The Southern South

by Albert Bushnell Hart

		Teachers.	Pupils Average Attendance [thousands].	Finances.
				Value of School Property [thousands].	Annual Revenue [thousands].	Annual Expenditure [thousands].
1	Colorado	4,944	106	10,207	5,836	4,476
2	Indiana	16,841	420	31,499	13,816	12,012
3	Indian Terr.	2,740	61	2,175	790	920
4	Iowa	28,508	366	24,950	11,619	10,681
5	Kansas	12,743	277	11,000	6,294	6,874
6	Michigan	17,286	423	30,944	15,260	12,086
7	Minnesota	13,928	322	26,000	11,085	10,803
8	Nebraska	10,059	186	12,755	5,809	5,561
9	North Dakota	6,109	72	4,900	3,000	2,900
10	Oklahoma	4,386	103	3,624	2,053	1,629
11	South Dakota	5,358	65	5,138	2,702	2,730
12	Utah	2,010	61	3,577	1,996	2,056
13	Wisconsin	14,491	328	23,243	10,223	8,946
	Total	139,403	2,790	190,012	90,483	81,674
14	California	9,714	248	36,680	10,914	12,219
15	Idaho	1,897	48	3,162	1,240	1,370
16	Montana	1,741	35	3,489	1,597	1,716
17	Oregon	4,228	77	5,732	2,671	2,474
18	Vermont	3,984	49	3,416	1,255	1,271
19	Washington	6,209	131	12,448	5,397	5,504
	Double Total	167,176	3,378	254,939	113,557	106,228
20	Arizona	626	15	1,158	610	620
21	Illinois	28,083	770	69,142	30,958	30,106
22	Nevada	322	7	523	345	490
23	New Mexico	923	25	1,000	524	484
24	New Hampshire	2,916	50	5,240	1,379	1,453
25	Wyoming	787	14	914	609	436
26	West Virginia	8,061	165	7,113	3,490	3,361
	Grand Total	208,894	4,424	340,029	151,472	143,178

COMPARATIVE SECONDARY SCHOOLS (1905)—SOUTHERN GROUPS

		Students.					Teachers.			Value of Plant.
		Public.		Private.		Total.	Public.	Private.	Total.	Public. [thousands].	Private. [thousands].	Total. [thousands].
		White.	Negro.	White.	Negro.
1	Alabama	4,646	231	1,485	116	6,478	223	112	335	831	516	1,347
2	Arkansas	3,215	295	1,562	159	5,231	144	77	221	620	419	1,039
3	Florida	1,493	102	242	95	2,382	114	21	135	501	134	635
4	Georgia	7,015	139	2,499	585	10,238	320	207	527	1,339	1,111	2,450
5	Louisiana	2,927	80	1,320	35	4,362	155	102	257	909	457	1,366
6	Mississippi	3,998	286	1,375	160	5,819	225	89	314	1,027	509	1,536
7	North Carolina	2,958	14	4,185	383	7,540	123	270	393	553	896	1,449
8	South Carolina	4,380	278	748	344	5,750	214	83	297	689	612	1,301
9	Tennessee	5,459	605	3,528	90	9,682	242	215	257	1,145	865	2,010
10	Virginia	4,095	545	4,302	338	8,264	193	273	466	596	1,424	2,020
	Total 10 States	40,636	2,575	20,230	2,305	65,746	1,953	1,449	3,402	8,210	6,943	15,153
11	Texas	19,427	1,134	3,710	221	24,492	842	264	1,106	4,323	1,988	6,311
	Total Seceding States	60,063	3,709	23,940	2,526	90,238	2,795	1,713	4,508	12,533	8,931	21,464
12	Delaware	1,340	53	238	...	1,631	63	30	93	487	200	687
13	Dist. of Columbia	2,968	891	1,117	...	4,976	196	203	399	536	1,007	1,543
14	Kentucky	6,155	651	3,261	51	10,118	297	289	586	1,597	850	2,447
15	Maryland	6,362	350	2,094	...	8,806	261	248	509	1,149	3,125	4,274
16	Missouri	26,278	1,080	3,365	89	30,812	1,140	311	1,451	6,532	2,072	8,604
	Total Border States	43,103	3,025	10,075	140	56,343	1,957	1,081	3,035	10,301	7,254	17,555
	Grand Total	103,166	6,734	34,015	2,666	146,581	4,752	2,794	7,546	22,834	16,185	39,019

