Low-poverty districts have far more revenue from local sources than high-poverty districts: Total district revenue by source and district poverty status, 1995–2021

Low poverty, federal Low poverty, state Low poverty, local High poverty, federal High poverty, state High poverty, local
1995 $407   $5,105   $7,820   $965   $6,233   $4,450 
1996 $407   $5,267   $7,711   $944   $6,421   $4,433 
1997 $404   $5,444   $7,762   $973   $6,658   $4,490 
1998 $440   $5,611   $7,952   $1,055   $6,948   $4,607 
1999 $482   $6,091   $7,943   $1,123   $7,256   $4,643 
2000 $518   $6,430   $7,889   $1,189   $7,519   $4,684 
2001 $535   $6,764   $8,287   $1,268   $7,940   $4,892 
2002 $611   $6,932   $8,517   $1,463   $8,056   $5,027 
2003 $693   $7,050   $8,600   $1,637   $8,075   $5,116 
2004 $737   $6,926   $9,005   $1,752   $7,991   $5,299 
2005 $752   $7,140   $9,262   $1,807   $8,123   $5,441 
2006 $760   $7,207   $9,544   $1,840   $8,284   $5,801 
2007 $738   $7,503   $9,844   $1,738   $8,747   $6,027 
2008 $725   $7,598   $9,929   $1,684   $9,065   $5,974 
2009 $992   $7,644   $10,246   $1,961   $9,052   $6,217 
2010 $1,390   $7,272   $10,211   $2,583   $8,367   $6,140 
2011 $1,207   $7,224   $10,189   $2,400   $8,331   $6,148 
2012 $934   $7,301   $10,335   $1,943   $8,344   $6,220 
2013 $831   $7,284   $10,452   $1,780   $8,232   $6,437 
2014 $807   $7,654   $10,620   $1,700   $8,534   $6,574 
2015 $827   $7,991   $10,994   $1,743   $8,835   $6,806 
2016 $831   $8,204   $11,252   $1,738   $9,100   $6,823 
2017 $834   $8,421   $11,433   $1,740   $9,268   $6,800 
2018 $844   $8,459   $11,704   $1,763   $9,413   $7,034 
2019 $872   $8,660   $11,916   $1,869   $9,793   $7,364 
2020 $903   $8,768   $12,090   $1,920   $10,124   $7,554 
2021 $1,517   $8,818   $12,110   $2,761   $10,071   $7,444 
Economic Policy Institute

Note: Poverty status is determined by a district’s poverty status in 2000. Revenue estimates are in real 2024 dollars. 

Source: EPI analysis of National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates data.  

View the underlying data on epi.org.