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Table 106.50. Direct general expenditures of state and local governments per capita for all functions and for education, by level of education and state: 2013-14 and 2014-15
[Amounts in current dollars]
State Direct general expenditures, 2013-14 Direct general expenditures, 2014-15
Total
amount
per
capita1 
For education Total
amount
per
capita1 
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 $8,507 $2,842 33.4 $8,841 $2,919 33.0 $1,903 21.5 $853 9.7 $163 1.8
Alabama 7,549 2,716 36.0 7,633 2,748 36.0 1,548 20.3 1,003 13.1 197 2.6
Alaska 19,610 4,854 24.8 19,958 4,966 24.9 3,597 18.0 1,173 5.9 197 1.0
Arizona 6,469 2,249 34.8 6,615 2,259 34.1 1,137 17.2 804 12.2 318 4.8
Arkansas 7,509 2,744 36.5 7,857 2,752 35.0 1,687 21.5 861 11.0 204 2.6
California 9,595 2,808 29.3 10,504 2,966 28.2 1,854 17.6 953 9.1 158 1.5
                         
Colorado 8,147 2,726 33.5 8,682 2,790 32.1 1,669 19.2 986 11.4 135 1.6
Connecticut 9,998 3,493 34.9 10,430 3,640 34.9 2,563 24.6 869 8.3 208 2.0
Delaware 10,219 3,794 37.1 10,254 3,828 37.3 1,994 19.4 1,359 13.3 476 4.6
District of Columbia 17,839 3,904 21.9 18,469 4,106 22.2 3,785 20.5 321 1.7
Florida 6,933 1,963 28.3 7,052 1,989 28.2 1,315 18.7 508 7.2 165 2.3
                         
Georgia 6,522 2,525 38.7 6,637 2,564 38.6 1,789 27.0 574 8.6 201 3.0
Hawaii 9,650 2,390 24.8 9,482 2,266 23.9 1,396 14.7 759 8.0 112 1.2
Idaho 6,374 1,928 30.3 6,420 1,932 30.1 1,199 18.7 634 9.9 98 1.5
Illinois 8,455 2,892 34.2 8,914 2,951 33.1 2,047 23.0 752 8.4 152 1.7
Indiana 7,303 2,514 34.4 7,434 2,541 34.2 1,477 19.9 887 11.9 177 2.4
                         
Iowa 9,292 3,359 36.2 9,685 3,474 35.9 2,053 21.2 1,265 13.1 156 1.6
Kansas 8,256 3,027 36.7 8,433 3,160 37.5 1,950 23.1 1,119 13.3 91 1.1
Kentucky 7,633 2,618 34.3 8,431 2,701 32.0 1,562 18.5 902 10.7 237 2.8
Louisiana 8,860 2,633 29.7 8,692 2,705 31.1 1,726 19.9 668 7.7 310 3.6
Maine 8,697 2,515 28.9 8,361 2,563 30.7 1,816 21.7 594 7.1 153 1.8
                         
Maryland 9,252 3,249 35.1 9,603 3,253 33.9 2,124 22.1 991 10.3 138 1.4
Massachusetts 10,009 3,187 31.8 10,567 3,219 30.5 2,288 21.7 765 7.2 166 1.6
Michigan 7,683 2,881 37.5 8,060 2,912 36.1 1,687 20.9 1,107 13.7 118 1.5
Minnesota 9,337 3,028 32.4 9,612 3,105 32.3 2,088 21.7 856 8.9 161 1.7
Mississippi 8,088 2,544 31.4 8,454 2,658 31.4 1,531 18.1 953 11.3 174 2.1
                         
Missouri 7,060 2,412 34.2 7,211 2,478 34.4 1,671 23.2 668 9.3 138 1.9
Montana 8,355 2,684 32.1 8,490 2,732 32.2 1,720 20.3 838 9.9 174 2.0
Nebraska 8,341 3,325 39.9 8,782 3,513 40.0 2,206 25.1 1,144 13.0 163 1.9
Nevada 6,532 1,959 30.0 6,992 2,042 29.2 1,391 19.9 512 7.3 140 2.0
New Hampshire 7,587 2,848 37.5 7,860 2,955 37.6 2,146 27.3 678 8.6 131 1.7
                         
New Jersey 9,829 3,806 38.7 10,085 3,884 38.5 2,943 29.2 716 7.1 225 2.2
New Mexico 8,980 3,020 33.6 10,074 3,236 32.1 1,811 18.0 1,234 12.3 191 1.9
New York 12,578 3,876 30.8 12,985 4,015 30.9 3,216 24.8 688 5.3 111 0.9
North Carolina 7,260 2,365 32.6 7,428 2,470 33.3 1,338 18.0 962 13.0 169 2.3
North Dakota 11,125 3,573 32.1 12,007 3,896 32.4 2,284 19.0 1,462 12.2 150 1.3
                         
Ohio 8,266 2,842 34.4 8,209 2,906 35.4 1,935 23.6 814 9.9 156 1.9
Oklahoma 7,372 2,611 35.4 7,340 2,598 35.4 1,522 20.7 922 12.6 154 2.1
Oregon 8,845 2,774 31.4 9,371 2,855 30.5 1,656 17.7 1,069 11.4 130 1.4
Pennsylvania 8,685 2,966 34.1 8,863 3,042 34.3 2,123 24.0 748 8.4 171 1.9
Rhode Island 9,207 3,062 33.3 9,547 3,102 32.5 2,218 23.2 613 6.4 271 2.8
                         
South Carolina 7,675 2,731 35.6 7,984 2,809 35.2 1,708 21.4 830 10.4 272 3.4
South Dakota 7,501 2,490 33.2 7,670 2,628 34.3 1,661 21.7 815 10.6 152 2.0
Tennessee 6,615 2,149 32.5 6,675 2,149 32.2 1,399 21.0 595 8.9 155 2.3
Texas 7,291 2,848 39.1 7,516 2,931 39.0 1,830 24.3 1,015 13.5 87 1.2
Utah 7,147 2,849 39.9 7,322 2,913 39.8 1,483 20.3 1,290 17.6 139 1.9
                         
Vermont 10,766 4,013 37.3 11,094 4,078 36.8 2,556 23.0 1,219 11.0 303 2.7
Virginia 8,069 2,937 36.4 8,227 2,998 36.4 1,952 23.7 931 11.3 115 1.4
Washington 8,791 2,929 33.3 9,296 3,034 32.6 1,856 20.0 919 9.9 259 2.8
West Virginia 7,985 2,935 36.8 8,252 2,863 34.7 1,712 20.7 903 10.9 248 3.0
Wisconsin 8,610 3,040 35.3 8,878 3,077 34.7 1,892 21.3 1,045 11.8 139 1.6
Wyoming 13,325 4,490 33.7 14,320 4,906 34.3 3,282 22.9 1,354 9.5 271 1.9
—Not available.
1 Includes state and local government expenditures for education and public libraries, social services and income maintenance, transportation, public safety, environment and housing, governmental administration, interest on general debt, and other direct 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. Does not include expenditures for public libraries.
NOTE: Per capita amounts for 2014-15 are based on population estimates for July 2015. Per capita amounts for 2013-14 are based on the latest population estimates for July 2014 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 January 15, 2018, from https://www.census.gov/govs/local/; and GCT-T1 Population Estimates, retrieved February 13, 2018, from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2017/demo/popest/state-total.html. (This table was prepared February 2018).

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