Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 236.25. Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2013-14
[In thousands of current dollars]
State or jurisdiction 1969-70 1979-80 1989-90 1999-2000 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-131 2013-14
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 $188,229,359 $323,888,508 $387,593,617 $403,390,369 $425,047,565 $449,131,342 $476,814,206 $506,884,219 $518,922,842 $524,715,242 $527,291,339 $527,207,246 $535,795,823 $553,500,792
Alabama 422,730 1,146,713 2,275,233 4,176,082 4,657,643 4,812,479 5,164,406 5,699,076 6,245,031 6,832,439 6,683,843 6,670,517 6,592,925 6,386,517 6,532,358 6,742,829
Alaska 81,374 377,947 828,051 1,183,499 1,326,226 1,354,846 1,442,269 1,529,645 1,634,316 1,918,375 2,007,319 2,084,019 2,201,270 2,292,205 2,395,354 2,418,000
Arizona 281,941 949,753 2,258,660 4,288,739 5,892,227 6,071,785 6,579,957 7,130,341 7,815,720 8,403,221 8,726,755 8,482,552 8,340,211 7,976,089 8,164,529 8,220,539
Arkansas 235,083 666,949 1,404,545 2,380,331 2,923,401 3,109,644 3,546,999 3,808,011 3,997,701 4,156,368 4,240,839 4,459,910 4,578,136 4,606,995 4,637,169 4,778,074
California 3,831,595 9,172,158 21,485,782 38,129,479 47,983,402 49,215,866 50,918,654 53,436,103 57,352,599 61,570,555 60,080,929 58,248,662 57,526,835 57,975,189 58,323,458 61,050,894
                                 
Colorado 369,218 1,243,049 2,451,833 4,401,010 5,551,506 5,666,191 5,994,440 6,368,289 6,579,053 7,338,766 7,187,267 7,429,302 7,409,462 7,341,585 7,506,978 7,924,319
Connecticut 588,710 1,227,892 3,444,520 5,402,836 6,302,988 6,600,767 7,080,396 7,517,025 7,855,459 8,336,789 8,708,294 8,853,337 9,094,036 9,344,999 9,543,010 10,050,439
Delaware 108,747 269,108 520,953 937,630 1,127,745 1,201,631 1,299,349 1,405,465 1,437,707 1,489,594 1,518,786 1,549,812 1,613,304 1,751,143 1,761,559 1,816,383
District of Columbia 141,138 298,448 639,983 780,192 902,318 1,011,536 1,067,500 1,057,166 1,130,006 1,282,437 1,352,905 1,451,870 1,482,202 1,466,888 1,557,117 1,608,142
Florida 961,273 2,766,468 8,228,531 13,885,988 16,355,123 17,578,884 19,042,877 20,897,327 22,887,024 24,224,114 23,328,028 23,349,314 23,870,090 22,732,752 23,214,634 24,363,817
                                 
Georgia 599,371 1,608,028 4,505,962 9,158,624 11,630,576 11,788,616 12,528,856 13,739,263 14,828,715 16,030,039 15,976,945 15,730,409 15,527,907 15,623,633 15,536,733 15,921,673
Hawaii 141,324 351,889 700,012 1,213,695 1,489,092 1,566,792 1,648,086 1,805,521 2,045,198 2,122,779 2,225,438 2,136,144 2,141,561 2,187,480 2,178,284 2,316,588
Idaho 103,107 313,927 627,794 1,302,817 1,511,862 1,555,006 1,618,215 1,694,827 1,777,491 1,891,505 1,957,740 1,961,857 1,881,746 1,854,556 1,925,676 1,949,963
Illinois 1,896,067 4,579,355 8,125,493 14,462,773 17,271,301 18,081,827 18,658,428 19,244,908 20,326,591 21,874,484 23,495,271 24,695,773 24,554,467 25,012,915 25,783,911 27,289,963
Indiana 809,105 1,851,292 4,074,578 7,110,930 8,088,684 8,524,980 9,108,931 9,241,986 9,497,077 9,281,709 9,680,895 9,921,243 9,687,949 9,978,491 9,811,166 9,841,337
                                 
