Public school expenditure, income, and region by U.S. jurisdiction
Source:R/data.R
PublicSchools2.RdPublic school expenditure and per capita income for the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Income is measured for 2024, and expenditure is measured for 2025. The regional indicator uses the U.S. Census Bureau classification of the Southern United States.
Format
A tibble with 51 rows and 4 variables:
- state
Character. Name of one of the 50 U.S. states or the District of Columbia.
- income
Integer. Annual per capita personal income for 2024, in nominal U.S. dollars. It is calculated as total personal income for the jurisdiction divided by its population.
- expenditure
Integer. Annual expenditure per student enrolled in K-12 public schools for 2025, in U.S. dollars. It includes instructional salaries and expenses, school support, and administrative services.
- south
Integer. Indicator equal to 1 for Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, and 0 otherwise.
Source
World Population Review (2026), Per Capita Income by State, https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/per-capita-income-by-state. Accessed June 11, 2026. The supplied data dictionary also attributes the income measure to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
World Population Review (2026), Per Pupil Spending by State, https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/per-pupil-spending-by-state. Accessed June 11, 2026.
U.S. Census Bureau, Terms and Definitions: Census Regions and Divisions, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/guidance-geographies/terms-and-definitions.html.
Wikipedia, Southern United States, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States. This was the geographic source recorded in the supplied data dictionary. Accessed June 11, 2026.