Table 185.

Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2007-08

[In thousands of current dollars]
State or jurisdiction	1969-70	1979-80	1980-81	1989-90	1995-96	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-071	2007-08
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
United States	$34,217,773	$86,984,142	$94,321,093	$188,229,359	$255,106,683	$285,485,370	$302,876,294	$323,888,508	$348,360,841	$368,378,006	$387,593,617	$403,390,369	$425,047,565	$449,131,342	$476,814,206	$506,827,246
Alabama	422,730	1,146,713	1,393,137	2,275,233	3,240,364	3,633,159	3,880,188	4,176,082	4,354,794	4,444,390	4,657,643	4,812,479	5,164,406	5,699,076	6,245,031	6,832,439
Alaska	81,374	377,947	476,368	828,051	1,045,022	1,092,750	1,137,610	1,183,499	1,229,036	1,284,854	1,326,226	1,354,846	1,442,269	1,529,645	1,634,316	1,918,375
Arizona	281,941	949,753	1,075,362	2,258,660	3,327,969	3,740,889	3,963,455	4,288,739	4,846,105	5,395,814	5,892,227	6,071,785	6,579,957	7,130,341	7,815,720	8,403,221
Arkansas	235,083	666,949	709,394	1,404,545	1,994,748	2,149,237	2,241,244	2,380,331	2,505,179	2,822,877	2,923,401	3,109,644	3,546,999	3,808,011	3,997,701	4,156,368
California	3,831,595	9,172,158	9,936,642	21,485,782	27,334,639	32,759,492	34,379,878	38,129,479	42,908,787	46,265,544	47,983,402	49,215,866	50,918,654	53,436,103	57,352,599	61,570,555
Colorado	369,218	1,243,049	1,369,883	2,451,833	3,360,529	3,886,872	4,140,699	4,401,010	4,758,173	5,151,003	5,551,506	5,666,191	5,994,440	6,368,289	6,579,053	7,338,766
Connecticut	588,710	1,227,892	1,440,881	3,444,520	4,366,123	4,763,653	5,075,580	5,402,836	5,693,207	6,031,062	6,302,988	6,600,767	7,080,396	7,517,025	7,855,459	8,336,789
Delaware	108,747	269,108	270,439	520,953	726,241	830,731	872,786	937,630	1,027,224	1,072,875	1,127,745	1,201,631	1,299,349	1,405,465	1,437,707	1,489,594
District of Columbia	141,138	298,448	295,155	639,983	679,106	647,202	693,712	780,192	830,299	912,432	902,318	1,011,536	1,067,500	1,057,166	1,130,006	1,282,437
Florida	961,273	2,766,468	3,336,657	8,228,531	11,480,359	12,737,325	13,534,374	13,885,988	15,023,514	15,535,864	16,355,123	17,578,884	19,042,877	20,897,327	22,887,024	24,224,114
Georgia	599,371	1,608,028	1,688,714	4,505,962	6,629,646	7,770,241	8,537,177	9,158,624	10,011,343	10,853,496	11,630,576	11,788,616	12,528,856	13,739,263	14,828,715	16,030,039
Hawaii	141,324	351,889	395,038	700,012	1,040,682	1,112,351	1,143,713	1,213,695	1,215,968	1,348,381	1,489,092	1,566,792	1,648,086	1,805,521	2,045,198	2,122,779
Idaho	103,107	313,927	352,912	627,794	1,019,594	1,153,778	1,239,755	1,302,817	1,403,190	1,481,803	1,511,862	1,555,006	1,618,215	1,694,827	1,777,491	1,891,505
Illinois	1,896,067	4,579,355	4,773,179	8,125,493	10,727,091	12,473,064	13,602,965	14,462,773	15,634,490	16,480,787	17,271,301	18,081,827	18,658,428	19,244,908	20,326,591	21,874,484
Indiana	809,105	1,851,292	1,898,194	4,074,578	5,493,653	6,234,563	6,697,468	7,110,930	7,548,487	7,704,547	8,088,684	8,524,980	9,108,931	9,241,986	9,497,077	9,281,709
Iowa	527,086	1,186,659	1,337,504	2,004,742	2,753,425	3,005,421	3,110,585	3,264,336	3,430,885	3,565,796	3,652,022	3,669,797	3,808,200	4,039,389	4,231,932	4,499,236
Kansas	362,593	830,133	958,281	1,848,302	2,488,077	2,684,244	2,841,147	2,971,814	3,264,698	3,450,923	3,510,675	3,658,421	3,718,153	4,039,417	4,339,477	4,627,994
