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