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Table 27. Governmental expenditures, by level of government and function: Selected years, 1970-71 through 2002-03
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                                         | All governments\1\ (federal, state, and local)|                                      State and local governments\2\
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Expenditure, by function                 |    1970-71|    1980-81|    1990-91|    1994-95| 1970-71| 1980-81| 1990-91|   1994-95|   1996-97|   1997-98|   1998-99| 1999-2000|    2000-01|    2001-02|  2002-03
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1                                        |          2|          3|          4|          5|       6|       7|       8|         9|        10|        11|        12|        13|         14|         15|        16
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                                         |                                                                                In millions
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     General expenditures ...............|   $301,096|   $827,877| $1,804,005| $2,059,334|$150,674|$407,449|$908,108|$1,146,188|$1,247,436|$1,314,496|$1,398,533|$1,502,768| $1,621,314| $1,730,389|$1,817,147
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Selected federal programs ...............|     92,927|    200,553|    422,728|    390,029|      † |      † |      † |        † |        † |        † |        † |        † |         † |         † |        †
  National defense and international     |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
     relations ..........................|     80,910|    174,564|    366,112|    327,231|      † |      † |      † |        † |        † |        † |        † |        † |         † |         † |        †
  Postal service ........................|      8,683|     20,466|     43,102|     49,482|      † |      † |      † |        † |        † |        † |        † |        † |         † |         † |        †
  Space research and technology .........|      3,334|      5,523|     13,514|     13,316|      † |      † |      † |        † |        † |        † |        † |        † |         † |         † |        †
                                         |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
Education and libraries .................|     64,042|    158,012|    334,333|    410,827|  60,174| 147,649| 313,744|   383,557|   425,346|   456,934|   490,100|   528,767|    571,374|    602,848|   630,246
                                         |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
Social services and income maintenance ..|     37,312|    127,096|    297,854|    414,169|  30,376|  92,555| 214,919|   303,208|   314,558|   323,085|   338,964|   365,226|    396,086|    431,421|   467,625
  Public welfare ........................|     20,446|     74,643|    167,681|    250,356|  18,226|  54,121| 130,402|   193,110|   199,973|   204,640|   215,190|   233,350|    257,380|    279,598|   306,463
  Hospitals and health ..................|     14,835|     47,378|    102,817|    132,463|  11,205|  36,101|  81,110|   105,946|   110,332|   114,024|   119,361|   127,342|    134,010|    146,380|   154,878
  Social insurance administration .......|      2,031|      5,075|     27,356|     31,350|     945|   2,333|   3,407|     4,152|     4,252|     4,422|     4,414|     4,534|      4,695|      5,443|     6,284
                                         |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
Transportation ..........................|     23,722|     46,578|     84,048|     99,064|  19,819|  39,231|  75,410|    88,938|    96,165|   101,826|   110,163|   118,974|    130,422|    136,996|   142,255
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Public safety ...........................|      7,685|     24,657|     82,035|    104,549|   9,416|  28,676|  73,924|    93,921|   106,972|   113,223|   120,227|   128,705|    136,924|    145,157|   150,687
  Police and fire protection ............|      5,706|     16,851|     52,738|     65,627|   7,531|  21,283|  46,568|    58,064|    67,026|    70,744|    74,629|    79,900|     84,554|     90,470|    95,215
  Correction ............................|      1,979|      7,806|     29,297|     38,922|   1,885|   7,393|  27,356|    35,857|    39,946|    42,479|    45,598|    48,805|     52,370|     54,687|    55,471
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Environment and housing .................|     22,294|     72,391|    139,027|    150,426|  11,832|  35,223|  76,167|    93,221|   102,112|   106,319|   109,930|   117,123|    124,203|    133,992|   141,571
  Natural resources, parks, recreation ..|     13,740|     43,599|     74,667|     75,133|   5,191|  13,239|  28,505|    33,140|    37,333|    39,857|    41,649|    45,272|     50,082|     52,096|    54,573
