The Southern South

by Albert Bushnell Hart

COMPARATIVE COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION (1905)—EQUIVALENT NORTHERN GROUPS

		Estimated Population [thousands].	Estimated School Population [thousands].	Enrollment and Attendance.		Average Days of School.	Teachers.		Value of School Property [thousands].	Revenue.		Expenditure.
				Number Pupils Enrolled [thousands].	Number Pupils Attending [thousands].		Number.	Average Monthly Salary.		Annual Revenue [thousands].	Revenue per Person of School Age.	Annual Outgo [thousands].	Outgo per Average Attendance.	Outgo per $10,000 Actual Property.
1	Colorado	603	149	138	92	158	4,454	47	10,265	4,172	28.62	3,985	41.89	33.0
2	Indiana	2,678	741	550	416	160	16,495	54	29,059	11,927	16.09	11,501	27.67	30.1
3	Indian Territory	498	170	48	28	115	1,325	44	750	643	3.78	715	25.10	14.0
4	Iowa	2,210	681	540	376	160	29,619	38	23,305	11,195	16.43	10,316	27.47	26.4
5	Kansas	1,546	470	382	264	145	12,036	42	10,525	5,506	11.72	5,830	22.08	25.2
6	Michigan	2,557	692	521	408	168	16,823	45	25,963	9,760	14.11	9,630	23.60	27.9
7	Minnesota	1,980	579	430	281	161	13,320	44	22,018	9,163	15.82	8,470	30.19	24.1
8	Nebraska	1,068	322	279	185	170	9,680	44	11,309	5,218	16.29	5,304	28.64	23.8
9	North Dakota	440	115	107	68	141	5,714	44	4,334	2,435	21.21	2,530	37.27	31.5
10	Oklahoma	558	175	158	90	104	3,687	37	2,123	1,429	8.17	1,488	16.49	21.4
11	South Dakota	455	132	109	75	140	5,150	38	4,550	2,341	17.67	2,380	31.61	32.9
12	Utah	310	101	76	56	153	1,718	62	3,538	1,655	16.76	1,657	29.50	34.0
13	Wisconsin	2,229	670	465	291	169	14,004	38	16,575	8,531	12.74	8,240	28.34	27.8
	Total	17,132	4,997	3,803	2,630	...	134,025	...	164,314	73,975	...	72,046	...	...
14	California	1,621	370	315	239	170	9,026	67	27,551	9,271	25.05	9,771	40.80	22.8
15	Idaho	198	57	57	41	136	1,547	58	1,892	914	16.09	912	22.39	29.1
16	Montana	294	65	45	31	107	1,268	56	4,832	1,278	20.68	1,236	39.28	16.6
17	Oregon	465	122	108	78	158	4,022	45	4,671	2,013	16.57	2,052	26.27	21.2
18	Vermont	349	82	67	48	157	3,417	32	2,964	1,290	15.80	1,324	27.39	32.6
19	Washington	599	151	170	119	167	5,179	55	9,808	3,648	24.10	3,220	27.09	38.6
	Total	3,526	847	762	556	...	24,459	...	51,718	18,414	...	18,515	...	...
	Double Total	20,658	5,844	4,565	3,186	...	158,484	...	216,032	92,389	...	90,561	...	...
20	Arizona	140	36	22	14	135	538	76	900	438	12.08	457	32.67	14.3
21	Illinois	5,319	1,456	985	812	169	27,860	60	64,555	22,670	15.59	22,823	28.11	24.7
22	Nevada	42	9	7	5	159	357	68	270	271	30.04	258	49.69	11.7
23	New Mexico	213	65	38	26	114	828	54	801	368	5.64	362	14.09	10.6
24	New Hampshire	429	93	78	50	152	2,416	36	4,493	1,360	14.69	1,557	31.22	26.6
25	Wyoming	102	26	18	12	140	728	51	454	366	14.27	388	31.78	9.0
26	West Virginia	1,057	326	248	163	123	7,636	35	5,811	2,744	8.42	2,767	16.97	30.1
	Total	7,302	2,011	1,396	1,082	...	40,363	...	77,284	28,217	...	28,612	...	...
	Grand Total	27,960	7,855	5,961	4,268	...	198,847	...	293,316	120,606	...	119,173	...	...

COMPARATIVE COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION (1907)

Southern Groups

		Teachers.	Pupils Average Attendance [thousands].	Finances.
				Value of School Property [thousands].	Annual Revenue [thousands].	Annual Expenditure [thousands].
1	Alabama	7,757	249	4,569	2,287	2,620
2	Arkansas	8,113	221	4,039	2,428	2,414
3	Florida	3,362	91	2,001	1,384	1,352
4	Georgia	10,379	317	5,822	2,831	2,850
5	Louisiana	5,615	160	4,098	2,952	2,169
6	Mississippi	9,499	285	2,190	1,511	2,641
7	North Carolina	10,146	297	4,250	2,519	2,378
8	South Carolina	6,228	222	2,200	1,531	1,416
9	Tennessee	9,829	353	6,332	3,314	2,705
10	Virginia	9,468	220	5,718	3,323	3,357
	Total 10 States	80,396	2,415	41,219	24,080	23,902
11	Texas	17,867	499	15,178	7,443	7,402
	Total, 11 Seceding States	98,263	2,914	56,397	31,523	31,304
12	Delaware	897	25	1,627	499	540
13	Dist. of Columbia	1,575	43	7,005	2,164	2,012
14	Kentucky	9,245	310	6,368	4,263	4,051
15	Maryland	5,290	135	4,790	3,424	3,307
16	Missouri	17,847	493	27,847	10,853	8,482
	Total South	133,117	3,920	104,034	52,726	49,696

COMPARATIVE COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION (1907)

Equivalent Northern Groups