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| Table 31. | Governmental expenditures, by level of government and function: Selected years, 1970-71 to 1999-2000 |
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| All governments\1\ | Federal government | State and local governments\2\
Expenditure, by function |_______________________________________|_______________________________________|_________________________________________________________________________________
|1970-71 |1980-81 | 1990-91 | 1994-95 |1970-71 |1980-81 | 1990-91 | 1994-95 |1970-71 |1980-81 |1990-91 | 1994-95 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 |1999-2000
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17
_______________________________________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
| In millions
|_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
General expenditures ..................|$301,096|$827,877|$1,804,005|$2,059,334|$150,422|$422,301|$1,060,407|$1,146,827|$150,674|$407,449|$908,108|$1,146,188|$1,247,436|$1,314,496|$1,398,533|$1,502,768
|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Selected federal programs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
National defense and international | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
relations .........................| 80,910| 174,564| 366,112| 327,231| 80,910| 174,564| 366,112| 327,231| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Postal service ......................| 8,683| 20,466| 43,102| 49,482| 8,683| 20,466| 43,102| 49,482| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Space research and technology .......| 3,334| 5,523| 13,514| 13,316| 3,334| 5,523| 13,514| 13,316| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Education and libraries ...............| 64,042| 158,012| 334,333| 410,827| 4,629| 12,408| 46,025| 55,794| 60,174| 147,649| 313,744| 383,557| 425,346| 456,934| 490,100| 528,767
Social services and income maintenance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Public welfare ......................| 20,446| 74,643| 167,681| 250,356| 2,220| 22,395| 119,135| 177,874| 18,226| 54,121| 130,402| 193,110| 199,973| 204,640| 215,190| 233,350
Hospitals and health ................| 14,835| 47,378| 102,817| 132,463| 3,630| 11,277| 28,207| 36,392| 11,205| 36,101| 81,110| 105,946| 110,332| 114,024| 119,361| 127,342
Social insurance administration .....| 2,031| 5,075| 27,356| 31,350| 1,086| 16,575| 23,949| 27,198| 945| 2,333| 3,407| 4,152| 4,252| 4,422| 4,414| 4,534
Transportation ........................| 23,722| 46,578| 84,048| 99,064| 4,062| 7,724| 23,250| 29,871| 19,819| 39,231| 75,410| 88,938| 96,165| 101,826| 110,163| 118,974
Public safety | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Police and fire protection ..........| 5,706| 16,851| 52,738| 65,627| 478| 1,904| 6,170| 7,563| 7,531| 21,283| 46,568| 58,064| 67,026| 70,744| 74,629| 79,900
Correction ..........................| 1,979| 7,806| 29,297| 38,922| 94| 413| 1,941| 3,065| 1,885| 7,393| 27,356| 35,857| 39,946| 42,479| 45,598| 48,805
Environment and housing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Natural resources, parks, recreation | 13,740| 43,599| 74,667| 75,133| 10,658| 38,896| 48,415| 44,752| 5,191| 13,239| 28,505| 33,140| 37,333| 39,857| 41,649| 45,272
Housing and community development ...| 4,467| 13,894| 33,346| 36,721| 1,913| 6,808| 30,199| 40,351| 2,554| 7,086| 16,648| 21,509| 23,230| 24,697| 25,234| 26,590
Sewerage and sanitation .............| 4,087| 14,898| 31,014| 38,573| † | † | † | † | 4,087| 14,898| 31,014| 38,573| 41,549| 41,765| 43,047| 45,261
Governmental administration | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial administration ............| 3,612| 10,944| 27,204| 34,824| 1,341| 3,714| 10,209| 12,444| 2,271| 7,230| 16,995| 22,380| 24,400| 25,914| 27,593| 29,300