Iowa 527,086 1,186,659 2,004,742 3,264,336 3,652,022 3,669,797 3,808,200 4,039,389 4,231,932 4,499,236 4,731,463 4,794,308 4,855,871 4,971,944 5,143,771 5,354,843
Kansas 362,593 830,133 1,848,302 2,971,814 3,510,675 3,658,421 3,718,153 4,039,417 4,339,477 4,633,517 4,806,603 4,731,676 4,741,372 4,871,381 4,895,863 5,083,374
Kentucky 353,265 1,054,459 2,134,011 3,837,794 4,401,627 4,553,382 4,812,591 5,213,620 5,424,621 5,822,550 5,886,890 6,091,814 6,211,453 6,360,799 6,354,306 6,375,119
Louisiana 503,217 1,303,902 2,838,283 4,391,189 5,056,583 5,290,964 5,554,766 5,554,278 6,040,368 6,814,455 7,276,651 7,393,452 7,522,098 7,544,782 7,492,539 7,721,469
Maine 155,907 385,492 1,048,195 1,604,438 1,909,268 1,969,497 2,056,266 2,119,408 2,258,764 2,308,071 2,350,447 2,370,085 2,377,878 2,330,842 2,357,739 2,441,064
                                 
Maryland 721,794 1,783,056 3,894,644 6,545,135 7,933,055 8,198,454 8,682,586 9,381,613 10,210,303 11,211,176 11,591,965 11,883,677 11,885,333 11,850,634 12,108,546 12,314,446
Massachusetts 907,341 2,638,734 4,760,390 8,564,039 10,281,820 10,799,765 11,357,857 11,747,010 12,383,447 13,182,987 13,937,097 13,356,373 13,962,366 14,151,659 14,627,898 15,183,018
Michigan 1,799,945 4,642,847 8,025,621 13,994,294 15,674,698 15,983,044 16,353,921 16,681,981 17,013,259 17,053,521 17,217,584 17,227,515 16,786,444 16,485,178 16,354,807 16,493,575
Minnesota 781,243 1,786,768 3,474,398 6,140,442 6,867,403 7,084,005 7,310,284 7,686,638 8,060,410 8,426,264 9,182,281 8,927,288 8,944,867 9,053,021 9,354,376 9,723,759
Mississippi 262,760 756,018 1,472,710 2,510,376 2,853,531 3,059,569 3,243,888 3,550,261 3,692,358 3,898,401 3,967,232 3,990,876 3,887,981 3,972,787 4,006,798 4,071,006
                                 
Missouri 642,030 1,504,988 3,288,738 5,655,531 6,793,957 6,832,454 7,115,207 7,592,485 7,957,705 8,526,641 8,827,224 8,923,448 8,691,887 8,719,925 8,905,756 9,125,949
Montana 127,176 358,118 641,345 994,770 1,124,291 1,160,838 1,193,182 1,254,360 1,320,112 1,392,449 1,436,062 1,498,252 1,518,818 1,504,531 1,523,696 1,576,937
Nebraska 231,612 581,615 1,233,431 1,926,500 2,304,223 2,413,404 2,512,914 2,672,629 2,825,608 2,970,323 3,053,575 3,213,646 3,345,530 3,462,575 3,563,939 3,654,376
Nevada 87,273 281,901 712,898 1,875,467 2,251,044 2,470,581 2,722,264 2,959,728 3,311,471 3,515,004 3,606,035 3,592,994 3,676,997 3,574,233 3,577,346 3,738,777
New Hampshire 101,370 295,400 821,671 1,418,503 1,781,594 1,900,240 2,021,144 2,139,113 2,246,692 2,399,330 2,490,623 2,576,956 2,637,911 2,643,256 2,655,077 2,720,225
                                 
New Jersey 1,343,564 3,638,533 8,119,336 13,327,645 17,185,966 18,416,695 19,669,576 20,869,993 22,448,262 24,357,079 23,446,911 24,261,392 23,639,281 24,391,278 25,417,320 25,733,921
New Mexico 183,736 515,451 1,020,148 1,890,274 2,281,608 2,446,115 2,554,638 2,729,707 2,904,474 3,057,061 3,186,252 3,217,328 3,127,463 3,039,461 3,099,308 3,189,842
New York 4,111,839 8,760,500 18,090,978 28,433,240 34,546,965 36,205,111 38,866,853 41,149,457 43,679,908 46,443,426 48,635,363 50,251,461 51,574,134 52,460,494 52,938,586 55,080,662
North Carolina 676,193 1,880,862 4,342,826 7,713,293 8,766,968 8,994,620 9,835,550 10,476,056 11,248,336 11,482,912 12,598,382 12,200,362 12,322,555 12,303,426 12,666,607 12,685,461
North Dakota 97,895 228,483 459,391 638,946 716,007 749,697 832,157 857,774 838,221 886,317 928,528 1,000,095 1,049,772 1,098,090 1,174,364 1,250,668
                                 
