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Page 3 Spending: Interpretation | How We Graded | Sources & Notes Excel version | PDF version (  )
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| Education spending per student, adjusted for regional cost differences (2002) | ||||
| State average | Percent of U.S. average | Percent change from 2001 | ||
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| Alabama | $6,755 | 43 | 87.3 | 2.4 |
| Alaska | $7,549 | 30 | 97.6 | 3.8 |
| Arizona | $6,010 | 50 | 77.7 | 13.0 |
| Arkansas | $7,203 | 37 | 93.1 | 12.7 |
| California | $6,659 | 44 | 86.1 | 6.4 |
| Colorado | $7,041 | 40 | 91.0 | 5.7 |
| Connecticut | $9,188 | 6 | 118.8 | 4.4 |
| Delaware | $9,072 | 7 | 117.3 | 3.6 |
| District of Columbia | $11,269 | 1 | 145.7 | 0.5 |
| Florida | $6,492 | 47 | 83.9 | 0.7 |
| Georgia | $7,923 | 21 | 102.4 | 6.5 |
| Hawaii | $7,326 | 35 | 94.7 | 10.8 |
| Idaho | $6,532 | 45 | 84.5 | 5.0 |
| Illinois | $7,710 | 28 | 99.7 | 4.1 |
| Indiana | $8,274 | 18 | 107.0 | 1.4 |
| Iowa | $8,319 | 17 | 107.6 | 5.9 |
| Kansas | $8,206 | 19 | 106.1 | 6.0 |
| Kentucky | $7,296 | 36 | 94.3 | 7.3 |
| Louisiana | $7,349 | 34 | 95.0 | 8.8 |
| Maine | $8,986 | 9 | 116.2 | 7.1 |
| Maryland | $8,517 | 15 | 110.1 | 5.3 |
| Massachusetts | $8,727 | 13 | 112.8 | 7.6 |
| Michigan | $8,521 | 14 | 110.2 | 4.5 |
| Minnesota | $7,889 | 23 | 102.0 | 1.2 |
| Mississippi | $6,143 | 49 | 79.4 | 3.5 |
| Missouri | $7,515 | 32 | 97.2 | 7.2 |
| Montana | $7,772 | 25 | 100.5 | 5.0 |
| Nebraska | $8,741 | 12 | 113.0 | 7.2 |
| Nevada | $6,380 | 48 | 82.5 | 4.7 |
| New Hampshire | $7,571 | 29 | 97.9 | 8.9 |
| New Jersey | $10,235 | 2 | 132.3 | 4.8 |
| New Mexico | $7,407 | 33 | 95.8 | 9.0 |
| New York | $10,002 | 3 | 129.3 | 4.7 |
| North Carolina | $7,086 | 39 | 91.6 | 2.4 |
| North Dakota | $7,868 | 24 | 101.7 | 9.5 |
| Ohio | $8,165 | 20 | 105.6 | 6.6 |
| Oklahoma | $6,908 | 41 | 89.3 | 3.5 |
| Oregon | $7,909 | 22 | 102.3 | 1.5 |
| Pennsylvania | $8,328 | 16 | 107.7 | 4.0 |
| Rhode Island | $8,800 | 10 | 113.8 | 4.2 |
| South Carolina | $7,751 | 26 | 100.2 | 5.8 |
| South Dakota | $7,519 | 31 | 97.2 | 3.8 |
| Tennessee | $6,530 | 46 | 84.4 | 4.8 |
| Texas | $7,183 | 38 | 92.9 | 3.5 |
| Utah | $5,132 | 51 | 66.4 | 4.8 |
| Vermont | $9,915 | 4 | 128.2 | 7.1 |
| Virginia | $7,735 | 27 | 100.0 | 3.0 |
| Washington | $6,779 | 42 | 87.7 | 4.3 |
| West Virginia | $8,756 | 11 | 113.2 | 4.1 |
| Wisconsin | $9,027 | 8 | 116.7 | 4.7 |
| Wyoming | $9,439 | 5 | 122.1 | 10.3 |
| U.S. | $7,734 | — | 100.0 | 4.9 |
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