3-12. Selected Per Capita State Government Expenditures for the Southeastern States: Fiscal Year 1994


                      TOTAL 1/                                                                            INTEREST
                      GENERAL                  PUBLIC                                                      ON GEN
   STATE            EXPENDITURES  EDUCATION   WELFARE  HOSPITALS   HEALTH   HIGHWAYS  POLICE  CORRECTION    DEBT

Alabama $2,351.83 $940.81 $513.82 $195.12 $115.44 $209.49 $20.58 $51.36 $59.41 Arkansas $2,300.11 $903.77 $565.53 $126.89 $86.31 $244.09 $18.14 $53.93 $47.18 Florida $2,149.46 $733.26 $481.98 $34.89 $132.02 $194.29 $15.76 $89.34 $61.92 Georgia $2,217.26 $918.91 $592.82 $82.50 $77.32 $138.62 $16.60 $95.03 $53.24 Kentucky $2,497.74 $1,004.87 $657.88 $87.84 $62.64 $226.56 $27.39 $54.04 $96.59 Louisiana $2,731.42 $919.61 $662.85 $250.52 $81.33 $199.54 $28.15 $75.71 $148.40 Mississippi $2,314.36 $856.09 $597.08 $104.19 $68.98 $209.92 $15.74 $38.73 $44.95 North Carolina $2,495.40 $1,084.90 $509.65 $100.81 $99.12 $242.36 $26.78 $101.90 $34.13 SOUTH CAROLINA $2,610.03 $905.79 $639.73 $168.14 $201.87 $164.58 $28.98 $83.88 $54.29 Tennessee $2,163.29 $751.84 $633.67 $89.92 $90.09 $212.07 $15.13 $76.61 $35.78 Virginia $2,176.94 $849.34 $388.16 $157.25 $78.57 $250.19 $42.85 $104.41 $72.62 West Virginia $2,881.56 $1,058.91 $847.38 $43.69 $68.24 $385.61 $18.36 $31.18 $83.94
1/: Includes amounts for categories not shown separately.

Note: Per capita amounts are based on population figures of the resident U.S. population (50 states) as of July 1, 1994 and are computed on the basis of amounts and population rounded to the nearest thousand.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State Government Finances in 1994, Series GF-94-3, April 1996.

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