COMPARATIVE SECONDARY EDUCATION (1905)—EQUIVALENT NORTHERN GROUPS

		Students.					Teachers.			Value of Plant.
		Public.		Private.		Total.	Public.	Private.	Total.	Public. [thousands].	Private. [thousands].	Total. [thousands].
		White.	Negro.	White.	Negro.
1	Colorado	8,079	56	323	...	8,458	347	49	396	2,634	200	2,834
2	Indiana	34,848	658	1,831	2	37,339	1,596	185	1,781	9,540	836	10,376
3	Indian Territory	340	26	423	...	789	20	19	39	352	239	591
4	Iowa	32,210	134	2,577	...	34,921	1,367	147	1,514	8,452	643	9,095
5	Kansas	19,715	310	832	...	20,857	756	67	823	4,636	604	5,240
6	Michigan	33,077	110	1,523	...	34,710	1,412	148	1,560	8,905	639	9,544
7	Minnesota	18,073	62	2,381	...	20,516	767	205	972	5,244	1,731	6,975
8	Nebraska	17,425	49	1,461	1	18,836	749	126	875	4,309	505	4,814
9	North Dakota	2,218	1	48	...	2,267	119	3	122	725	...	725
10	Oklahoma	1,917	78	286	...	2,281	87	14	101	551	145	696
11	South Dakota	4,543	7	340	...	4,890	229	34	263	1,566	255	1,821
12	Utah	1,785	2	2,731	...	4,578	84	144	228	268	1,049	1,317
13	Wisconsin	23,956	17	1,476	...	25,449	1,051	166	1,217	6,457	1,539	7,996
	Total	198,186	1,510	16,232	3	215,931	8,584	1,307	9,891	53,039	8,385	62,024
14	California	23,125	64	2,749	...	25,938	930	349	1,279	4,616	2,722	7,338
15	Idaho	930	1	366	...	1,297	48	22	70	441	179	620
16	Montana	2,641	4	200	...	2,845	133	26	159	980	139	1,119
17	Oregon	4,125	12	811	1	4,949	165	74	239	1,157	309	1,466
18	Vermont	4,378	3	1,523	1	5,805	196	98	294	1,234	775	2,009
19	Washington	8,168	40	524	...	8,732	346	62	408	2,050	496	2,546
	Total	43,367	124	6,173	2	49,666	1,818	631	2,449	10,478	4,620	15,098
	Double Total	241,553	1,634	22,405	5	265,597	10,402	1,938	12,340	64,117	13,005	77,122
20	Arizona	285	1	55	...	341	13	4	17	128	80	208
21	Illinois	48,212	461	3,434	6	52,113	1,945	314	2,259	11,757	2,985	14,742
22	Nevada	171	...	...	...	171	10	...	10	69	...	69
23	New Mexico	638	3	33	...	674	34	3	37	381	...	381
24	New Hampshire	4,766	3	2,281	14	7,064	227	185	412	1,478	1,108	2,586
25	Wyoming	560	3	35	...	598	29	5	34	372	75	447
26	West Virginia	2,408	63	1,019	...	3,480	121	83	204	1,052	367	1,419
		57,040	534	6,857	20	64,451	2,379	594	2,973	15,237	4,615	19,852
	Total	298,593	2,168	29,262	25	330,048	12,781	2,532	15,313	79,354	17,620	96,974

COMPARATIVE HIGHER EDUCATION (1905)—SOUTHERN GROUPS

		Teachers.	Students.				Finances.
			Undergraduates.	Graduates.	Professional.	Total.	Value of Plant.	Productive Funds.	Benefactions.	Total Income.
							Thousands.	Thousands.	Thousands.	Thousands.
1	Alabama	258	1,895	47	241	2,183	1,845	1,306	17	393
2	Arkansas	154	894	7	272	1,173	913	208	15	247
3	Florida	109	311	1	37	349	722	614	22	176
4	Georgia	430	3,719	19	311	4,049	3,972	1,161	153	701
5	Louisiana	266	1,172	101	716	1,989	2,877	3,560	13	404
6	Mississippi	315	2,021	72	87	2,180	2,229	1,510	21	589
7	North Carolina	465	3,255	49	588	3,892	3,699	1,441	186	645
8	South Carolina	295	2,878	37	66	2,981	2,740	783	159	542
9	Tennessee	681	2,770	80	1,870	4,720	4,659	3,050	310	718
10	Virginia	450	3,741	81	472	4,294	5,475	2,747	850	857
	Total 10 States	3,393	22,656	494	4,660	27,810	29,131	16,380	1,746	5,272
11	Texas	513	2,954	46	862	3,862	3,975	1,059	2	776
	Total Seceding States	3,906	25,610	540	5,522	31,672	33,106	17,439	1,748	6,048
12	Delaware	29	173	1	...	174	270	83	...	68
13	Dist. of Columbia	501	875	146	1,790	2,811	9,416	1,510	355	517
14	Kentucky	448	2,281	42	1,080	3,403	2,934	2,287	257	420
15	Maryland	540	2,433	206	405	3,044	16,218	5,388	110	1,131
16	Missouri	929	3,736	203	1,417	5,356	8,063	8,005	253	1,164
	Total Border States	2,447	9,498	598	4,692	14,788	36,901	17,273	975	3,300
	Total South	6,353	35,108	1,138	10,214	46,460	70,007	34,712	2,723	9,348