Ohio 1,639,805 3,836,576 7,994,379 12,974,575 15,868,494 16,662,985 17,167,866 17,829,599 18,251,361 18,892,374 19,387,318 19,801,670 19,988,921 19,701,810 19,506,123 19,714,149
Oklahoma 339,105 1,055,844 1,905,332 3,382,581 3,804,570 3,853,308 4,161,024 4,406,002 4,750,536 4,932,913 5,082,062 5,192,124 5,036,031 5,170,978 5,329,897 5,451,048
Oregon 403,844 1,126,812 2,297,944 3,896,287 4,150,747 4,199,485 4,458,028 4,773,751 5,039,632 5,409,630 5,529,831 5,401,667 5,430,888 5,389,273 5,395,742 5,647,470
Pennsylvania 1,912,644 4,584,320 9,496,788 14,120,112 16,344,439 17,680,332 18,711,100 19,631,006 20,404,304 21,157,430 21,831,816 22,733,518 23,485,203 23,190,198 23,712,931 24,264,551
Rhode Island 145,443 362,046 801,908 1,393,143 1,647,587 1,765,585 1,825,900 1,934,429 2,039,633 2,134,609 2,139,317 2,136,582 2,149,366 2,167,450 2,121,403 2,182,976
                                 
South Carolina 367,689 997,984 2,322,618 4,087,355 4,888,250 5,017,833 5,312,739 5,696,629 6,023,043 6,453,817 6,626,763 6,566,165 6,465,486 6,619,072 6,950,410 7,163,995
South Dakota 109,375 238,332 447,074 737,998 851,429 887,328 916,563 948,671 977,006 1,037,875 1,080,054 1,115,861 1,126,503 1,100,100 1,125,929 1,182,721
Tennessee 473,226 1,319,303 2,790,808 4,931,734 5,674,773 6,056,657 6,446,691 6,681,445 6,975,099 7,540,306 7,768,063 7,894,661 8,225,374 8,345,584 8,531,675 8,606,624
Texas 1,518,181 4,997,689 12,763,954 25,098,703 30,399,603 30,974,890 31,919,107 33,851,773 36,105,784 39,033,235 40,688,181 42,621,886 42,864,291 41,067,619 42,066,035 44,330,579
Utah 179,981 518,251 1,130,135 2,102,655 2,366,897 2,475,550 2,627,022 2,778,236 2,987,810 3,444,936 3,638,775 3,635,085 3,704,133 3,779,760 3,944,736 4,094,074
                                 
Vermont 78,921 189,811 546,901 870,198 1,045,213 1,111,029 1,177,478 1,237,442 1,300,149 1,356,165 1,413,329 1,432,683 1,424,507 1,497,093 1,549,228 1,602,256
Virginia 704,677 1,881,519 4,621,071 7,757,598 9,208,329 9,798,239 10,705,162 11,470,735 12,465,858 13,125,666 13,505,290 13,193,633 12,968,457 13,403,576 13,868,587 13,955,249
Washington 699,984 1,825,782 3,550,819 6,399,885 7,359,566 7,549,235 7,870,979 8,239,716 8,752,007 9,331,539 9,940,325 9,832,913 10,040,312 10,040,607 10,216,676 10,911,929
West Virginia 249,404 678,386 1,316,637 2,086,937 2,349,833 2,415,043 2,527,767 2,651,491 2,742,344 2,841,962 2,998,657 3,328,177 3,388,294 3,275,246 3,188,181 3,194,770
Wisconsin 777,288 1,908,523 3,929,920 6,852,178 7,934,755 8,131,276 8,435,359 8,745,195 9,029,660 9,366,134 9,696,228 9,966,244 10,333,016 9,704,932 9,758,650 9,920,370
Wyoming 69,584 226,067 509,084 683,918 791,732 814,092 863,423 965,350 1,124,564 1,191,736 1,268,407 1,334,655 1,398,444 1,432,216 1,439,041 1,466,579
                                 
Other jurisdictions                                
American Samoa 21,838 42,395 47,566 55,519 58,163 58,539 57,093 63,105 65,436 70,305 75,355 80,105 65,039 71,709
Guam 16,652 101,130 182,506 210,119 219,881 229,243 235,711 235,639 266,952 290,575 279,077 286,844
Northern Marianas 20,476 49,832 50,843 47,681 58,400 57,694 55,048 51,241 62,787 62,210 84,657 68,775 61,029 62,502
Puerto Rico 1,045,407 2,086,414 2,541,385 2,425,372 2,865,945 3,082,295 3,268,200 3,433,229 3,502,757 3,464,044 3,519,547 3,351,423 3,676,880 3,510,706
U.S. Virgin Islands 128,065 135,174 125,405 128,250 137,793 146,872 157,446 196,533 201,326 220,234 204,932 183,333 161,955 175,022
—Not available.
1 Data have been revised from previously published figures.
NOTE: Current expenditures include instruction, support services, food services, and enterprise operations. Beginning in 1989-90, 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 Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2013-14. (This table was prepared July 2016.)

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