Chapter LXX: Appendix: Q

The following table exhibits the school age, population, and enrollment of the States and Territories in 1881, with salaries paid to teachers, and total expenditure for schools.

School Age. | School Population. STATES. | | No. Enrolled in Public Schools. | | | Aggregate Salaries Paid to Teachers. | | | | Total Expenditure. Alabama . . . . . . . . . 7-21 422,739 176,289 $384,769 $410,690 Arkansas . . . . . . . . 6-21 272,841 98,744 388,412 California . . . . . . . 5-17 211,237 163,855 2,346,056 3,047,605 Colorado . . . . . . . . 6-21 40,804 26,000 557,151 Connecticut . . . . . . . 4-16 143,745 119,381 1,025,323 1,476,691 Delaware . . . . . . . . 6-21 37,285 29,122 138,819 207,281 Florida . . . . . . . . . 4-21 88,677 39,315 97,115 114,895 Georgia . . . . . . . . . 6-18 461,016 244,197 498,533 Illinois . . . . . . . . 6-21 1,002,222 701,627 4,722,349 7,858,414 Indiana . . . . . . . . . 6-21 714,343 503,855 3,057,110 4,528,754 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 594,730 431,513 3,040,716 5,129,819 Kansas . . . . . . . . . 5-21 348,179 249,034 1,167,620 1,976,397 Kentucky . . . . . . . . 6-20 553,638 238,440 1,248,524 Louisiana . . . . . . . . 6-18 271,414 62,370 374,127 441,484 Maine . . . . . . . . . . 4-21 213,927 150,067 965,697 1,089,414 Maryland . . . . . . . . 5-20 319,201 158,909 1,162,429 1,604,580 Massachusetts . . . . . . 5-15 312,680 325,239 4,130,714 5,776,542 Michigan . . . . . . . . 5-20 518,294 371,743 2,114,567 3,418,233 Minnesota . . . . . . . . 5-21 300,923 177,278 993,997 1,466,492 Mississippi . . . . . . . 5-21 419,963 237,288 644,352 757,758 Missouri . . . . . . . . 6-20 723,484 476,376 2,218,637 3,152,178 Nebraska . . . . . . . . 5-21 152,824 100,776 627,717 1,165,103 Nevada . . . . . . . . . 6-18 10,533 8,329 59,194 140,419 New Hampshire . . . . . . 5-15 60,899 63,235 408,554 577,022 New Jersey . . . . . . . 5-18 335,631 203,542 1,510,830 1,914,447 New York . . . . . . . . 5-21 1,662,122 1,021,282 7,775,505 10,923,402 North Carolina . . . . . 6-21 468,072 240,710 342,212 409,659 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . 6-21 1,063,337 744,758 5,151,448 8,133,622 Oregon . . . . . . . . . 4-20 61,641 34,498 234,818 318,331 Pennsylvania . . . . . . 6-21 1,422,377 931,749 4,677,017 7,994,705 Rhode Island . . . . . . 5-16 53,077 44,920 408,993 549,937 South Carolina . . . . . 6-16 262,279 133,458 309,855 345,634 Tennessee . . . . . . . . 6-21 545,875 283,468 529,618 638,009 Texas . . . . . . . . . . 8-14 230,527 186,786 674,869 753,346 Vermont . . . . . . . . . 5-20 99,463 74,646 366,448 447,252 Virginia . . . . . . . . 5-21 556,665 239,046 823,310 1,100,239 West Virginia . . . . . . 6-21 213,191 145,203 539,648 761,250 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . 4-20 491,358 300,122 1,618,283 2,279,103 Total for States . . . 15,661,213 9,737,176 $54,642,716 $83,601,327

School Age. | School Population. TERRITORIES. | | No. Enrolled in Public Schools. | | | Aggregate Salaries Paid to Teachers. | | | | Total Expenditure. Arizona . . . . . . . . . 6-21 9,571 3,844 $44,628 Dakota . . . . . . . . . 5-21 38,815 25,451 314,484 District of Columbia . . 6-18 43,558 27,299 $295,668 527,312 Idaho . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 7,520 6,080 38,174 44,840 Montana . . . . . . . . . 4-21 9,895 5,112 52,781 55,781 New Mexico . . . . . . . 7-18 29,255 4,755 28,002 28,973 Utah . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 42,353 26,772 113,768 199,264 Washington . . . . . . . 4-21 23,899 14,754 94,019 114,379 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . 7-21 4,112 2,907 25,894 28,504 Indian: Cherokees . . . . . . . 3,715 3,048 52,500 Chickasaws . . . . . . 900 650 33,550 Choctaws . . . . . . . 2,600 1,460 31,700 Creeks . . . . . . . . 1,700 799 26,909 Seminoles . . . . . . . 400 226 7,500 Total for Territories . . 218,293 123,157 $648,306 $1,510,115 Total for States . . . . 15,661,213 9,737,176 54,642,716 83,601,327

Grand total . . . . . . . 15,879,506 9,860,333 $55,291,022 $85,111,442