Table 32.

Direct general expenditures per capita of state and local governments for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2008-09 and 2009-10

	Direct general expenditures,1 2008-09			Direct general expenditures,1 2009-10
State	Total amount per capita	For education		Total amount per capita	For education
					All education		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	Amount per capita	As a percent of all functions
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	$8,131	$2,776	34.1	$8,205	$2,780	33.9	$1,856	22.6	$785	9.6	$140	1.7
Alabama	7,425	2,847	38.3	7,378	2,762	37.4	1,609	21.8	993	13.5	161	2.2
Alaska	18,619	4,564	24.5	17,825	4,501	25.3	3,323	18.6	1,018	5.7	160	0.9
Arizona	6,678	2,122	31.8	6,729	2,095	31.1	1,299	19.3	687	10.2	108	1.6
Arkansas	6,249	2,553	40.9	6,702	2,716	40.5	1,787	26.7	789	11.8	140	2.1
California	9,254	2,813	30.4	9,112	2,745	30.1	1,749	19.2	866	9.5	130	1.4
Colorado	7,675	2,538	33.1	7,994	2,611	32.7	1,664	20.8	857	10.7	90	1.1
Connecticut	9,065	3,270	36.1	8,899	3,161	35.5	2,326	26.1	676	7.6	159	1.8
Delaware	9,250	3,314	35.8	9,309	3,330	35.8	1,927	20.7	1,141	12.3	262	2.8
District of Columbia	16,906	3,697	21.9	17,822	3,934	22.1	3,677	20.6	258	1.4	0	0.0
Florida	7,465	2,127	28.5	7,253	2,034	28.0	1,409	19.4	484	6.7	141	1.9
Georgia	6,556	2,628	40.1	6,609	2,570	38.9	1,802	27.3	564	8.5	204	3.1
Hawaii	9,725	2,747	28.2	8,964	2,387	26.6	1,536	17.1	800	8.9	51	0.6
Idaho	6,663	2,137	32.1	6,578	2,100	31.9	1,293	19.7	702	10.7	105	1.6
Illinois	7,893	2,680	34.0	8,059	2,706	33.6	1,908	23.7	674	8.4	125	1.6
Indiana	7,004	2,517	35.9	6,937	2,550	36.8	1,558	22.5	839	12.1	153	2.2
Iowa	8,304	3,069	37.0	8,390	3,042	36.3	1,846	22.0	1,063	12.7	133	1.6
Kansas	8,091	2,989	36.9	8,020	2,989	37.3	1,943	24.2	952	11.9	94	1.2
Kentucky	7,068	2,485	35.2	7,325	2,587	35.3	1,518	20.7	859	11.7	209	2.9
Louisiana	9,503	2,721	28.6	9,437	2,651	28.1	1,767	18.7	697	7.4	187	2.0
Maine	8,224	2,487	30.2	8,328	2,581	31.0	1,852	22.2	563	6.8	166	2.0
Maryland	8,452	3,058	36.2	8,596	3,140	36.5	2,098	24.4	926	10.8	117	1.4
Massachusetts	8,996	2,777	30.9	9,078	2,764	30.4	1,971	21.7	635	7.0	158	1.7
Michigan	7,309	2,822	38.6	7,477	2,944	39.4	1,815	24.3	1,022	13.7	107	1.4
Minnesota	8,862	3,031	34.2	8,848	2,887	32.6	1,868	21.1	824	9.3	195	2.2
Mississippi	7,832	2,512	32.1	7,964	2,524	31.7	1,493	18.7	903	11.3	128	1.6
Missouri	6,891	2,396	34.8	6,975	2,365	33.9	1,627	23.3	616	8.8	122	1.8
Montana	7,614	2,633	34.6	8,106	2,612	32.2	1,626	20.1	820	10.1	166	2.0
Nebraska	7,803	3,052	39.1	7,989	3,128	39.2	1,983	24.8	1,009	12.6	136	1.7
Nevada	7,116	2,205	31.0	6,573	2,054	31.2	1,479	22.5	485	7.4	89	1.4
New Hampshire	7,067	2,632	37.2	7,530	2,716	36.1	1,991	26.4	613	8.1	112	1.5
New Jersey	9,375	3,628	38.7	9,400	3,610	38.4	2,809	29.9	629	6.7	171	1.8
New Mexico	9,365	3,313	35.4	9,420	3,162	33.6	1,814	19.3	1,180	12.5	168	1.8
New York	11,362	3,528	31.0	11,927	3,654	30.6	2,877	24.1	669	5.6	108	0.9
North Carolina	7,034	2,513	35.7	6,917	2,480	35.9	1,456	21.1	927	13.4	97	1.4
North Dakota	8,383	2,952	35.2	8,900	3,203	36.0	1,769	19.9	1,285	14.4	149	1.7
Ohio	7,687	2,724	35.4	7,848	2,844	36.2	1,892	24.1	712	9.1	240	3.1
Oklahoma	6,949	2,600	37.4	7,077	2,720	38.4	1,592	22.5	988	14.0	140	2.0
Oregon	8,001	2,769	34.6	8,121	2,716	33.5	1,588	19.6	1,022	12.6	107	1.3
Pennsylvania	8,053	2,737	34.0	8,316	2,763	33.2	1,936	23.3	669	8.0	157	1.9
Rhode Island	8,481	2,783	32.8	8,673	2,876	33.2	2,076	23.9	574	6.6	225	2.6
South Carolina	7,541	2,738	36.3	7,550	2,653	35.1	1,710	22.6	694	9.2	250	3.3
South Dakota	7,106	2,371	33.4	7,381	2,481	33.6	1,516	20.5	834	11.3	131	1.8
Tennessee	6,384	2,018	31.6	6,427	2,010	31.3	1,358	21.1	526	8.2	126	2.0
Texas	7,015	2,850	40.6	7,248	2,954	40.8	1,927	26.6	940	13.0	86	1.2
Utah	7,074	2,814	39.8	7,083	2,657	37.5	1,438	20.3	1,106	15.6	113	1.6
Vermont	9,126	3,657	40.1	9,403	3,748	39.9	2,353	25.0	1,139	12.1	255	2.7
Virginia	7,456	2,909	39.0	7,499	2,907	38.8	1,933	25.8	845	11.3	128	1.7
Washington	8,547	2,863	33.5	8,423	2,722	32.3	1,685	20.0	829	9.8	207	2.5
West Virginia	7,243	2,689	37.1	7,398	2,838	38.4	1,732	23.4	816	11.0	289	3.9
Wisconsin	7,916	2,857	36.1	8,091	2,952	36.5	1,861	23.0	991	12.2	100	1.2
Wyoming	13,763	4,509	32.8	13,465	4,369	32.4	2,980	22.1	1,185	8.8	204	1.5
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 for 2009-10 are based on population estimates for July 2010. Per capita amounts for 2008-09 are based on the latest population estimates for July 2009 and have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances, retrieved October 25, 2012, from http://www.census.gov/govs/estimate/; and GCT-T1 Population Estimates, retrieved October 26, 2012, from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/totals/2011/index.html. (This table was prepared October 2012).