Kentucky	353,265	1,054,459	1,096,472	2,134,011	3,171,495	3,489,205	3,696,331	3,837,794	4,047,392	4,268,608	4,401,627	4,553,382	4,812,591	5,213,620	5,424,621	5,822,550
Louisiana	503,217	1,303,902	1,767,692	2,838,283	3,545,832	4,029,139	4,264,981	4,391,189	4,485,878	4,802,565	5,056,583	5,290,964	5,554,766	5,554,278	6,040,368	6,814,455
Maine	155,907	385,492	401,355	1,048,195	1,313,759	1,433,175	1,510,024	1,604,438	1,704,422	1,812,798	1,909,268	1,969,497	2,056,266	2,119,408	2,258,764	2,308,071
Maryland	721,794	1,783,056	1,937,159	3,894,644	5,311,207	5,843,685	6,165,934	6,545,135	7,044,881	7,480,723	7,933,055	8,198,454	8,682,586	9,381,613	10,210,303	11,192,623
Massachusetts	907,341	2,638,734	2,794,762	4,760,390	6,435,458	7,381,784	7,948,502	8,564,039	9,272,387	9,957,292	10,281,820	10,799,765	11,357,857	11,747,010	12,383,447	13,160,383
Michigan	1,799,945	4,642,847	5,196,249	8,025,621	11,137,877	12,003,818	12,785,480	13,994,294	14,243,597	14,975,150	15,674,698	15,983,044	16,353,921	16,681,981	17,013,259	17,053,521
Minnesota	781,243	1,786,768	1,900,322	3,474,398	4,844,879	5,452,571	5,836,186	6,140,442	6,531,198	6,586,559	6,867,403	7,084,005	7,310,284	7,686,638	8,060,410	8,415,969
Mississippi	262,760	756,018	716,878	1,472,710	2,000,321	2,164,592	2,293,188	2,510,376	2,576,457	2,642,116	2,853,531	3,059,569	3,243,888	3,550,261	3,692,358	3,898,401
Missouri	642,030	1,504,988	1,643,258	3,288,738	4,531,192	5,067,720	5,348,366	5,655,531	6,076,169	6,491,885	6,793,957	6,832,454	7,115,207	7,592,485	7,957,705	8,526,641
Montana	127,176	358,118	380,092	641,345	868,892	929,197	955,695	994,770	1,041,760	1,073,005	1,124,291	1,160,838	1,193,182	1,254,360	1,320,112	1,392,449
Nebraska	231,612	581,615	629,017	1,233,431	1,648,104	1,743,775	1,821,310	1,926,500	2,067,290	2,206,946	2,304,223	2,413,404	2,512,914	2,672,629	2,825,608	2,970,323
Nevada	87,273	281,901	287,752	712,898	1,296,629	1,570,576	1,738,009	1,875,467	1,978,480	2,169,000	2,251,044	2,470,581	2,722,264	2,959,728	3,311,471	3,515,004
New Hampshire	101,370	295,400	340,518	821,671	1,114,540	1,241,255	1,316,946	1,418,503	1,518,792	1,641,378	1,781,594	1,900,240	2,021,144	2,139,113	2,246,692	2,399,330
New Jersey	1,343,564	3,638,533	3,648,914	8,119,336	11,208,558	12,056,560	12,874,579	13,327,645	14,773,650	15,822,609	17,185,966	18,416,695	19,669,576	20,869,993	22,448,262	24,357,079
New Mexico	183,736	515,451	560,213	1,020,148	1,517,517	1,659,891	1,788,382	1,890,274	2,022,093	2,204,165	2,281,608	2,446,115	2,554,638	2,729,707	2,904,474	3,057,061
New York	4,111,839	8,760,500	9,259,948	18,090,978	23,522,461	25,332,735	26,885,444	28,433,240	30,884,292	32,218,975	34,546,965	36,205,111	38,866,853	41,149,457	43,679,908	46,443,426
North Carolina	676,193	1,880,862	2,112,417	4,342,826	5,582,994	6,497,648	7,097,882	7,713,293	8,201,901	8,543,290	8,766,968	8,994,620	9,835,550	10,476,056	11,248,336	11,482,912
North Dakota	97,895	228,483	254,197	459,391	557,043	599,443	625,428	638,946	668,814	711,437	716,007	749,697	832,157	857,774	838,221	886,317
Ohio	1,639,805	3,836,576	4,149,858	7,994,379	10,408,022	11,448,722	12,138,937	12,974,575	13,893,495	14,774,065	15,868,494	16,662,985	17,167,866	17,829,599	18,251,361	18,892,374
Oklahoma	339,105	1,055,844	1,193,373	1,905,332	2,804,088	3,138,690	3,332,697	3,382,581	3,750,542	3,875,547	3,804,570	3,853,308	4,161,024	4,406,002	4,750,536	4,932,913
