut	8,135	3,059	37.6	8,687	3,178	36.6	2,336	26.9	656	7.5	186	2.1
Delaware	8,991	3,144	35.0	9,249	3,297	35.6	1,969	21.3	1,105	12.0	223	2.4
District of Columbia	14,426	2,630	18.2	18,041	3,762	20.9	3,545	19.6	217	1.2	0	0.0
Florida	7,178	2,171	30.2	7,556	2,254	29.8	1,663	22.0	460	6.1	131	1.7
Georgia	6,690	2,442	36.5	6,741	2,648	39.3	1,922	28.5	568	8.4	158	2.3
Hawaii	8,608	2,536	29.5	9,086	2,634	29.0	1,746	19.2	845	9.3	43	0.5
Idaho	6,009	1,985	33.0	6,364	2,079	32.7	1,265	19.9	716	11.2	98	1.5
Illinois	7,105	2,388	33.6	7,458	2,537	34.0	1,782	23.9	642	8.6	114	1.5
Indiana	6,650	2,441	36.7	6,969	2,418	34.7	1,519	21.8	767	11.0	133	1.9
Iowa	7,252	2,715	37.4	7,670	2,894	37.7	1,729	22.5	1,029	13.4	136	1.8
Kansas	6,977	2,545	36.5	7,456	2,679	35.9	1,698	22.8	901	12.1	80	1.1
Kentucky	6,399	2,288	35.8	6,903	2,490	36.1	1,483	21.5	803	11.6	205	3.0
Louisiana	7,922	2,312	29.2	9,377	2,678	28.6	1,703	18.2	769	8.2	205	2.2
Maine	7,637	2,350	30.8	7,831	2,422	30.9	1,730	22.1	578	7.4	114	1.5
Maryland	7,610	2,786	36.6	8,119	3,053	37.6	2,072	25.5	856	10.5	125	1.5
Massachusetts	8,414	2,597	30.9	8,711	2,663	30.6	1,922	22.1	581	6.7	160	1.8
Michigan	6,959	2,807	40.3	7,226	2,830	39.2	1,798	24.9	945	13.1	87	1.2
Minnesota	7,898	2,679	33.9	8,441	2,835	33.6	1,861	22.0	794	9.4	180	2.1
Mississippi	7,587	2,300	30.3	7,641	2,435	31.9	1,461	19.1	863	11.3	111	1.5
Missouri	6,234	2,176	34.9	6,641	2,358	35.5	1,613	24.3	640	9.6	105	1.6
Montana	6,949	2,439	35.1	7,502	2,608	34.8	1,587	21.2	864	11.5	156	2.1
Nebraska	7,069	2,666	37.7	7,690	2,854	37.1	1,799	23.4	931	12.1	123	1.6
Nevada	6,743	2,223	33.0	7,012	2,395	34.2	1,782	25.4	548	7.8	65	0.9
New Hampshire	6,454	2,485	38.5	6,785	2,599	38.3	1,895	27.9	621	9.1	83	1.2
New Jersey	8,664	3,422	39.5	9,084	3,513	38.7	2,769	30.5	606	6.7	138	1.5
New Mexico	8,254	2,826	34.2	8,705	2,979	34.2	1,793	20.6	1,006	11.6	181	2.1
New York	10,500	3,132	29.8	10,896	3,322	30.5	2,626	24.1	593	5.4	102	0.9
North Carolina	6,552	2,386	36.4	6,871	2,471	36.0	1,460	21.3	931	13.5	79	1.2
North Dakota	7,426	2,733	36.8	7,980	2,876	36.0	1,592	20.0	1,190	14.9	94	1.2
Ohio	7,381	2,611	35.4	7,526	2,689	35.7	1,840	24.5	680	9.0	168	2.2
Oklahoma	6,291	2,405	38.2	6,591	2,511	38.1	1,533	23.3	856	13.0	122	1.8
Oregon	7,050	2,316	32.9	7,425	2,553	34.4	1,613	21.7	863	11.6	77	1.0
Pennsylvania	7,369	2,540	34.5	7,607	2,660	35.0	1,904	25.0	607	8.0	148	2.0
Rhode Island	8,106	2,656	32.8	8,532	2,794	32.8	2,061	24.2	556	6.5	177	2.1
South Carolina	7,068	2,587	36.6	7,512	2,735	36.4	1,768	23.5	736	9.8	231	3.1
South Dakota	6,231	2,027	32.5	6,495	2,180	33.6	1,405	21.6	646	9.9	129	2.0
Tennessee	5,853	1,859	31.8	6,085	1,991	32.7	1,344	22.1	507	8.3	140	2.3
Texas	6,178	2,475	40.1	6,701	2,712	40.5	1,868	27.9	771	11.5	73	1.1
Utah	6,280	2,388	38.0	6,840	2,730	39.9	1,548	22.6	1,079	15.8	103	1.5
Vermont	8,493	3,470	40.9	8,750	3,565	40.7	2,226	25.4	1,119	12.8	220	2.5
Virginia	6,901	2,723	39.5	7,348	2,921	39.7	1,960	26.7	855	11.6	106	1.4
Washington	7,694	2,564	33.3	8,183	2,755	33.7	1,716	21.0	850	10.4	189	2.3
West Virginia	6,523	2,510	38.5	6,845	2,581	37.7	1,551	22.7	771	11.3	260	3.8
Wisconsin	7,232	2,657	36.7	7,541	2,771	36.7	1,793	23.8	883	11.7	95	1.3
Wyoming	11,548	3,841	33.3	12,769	4,205	32.9	2,829	22.2	1,195	9.4	181	1.4

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 private colleges and universities, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures.

NOTE: Per capita amounts are based on population figures as of July 2008. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances, retrieved August 2, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/govs/estimate/; and GCT-T1 Population Estimates, retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-ds_name=PEP_2008_EST&-_lang=en&-redoLog=true&-mt_name=PEP_2008_EST_GCTT1_US40&-format=US-40|U-40Sa|U-40Sb|U-40Sc|U-40Sd|U-40Se|U-40Sf|U-40Sg|U-40Sh|US-40S&-CONTEXT=gct. (This table was prepared August 2010).