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Higher Ed. State & Local Expenditures Per Capita in 2022
| Rank | State | FIPS Code | Per Capita
Expenditures |
|---|
| 1 | Utah | 49000 | 1,897 |
| 2 | North Dakota | 38000 | 1,813 |
| 3 | California | 06000 | 1,533 |
| 4 | Wyoming | 56000 | 1,497 |
| 5 | Delaware | 10000 | 1,429 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 31000 | 1,367 |
| 7 | Oregon | 41000 | 1,359 |
| 8 | New Mexico | 35000 | 1,348 |
| 9 | Vermont | 50000 | 1,321 |
| 10 | Alabama | 01000 | 1,281 |
| 11 | Maryland | 24000 | 1,252 |
| 12 | Kansas | 20000 | 1,228 |
| 13 | Michigan | 26000 | 1,227 |
| 14 | Colorado | 08000 | 1,170 |
| 15 | Iowa | 19000 | 1,168 |
| 16 | Texas | 48000 | 1,166 |
| 17 | Hawaii | 15000 | 1,126 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 55000 | 1,126 |
| 19 | Virginia | 51000 | 1,087 |
| 20 | Connecticut | 09000 | 1,074 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 37000 | 1,055 |
| 22 | Mississippi | 28000 | 1,031 |
| 23 | Washington | 53000 | 1,003 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 45000 | 1,002 |
| 25 | Arizona | 04000 | 999 |
| 26 | West Virginia | 54000 | 995 |
| 27 | Indiana | 18000 | 992 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 05000 | 984 |
| 29 | Alaska | 02000 | 963 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 40000 | 961 |
| 31 | Louisiana | 22000 | 946 |
| 32 | Kentucky | 21000 | 940 |
| 33 | Montana | 30000 | 939 |
| 34 | Pennsylvania | 42000 | 935 |
| 35 | South Dakota | 46000 | 894 |
| 36 | Illinois | 17000 | 891 |
| 37 | Minnesota | 27000 | 870 |
| 38 | Ohio | 39000 | 789 |
| 39 | Massachusetts | 25000 | 776 |
| 40 | New Jersey | 34000 | 762 |
| 41 | Idaho | 16000 | 739 |
| 42 | Maine | 23000 | 726 |
| 43 | New York | 36000 | 719 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 44000 | 700 |
| 45 | Missouri | 29000 | 694 |
| 46 | Georgia | 13000 | 645 |
| 47 | Nevada | 32000 | 639 |
| 48 | New Hampshire | 33000 | 633 |
| 49 | Tennessee | 47000 | 592 |
| 50 | Florida | 12000 | 579 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 11000 | 285 |
Data Source: Rockefeller Institute of Government, U.S. Census Bureau
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