Oregon	403,844	1,126,812	1,292,624	2,297,944	3,056,801	3,474,714	3,706,044	3,896,287	4,112,069	4,214,512	4,150,747	4,199,485	4,458,028	4,773,751	5,039,632	5,409,630
Pennsylvania	1,912,644	4,584,320	4,955,115	9,496,788	12,374,073	13,084,859	13,532,211	14,120,112	14,895,316	15,550,975	16,344,439	17,680,332	18,711,100	19,631,006	20,404,304	21,157,430
Rhode Island	145,443	362,046	395,389	801,908	1,094,185	1,215,595	1,283,859	1,393,143	1,465,703	1,533,455	1,647,587	1,765,585	1,825,900	1,934,429	2,039,633	2,134,609
South Carolina	367,689	997,984	1,006,088	2,322,618	3,085,495	3,507,017	3,759,042	4,087,355	4,492,161	4,744,809	4,888,250	5,017,833	5,312,739	5,696,629	6,023,043	6,453,817
South Dakota	109,375	238,332	242,215	447,074	610,640	665,082	696,785	737,998	796,133	819,296	851,429	887,328	916,563	948,671	977,006	1,037,875
Tennessee	473,226	1,319,303	1,429,938	2,790,808	3,728,486	4,409,338	4,638,924	4,931,734	5,170,379	5,501,029	5,674,773	6,056,657	6,446,691	6,681,445	6,975,099	7,540,306
Texas	1,518,181	4,997,689	5,310,181	12,763,954	18,801,462	21,188,676	22,430,153	25,098,703	26,546,557	28,191,128	30,399,603	30,974,890	31,919,107	33,851,773	36,105,784	39,033,235
Utah	179,981	518,251	587,648	1,130,135	1,719,782	1,916,688	2,025,714	2,102,655	2,250,339	2,374,702	2,366,897	2,475,550	2,627,022	2,778,236	2,987,810	3,444,936
Vermont	78,921	189,811	224,901	546,901	684,864	749,786	792,664	870,198	934,031	992,149	1,045,213	1,111,029	1,177,478	1,237,442	1,300,149	1,356,165
Virginia	704,677	1,881,519	2,045,412	4,621,071	5,969,608	6,736,863	7,137,419	7,757,598	8,335,805	8,718,554	9,208,329	9,798,239	10,705,162	11,470,735	12,465,858	13,125,666
Washington	699,984	1,825,782	1,791,477	3,550,819	5,394,507	5,987,060	6,098,008	6,399,885	6,782,136	7,103,817	7,359,566	7,549,235	7,870,979	8,239,716	8,752,007	9,331,539
West Virginia	249,404	678,386	754,889	1,316,637	1,806,004	1,905,940	1,986,562	2,086,937	2,157,568	2,219,013	2,349,833	2,415,043	2,527,767	2,651,491	2,742,344	2,841,962
Wisconsin	777,288	1,908,523	2,035,879	3,929,920	5,670,826	6,280,696	6,620,653	6,852,178	7,249,081	7,592,176	7,934,755	8,131,276	8,435,359	8,745,195	9,029,660	9,366,134
Wyoming	69,584	226,067	271,153	509,084	581,817	603,901	651,622	683,918	704,695	761,830	791,732	814,092	863,423	965,350	1,124,564	1,191,736
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	—	—	21,838	30,382	33,088	35,092	42,395	40,642	46,192	47,566	55,519	58,163	58,539	57,093	63,105
Guam	16,652	—	—	101,130	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	182,506	—	210,119	219,881	229,243
Northern Marianas	—	—	—	20,476	44,037	56,514	50,450	49,832	49,151	46,508	50,843	47,681	58,400	57,694	55,048	51,241
Puerto Rico	—	—	713,000	1,045,407	1,667,640	1,981,603	2,024,499	2,086,414	2,257,837	2,152,724	2,541,385	2,425,372	2,865,945	3,082,295	3,268,200	3,413,884
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	—	128,065	122,286	131,315	146,474	135,174	125,252	107,343	125,405	128,250	137,793	146,872	157,446	196,533

—Not available.

1 Data have been revised from previously published figures.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, expenditures for state administration are excluded. Data are not adjusted for changes in the purchasing power of the dollar due to inflation. 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 Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2007-08. (This table was prepared August 2010).