General control\3\ ..................| 3,567| 11,514| 36,977| 44,610| 540| 1,973| 5,511| 6,972| 4,432| 12,771| 31,466| 37,638| 42,243| 44,813| 49,106| 52,360
Interest on general debt ..............| 21,688| 97,641| 247,376| 290,195| 16,599| 80,510| 195,142| 233,225| 5,089| 17,131| 52,234| 56,970| 62,422| 64,554| 67,294| 69,814
Other and unallocable .................| 24,247| 78,491| 132,424| 120,641| 10,245| 17,151| 99,526| 81,297| 7,265| 26,983| 53,250| 66,355| 73,217| 77,829| 85,156| 92,499
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| Percentage distribution
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General expenditures ..................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Selected federal programs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
National defense and international | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
relations .........................| 26.9| 21.1| 20.3| 15.9| 53.8| 41.3| 34.5| 28.5| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Postal service ......................| 2.9| 2.5| 2.4| 2.4| 5.8| 4.8| 4.1| 4.3| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Space research and technology .......| 1.1| 0.7| 0.7| 0.6| 2.2| 1.3| 1.3| 1.2| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Education and libraries ...............| 21.3| 19.1| 18.5| 19.9| 3.1| 2.9| 4.3| 4.9| 39.9| 36.2| 34.5| 33.5| 34.1| 34.8| 35.0| 35.2
Social services and income maintenance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Public welfare ......................| 6.8| 9.0| 9.3| 12.2| 1.5| 5.3| 11.2| 15.5| 12.1| 13.3| 14.4| 16.8| 16.0| 15.6| 15.4| 15.5
Hospitals and health ................| 4.9| 5.7| 5.7| 6.4| 2.4| 2.7| 2.7| 3.2| 7.4| 8.9| 8.9| 9.2| 8.8| 8.7| 8.5| 8.5
Social insurance administration .....| 0.7| 0.6| 1.5| 1.5| 0.7| 3.9| 2.3| 2.4| 0.6| 0.6| 0.4| 0.4| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3
Transportation ........................| 7.9| 5.6| 4.7| 4.8| 2.7| 1.8| 2.2| 2.6| 13.2| 9.6| 8.3| 7.8| 7.7| 7.7| 7.9| 7.9
Public safety | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Police and fire protection ..........| 1.9| 2.0| 2.9| 3.2| 0.3| 0.5| 0.6| 0.7| 5.0| 5.2| 5.1| 5.1| 5.4| 5.4| 5.3| 5.3
Correction ..........................| 0.7| 0.9| 1.6| 1.9| 0.1| 0.1| 0.2| 0.3| 1.3| 1.8| 3.0| 3.1| 3.2| 3.2| 3.3| 3.2
Environment and housing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Natural resources, parks, recreation | 4.6| 5.3| 4.1| 3.6| 7.1| 9.2| 4.6| 3.9| 3.4| 3.2| 3.1| 2.9| 3.0| 3.0| 3.0| 3.0
Housing and community development ...| 1.5| 1.7| 1.8| 1.8| 1.3| 1.6| 2.8| 3.5| 1.7| 1.7| 1.8| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 1.8
Sewerage and sanitation .............| 1.4| 1.8| 1.7| 1.9| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 2.7| 3.7| 3.4| 3.4| 3.3| 3.2| 3.1| 3.0
Governmental administration | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial administration ............| 1.2| 1.3| 1.5| 1.7| 0.9| 0.9| 1.0| 1.1| 1.5| 1.8| 1.9| 2.0| 2.0| 2.0| 2.0| 1.9
General control\3\ ..................| 1.2| 1.4| 2.0| 2.2| 0.4| 0.5| 0.5| 0.6| 2.9| 3.1| 3.5| 3.3| 3.4| 3.4| 3.5| 3.5
Interest on general debt ..............| 7.2| 11.8| 13.7| 14.1| 11.0| 19.1| 18.4| 20.3| 3.4| 4.2| 5.8| 5.0| 5.0| 4.9| 4.8| 4.6
Other and unallocable .................| 8.1| 9.5| 7.3| 5.9| 6.8| 4.1| 9.4| 7.1| 4.8| 6.6| 5.9| 5.8| 5.9| 5.9| 6.1| 6.2
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| † Not applicable. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, previously unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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