Table 236.25.

Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2015-16

[In thousands of current dollars]
State or jurisdiction	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
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	$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	$553,501,209	$575,331,825	$596,135,643
Alabama	422,730	1,146,713	2,275,233	4,176,082	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	6,806,467	6,885,677
Alaska	81,374	377,947	828,051	1,183,499	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	2,648,552	2,319,662
Arizona	281,941	949,753	2,258,660	4,288,739	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	8,187,607	8,370,884	8,551,673
Arkansas	235,083	666,949	1,404,545	2,380,331	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	4,813,321	4,872,214
California	3,831,595	9,172,158	21,485,782	38,129,479	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	65,953,946	72,003,129
Colorado	369,218	1,243,049	2,451,833	4,401,010	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	8,260,461	8,648,369
Connecticut	588,710	1,227,892	3,444,520	5,402,836	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	10,321,511	10,551,327
Delaware	108,747	269,108	520,953	937,630	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	1,860,732	1,941,408
District of Columbia	141,138	298,448	639,983	780,192	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	1,605,030	1,668,528	1,775,833
Florida	961,273	2,766,468	8,228,531	13,885,988	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	25,123,548	25,621,239
Georgia	599,371	1,608,028	4,505,962	9,158,624	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	16,530,506	17,283,295
Hawaii	141,324	351,889	700,012	1,213,695	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	2,316,586	2,344,496	2,502,117
Idaho	103,107	313,927	627,794	1,302,817	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	2,015,654	2,097,992
Illinois	1,896,067	4,579,355	8,125,493	14,462,773	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	28,545,089	29,253,457
Indiana	809,105	1,851,292	4,074,578	7,110,930	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	9,970,350	10,144,064
Iowa	527,086	1,186,659	2,004,742	3,264,336	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	5,526,877	5,663,444
Kansas	362,593	830,133	1,848,302	2,971,814	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	5,136,532	5,065,968
Kentucky	353,265	1,054,459	2,134,011	3,837,794	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	6,583,287	6,750,052
Louisiana	503,217	1,303,902	2,838,283	4,391,189	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	7,960,448	8,027,058
Maine	155,907	385,492	1,048,195	1,604,438	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	2,538,313	2,579,299
Maryland	721,794	1,783,056	3,894,644	6,545,135	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	12,620,036	12,774,063
Massachusetts	907,341	2,638,734	4,760,390	8,564,039	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	15,723,617	16,374,676
Michigan	1,799,945	4,642,847	8,025,621	13,994,294	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	16,849,135	16,977,163
Minnesota	781,243	1,786,768	3,474,398	6,140,442	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	10,222,017	10,687,048
Mississippi	262,760	756,018	1,472,710	2,510,376	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	4,145,632	4,234,977
Missouri	642,030	1,504,988	3,288,738	5,655,531	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	9,390,061	9,545,816
Montana	127,176	358,118	641,345	994,770	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	1,601,097	1,652,848
Nebraska	231,612	581,615	1,233,431	1,926,500	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	3,805,871	3,911,805
Nevada	87,273	281,901	712,898	1,875,467	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	3,880,472	4,092,457
New Hampshire	101,370	295,400	821,671	1,418,503	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	2,764,233	2,833,893
New Jersey	1,343,564	3,638,533	8,119,336	13,327,645	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	25,993,208	26,825,114
New Mexico	183,736	515,451	1,020,148	1,890,274	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	3,309,622	3,343,152
New York	4,111,839	8,760,500	18,090,978	28,433,240	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	56,862,010	59,161,439
North Carolina	676,193	1,880,862	4,342,826	7,713,293	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	13,210,839	13,466,942
North Dakota	97,895	228,483	459,391	638,946	832,157	857,774	838,221	886,317	928,528	1,000,095	1,049,772	1,098,090	1,174,364	1,287,133	1,373,266	1,451,309
Ohio	1,639,805	3,836,576	7,994,379	12,974,575	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	20,231,423	20,484,182
Oklahoma	339,105	1,055,844	1,905,332	3,382,581	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	5,560,047	5,606,044
Oregon	403,844	1,126,812	2,297,944	3,896,287	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	5,969,321	6,238,574
Pennsylvania	1,912,644	4,584,320	9,496,788	14,120,112	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	25,109,991	26,045,127
Rhode Island	145,443	362,046	801,908	1,393,143	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	2,242,486	2,283,927
South Carolina	367,689	997,984	2,322,618	4,087,355	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	7,437,182	7,669,725
South Dakota	109,375	238,332	447,074	737,998	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	1,211,080	1,253,268
Tennessee	473,226	1,319,303	2,790,808	4,931,734	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	8,736,367	8,886,994
Texas	1,518,181	4,997,689	12,763,954	25,098,703	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	47,527,971	49,577,688
Utah	179,981	518,251	1,130,135	2,102,655	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	4,290,876	4,539,291
Vermont	78,921	189,811	546,901	870,198	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	1,638,720	1,671,433
Virginia	704,677	1,881,519	4,621,071	7,757,598	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	14,384,705	14,677,698
Washington	699,984	1,825,782	3,550,819	6,399,885	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	11,470,245	12,483,668
West Virginia	249,404	678,386	1,316,637	2,086,937	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	3,226,918	3,169,684
Wisconsin	777,288	1,908,523	3,929,920	6,852,178	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	10,054,346	10,122,041
Wyoming	69,584	226,067	509,084	683,918	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	1,509,532	1,556,321
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	—	21,838	42,395	58,163	58,539	57,093	63,105	65,436	70,305	75,355	80,105	65,039	71,709	63,693	58,675
Guam	16,652	—	101,130	—	—	210,119	219,881	229,243	235,711	235,639	266,952	290,575	279,077	286,844	293,713	309,238
Northern Marianas	—	—	20,476	49,832	58,400	57,694	55,048	51,241	62,787	62,210	84,657	68,775	61,029	62,502	65,304	75,562
Puerto Rico	—	—	1,045,407	2,086,414	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	3,247,136	2,970,386
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	128,065	135,174	137,793	146,872	157,446	196,533	201,326	220,234	204,932	183,333	161,955	175,022	158,652	160,559

—Not available.

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 2015-16. (This table was prepared September 2018.)