{
  "title": "Historical Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits by state",
  "columns": [
    "State",
    "Original policy flag",
    "Students",
    "Schools",
    "GI Bill payments"
  ],
  "rows": [
    [
      "Maine",
      "no",
      "3,164",
      "72",
      "$60,609,219"
    ],
    [
      "Vermont",
      "no",
      "2,078",
      "33",
      "$33,153,849"
    ],
    [
      "Wisconsin",
      "no",
      "13,077",
      "139",
      "$222,476,965.77"
    ],
    [
      "New Hampshire",
      "no",
      "4,056",
      "76",
      "$84,169,465.59"
    ],
    [
      "Washington",
      "no",
      "30,468",
      "184",
      "$576,649,750"
    ],
    [
      "Idaho",
      "yes",
      "4,257",
      "43",
      "$74,752,768"
    ],
    [
      "Montana",
      "no",
      "3,064",
      "62",
      "$53,764,997"
    ],
    [
      "North Dakota",
      "yes",
      "2,502",
      "35",
      "$33,262,314"
    ],
    [
      "Minnesota",
      "yes",
      "18,805",
      "181",
      "$244,522,576"
    ],
    [
      "Illinois",
      "yes",
      "35,748",
      "340",
      "$478,600,449"
    ],
    [
      "Michigan",
      "no",
      "17,436",
      "168",
      "$304,600,372"
    ],
    [
      "New York",
      "no",
      "34,929",
      "459",
      "$873,270,211"
    ],
    [
      "Massachusetts",
      "no",
      "13,850",
      "223",
      "$315,695,857"
    ],
    [
      "Oregon",
      "yes",
      "11,961",
      "96",
      "$198,708,392"
    ],
    [
      "Nevada",
      "no",
      "8,632",
      "51",
      "$150,612,434"
    ],
    [
      "Wyoming",
      "no",
      "1,406",
      "21",
      "$18,863,567"
    ],
    [
      "South Dakota",
      "yes",
      "2,744",
      "35",
      "$37,579,110"
    ],
    [
      "Iowa",
      "no",
      "19,525",
      "119",
      "$101,971,768"
    ],
    [
      "Indiana",
      "yes",
      "15,679",
      "223",
      "$217,572,667"
    ],
    [
      "Ohio",
      "yes",
      "24,635",
      "375",
      "$449,799,829"
    ],
    [
      "Pennsylvania",
      "no",
      "32,526",
      "428",
      "$630,993,672"
    ],
    [
      "New Jersey",
      "no",
      "13,815",
      "200",
      "$328,517,094"
    ],
    [
      "Connecticut",
      "no",
      "6,469",
      "117",
      "$146,197,543"
    ],
    [
      "Rhode Island",
      "yes",
      "2,652",
      "29",
      "$56,809,081"
    ],
    [
      "California",
      "no",
      "135,161",
      "946",
      "$2,363,484,537"
    ],
    [
      "Utah",
      "yes",
      "9,071",
      "84",
      "$131,756,408"
    ],
    [
      "Colorado",
      "yes",
      "33,441",
      "181",
      "$531,256,952"
    ],
    [
      "Nebraska",
      "no",
      "6,992",
      "66",
      "$98,069,972"
    ],
    [
      "Missouri",
      "yes",
      "23,813",
      "285",
      "$264,116,092"
    ],
    [
      "Kentucky",
      "no",
      "11,069",
      "156",
      "$190,592,503"
    ],
    [
      "West Virginia",
      "no",
      "16,023",
      "72",
      "$62,580,557"
    ],
    [
      "Virginia",
      "yes",
      "78,554",
      "342",
      "$1,485,833,538"
    ],
    [
      "Maryland",
      "yes",
      "34,471",
      "141",
      "$576,601,328"
    ],
    [
      "Delaware",
      "no",
      "2,802",
      "36",
      "$61,300,863"
    ],
    [
      "Arizona",
      "yes",
      "65,416",
      "208",
      "$513,813,139"
    ],
    [
      "New Mexico",
      "yes",
      "6,767",
      "84",
      "$95,967,094"
    ],
    [
      "Kansas",
      "no",
      "10,501",
      "101",
      "$154,814,815"
    ],
    [
      "Arkansas",
      "no",
      "6,858",
      "110",
      "$96,677,927"
    ],
    [
      "Tennessee",
      "no",
      "19,640",
      "242",
      "$353,348,094"
    ],
    [
      "North Carolina",
      "no",
      "29,535",
      "260",
      "$571,568,620"
    ],
    [
      "South Carolina",
      "no",
      "17,913",
      "157",
      "$358,064,555"
    ],
    [
      "District of Columbia",
      "no",
      "4,408",
      "47",
      "$51,814,400"
    ],
    [
      "Okahoma",
      "no",
      "12,643",
      "159",
      "$171,799,791"
    ],
    [
      "Louisiana",
      "yes",
      "11,230",
      "178",
      "$186,137,035"
    ],
    [
      "Mississippi",
      "yes",
      "8,561",
      "85",
      "$131,616,687"
    ],
    [
      "Alabama",
      "no",
      "23,443",
      "134",
      "$287,905,077"
    ],
    [
      "Georgia",
      "yes",
      "37,783",
      "302",
      "$685,339,429"
    ],
    [
      "Alaska",
      "yes",
      "5,574",
      "26",
      "$109,009,699"
    ],
    [
      "Hawaii",
      "no",
      "11,888",
      "47",
      "$216,040,028"
    ],
    [
      "Texas",
      "yes",
      "103,763",
      "628",
      "$1,711,446,423"
    ],
    [
      "Florida",
      "no",
      "92,307",
      "651",
      "$1,415,180,822"
    ]
  ],
  "note": "Original 2013 state-map values. Policy flag yes denotes the original dark-blue category: residency requirements waived. No denotes the original light-blue category. Benefits amounts are cumulative from 2009 as described by the original graphic; these are not current rules."
}