The table below provides data from several line items from the North Dakota state budgets from 2003 2014. Each line item represents the number of millions of dollars spent for that category in the given year. The nal column on the data table is the population of North Dakota each year according the US. Census Bureau. 4* State of North Dakota budget line items Higher Year Education Transportation Total Budget Population of (in millions (in millions (in millions the State of dollars) of dollars} of dollars} 2003 230 385 2496 631,680 2004 240 397 2562 635,480 2005 272 452 2808 634,528 2006 292 501 2945 636,019 2007 305 446 3081 637,534 2008 326 450 3365 640,525 2009 390 593 4040 645,903 2010 406 654 4808 674,526 2011 377 846 5204 685,476 2012 389 911 5445 702,087 2013 505 1483 6482 724,019 2014 567 1897 7262 739,904