State and Local Education Spending Per Capita
1998
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
|
|
1
|
Alaska |
$2,495
|
27
|
Virginia |
$1,630
|
|
|
2
|
Wyoming |
2,095
|
28
|
Ohio |
1,628
|
|
|
3
|
Delaware |
2,023
|
29
|
Georgia |
1,610
|
|
|
4
|
Michigan |
2,022
|
30
|
Illinois |
1,604
|
|
|
5
|
New Jersey |
1,994
|
31
|
California |
1,598
|
|
|
6
|
Wisconsin |
1,990
|
32
|
Massachusetts |
1,597
|
|
|
7
|
Vermont |
1,981
|
33
|
South Carolina |
1,591
|
|
|
8
|
NEW YORK |
$1,979
|
34
|
West Virginia |
1,581
|
|
|
9
|
Minnesota |
1,914
|
35
|
North Carolina |
1,580
|
|
|
10
|
Iowa |
1,908
|
36
|
Idaho |
1,566
|
|
|
11
|
Washington |
1,834
|
37
|
Oklahoma |
1,531
|
|
|
12
|
Utah |
1,829
|
38
|
New Hampshire |
1,524
|
|
|
13
|
Oregon |
1,791
|
39
|
Alabama |
1,523
|
|
|
14
|
New Mexico |
1,789
|
40
|
Mississippi |
1,489
|
|
|
15
|
Nebraska |
1,785
|
41
|
Arkansas |
1,477
|
|
|
16
|
North Dakota |
1,781
|
42
|
Missouri |
1,474
|
|
|
17
|
Pennsylvania |
1,741
|
43
|
Nevada |
1,466
|
|
|
18
|
Indiana |
1,735
|
44
|
Louisiana |
1,450
|
|
|
19
|
Colorado |
1,720
|
45
|
South Dakota |
1,422
|
|
|
20
|
Rhode Island |
1,670
|
46
|
Kentucky |
1,417
|
|
|
21
|
Connecticut |
1,665
|
47
|
Arizona |
1,395
|
|
|
22
|
Montana |
1,665
|
48
|
Hawaii |
1,372
|
|
|
23
|
Kansas |
1,663
|
49
|
Tennessee |
1,344
|
|
|
24
|
Texas |
1,663
|
50
|
Florida |
1,318
|
|
|
25
|
Maryland |
1,662
|
U.S. average |
$1,666
|
||
|
26
|
Maine |
1,631
|
N.Y.S. % above avg. |
18.8%
|
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| Source: Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data | ||||||
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