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Table 10.  Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by type of expenditure and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2009
 
Expenditures [in thousands of dollars]
State or jurisdiction Total   Current for public elementary/ secondary education1   Facilities acquisition and construction   Replacement equipment   Other programs2   Interest
on debt
 
United States3 $610,109,923 4,5  $518,997,430 4  $59,175,495 5  $6,706,440 4,5  $8,539,329 4,5  $16,691,228 5 
                         
Alabama  7,866,617   6,683,843   877,252   49,894   115,007   140,621  
Alaska  2,359,510   2,006,114   287,076   17,428   7,966   40,926  
Arizona  10,451,060 4,5  8,625,276 4  1,000,802   241,789 4,5  51,625 5  531,568  
Arkansas  4,862,688 4  4,240,839 4  406,241   67,197   28,502   119,909  
California  72,059,482 4  60,080,929 4  8,656,312   188,550 4  1,235,054   1,898,637  
                         
Colorado  8,732,152   7,187,267   889,650   159,106   56,266   439,864  
Connecticut  9,904,492 4,5  8,708,294 4  786,749   106,917 4,5  146,086 5  156,445  
Delaware  1,843,876   1,518,786   251,203   6,884   20,920   46,083  
District of Columbia6  1,865,053 4  1,352,905 4  402,716   71,424   24,754   13,254  
Florida  29,197,311 4  23,328,028 4  4,419,080   104,181   510,550   835,471  
                         
Georgia  18,989,232 4  15,976,945 4  2,526,583   188,185   36,743   260,776  
Hawaii6  2,423,593   2,225,437   58,408   11,456   25,231   103,060  
Idaho  2,370,488 4  1,957,740 4  316,766   35,557   4,266   56,159  
Illinois  27,273,680 4  23,495,271 4  2,320,911   563,384   165,318   728,796  
Indiana  11,069,893 4  9,680,895 4  719,031   210,120   142,523   317,325  
                         
Iowa  5,517,616   4,731,463   575,588   101,740   27,506   81,318  
Kansas  5,389,538   4,805,310   238,116   171,535   6,268   168,308  
Kentucky  6,839,799   5,886,890   602,921   111,400   86,735   151,852  
Louisiana  8,269,661 4  7,276,651 4  751,473   77,581   54,859   109,097  
Maine  2,579,168 4  2,350,447 4  121,441   34,862   27,881   44,537  
                         
Maryland  12,753,441 4  11,591,965 4  888,193   100,702   25,038   147,544  
Massachusetts  15,081,541 4  13,942,586 4  781,961   11,738   65,704   279,552  
Michigan  19,897,270   17,217,584   1,224,195   245,198   339,221   871,072  
Minnesota  11,332,655 4  9,270,281 4  1,063,806   152,020   422,034   424,514  
Mississippi  4,402,170 4  3,967,232 4  207,916   125,646   28,517   72,858  
                         
Missouri  10,466,632   8,827,224   884,834   244,419   195,440   314,714  
Montana  1,624,979   1,436,062   135,449   26,486   9,036   17,946  
Nebraska  3,579,827 4  3,053,575   353,115   96,850 4  3,242 4  73,045  
Nevada  4,550,664   3,606,035   610,473   23,096   22,291   288,769  
New Hampshire  2,655,947   2,490,623   80,835   31,673   7,225   45,591  
                         
New Jersey  25,623,867 4  23,589,224   1,323,431   108,620 4  249,594 4  352,997  
New Mexico  3,912,992   3,186,252   705,386   16,986   4,229   138  
New York  54,766,076 4  48,635,363 4  2,506,573   402,086   2,103,039   1,119,015  
North Carolina  14,242,947   12,470,470   1,378,025   315,281   72,203   6,967  
North Dakota  1,046,126   928,528   62,369   33,007   9,129   13,093  
                         
Ohio  22,901,610   19,397,511   2,157,673   398,678   470,118   477,631  
Oklahoma  5,622,898   5,082,062   397,548   75,010   12,794   55,484  
Oregon  6,624,906   5,529,831   759,605   43,463   23,268   268,739  
Pennsylvania  26,001,339   21,831,816   2,121,265   347,610   599,517   1,101,131  
Rhode Island  2,259,628 4  2,139,317 4  12,424   13,099   57,046   37,742  
                         
South Carolina  8,378,028   6,626,763   1,238,106   79,569   74,810   358,781  
South Dakota  1,273,677   1,080,054   122,935   44,364   3,630   22,694  
Tennessee  8,645,029 4  7,768,052 4  520,396   115,717   65,622   175,242  
Texas  52,980,125 4  40,688,181 4  8,904,438   388,719   303,178   2,695,608  
Utah  4,754,524   3,638,775   798,010   93,445   104,773   119,521  
                         
Vermont  1,501,278   1,413,329   37,285   27,237   10,119   13,308  
Virginia  15,155,776 4  13,505,290   1,148,766   270,144   77,601   153,975  
Washington  12,226,885 4  9,940,056 4  1,708,236   103,000   57,389   418,204  
West Virginia  3,196,380 4  3,059,420 4  31,914   51,443 4  41,145   12,458  
Wisconsin  11,135,130   9,696,228   476,816   154,630   301,023   506,432  
Wyoming  1,650,665   1,268,407   325,198   47,312   7,289   2,460  
Other jurisdictions 
American Samoa  71,468   65,436   2,150   1,902   1,980   0  
Guam  265,065 5  235,711   17,254   5,545   0   6,555 5 
Commonwealth of
   the Northern
   Mariana Islands 
65,766 4  62,787 4  215   1,188   1,576   0  
Puerto Rico  4,026,886 4,5  3,502,757 4  334,939 5  82,173   101,921   5,096  
U.S. Virgin Islands  207,633 4  201,326 4  3,963   666 4  1,677   0  
1 Include instruction, instruction-related, support services, and other elementary/secondary current expenditures, but exclude expenditures on capital outlay, other programs, and interest on long-term debt.
2 Include expenditures for community services, adult education, community colleges, private schools, and other programs that are not part of public elementary and secondary education.
3 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
4 Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items, and/or to distribute state direct support expenditures.
5 Value contains imputation for missing data.
6 Both the District of Columbia and Hawaii have only one school district each; therefore, neither is comparable to other states.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)," fiscal year 2009, Version 1a.