  Housing and community development .....|      4,467|     13,894|     33,346|     36,721|   2,554|   7,086|  16,648|    21,509|    23,230|    24,697|    25,234|    26,590|     27,402|     31,610|    35,275
  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|     46,718|     50,286|    51,723
                                         |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
Governmental administration .............|      7,179|     22,458|     64,181|     79,434|   6,703|  20,001|  48,461|    60,018|    66,644|    70,727|    76,699|    81,659|     85,910|     92,789|    98,658
  Financial administration ..............|      3,612|     10,944|     27,204|     34,824|   2,271|   7,230|  16,995|    22,380|    24,400|    25,914|    27,593|    29,300|     30,007|     32,653|    34,911
  General control\3\ ....................|      3,567|     11,514|     36,977|     44,610|   4,432|  12,771|  31,466|    37,638|    42,243|    44,813|    49,106|    52,360|     55,903|     60,136|    63,747
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Interest on general debt ................|     21,688|     97,641|    247,376|    290,195|   5,089|  17,131|  52,234|    56,970|    62,422|    64,554|    67,294|    69,814|     73,836|     75,303|    77,277
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Other and unallocable ...................|     24,247|     78,491|    132,424|    120,641|   7,265|  26,983|  53,250|    66,355|    73,217|    77,829|    85,156|    92,499|    102,559|    111,883|   108,828
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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
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Selected federal programs ...............|       30.9|       24.2|       23.4|       18.9|      † |      † |      † |        † |        † |        † |        † |        † |         † |         † |        †
  National defense and international     |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
     relations ..........................|       26.9|       21.1|       20.3|       15.9|      † |      † |      † |        † |        † |        † |        † |        † |         † |         † |        †
  Postal service ........................|        2.9|        2.5|        2.4|        2.4|      † |      † |      † |        † |        † |        † |        † |        † |         † |         † |        †
  Space research and technology .........|        1.1|        0.7|        0.7|        0.6|      † |      † |      † |        † |        † |        † |        † |        † |         † |         † |        †
                                         |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
Education and libraries .................|       21.3|       19.1|       18.5|       19.9|    39.9|    36.2|    34.5|      33.5|      34.1|      34.8|      35.0|      35.2|       35.2|       34.8|      34.7
                                         |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
Social services and income maintenance   |       12.4|       15.4|       16.5|       20.1|    20.2|    22.7|    23.7|      26.5|      25.2|      24.6|      24.2|      24.3|       24.4|       24.9|      25.7
  Public welfare ........................|        6.8|        9.0|        9.3|       12.2|    12.1|    13.3|    14.4|      16.8|      16.0|      15.6|      15.4|      15.5|       15.9|       16.2|      16.9
  Hospitals and health ..................|        4.9|        5.7|        5.7|        6.4|     7.4|     8.9|     8.9|       9.2|       8.8|       8.7|       8.5|       8.5|        8.3|        8.5|       8.5
  Social insurance administration .......|        0.7|        0.6|        1.5|        1.5|     0.6|     0.6|     0.4|       0.4|       0.3|       0.3|       0.3|       0.3|        0.3|        0.3|       0.3
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Transportation ..........................|        7.9|        5.6|        4.7|        4.8|    13.2|     9.6|     8.3|       7.8|       7.7|       7.7|       7.9|       7.9|        8.0|        7.9|       7.8
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Public safety ...........................|        2.6|        3.0|        4.5|        5.1|     6.2|     7.0|     8.1|       8.2|       8.6|       8.6|       8.6|       8.6|        8.4|        8.4|       8.3
  Police and fire protection ............|        1.9|        2.0|        2.9|        3.2|     5.0|     5.2|     5.1|       5.1|       5.4|       5.4|       5.3|       5.3|        5.2|        5.2|       5.2
  Correction ............................|        0.7|        0.9|        1.6|        1.9|     1.3|     1.8|     3.0|       3.1|       3.2|       3.2|       3.3|       3.2|        3.2|        3.2|       3.1
                                         |           |           |           |           |        |        |        |          |          |          |          |          |           |           |
Environment and housing .................|        7.4|        8.7|        7.7|        7.3|     7.9|     8.6|     8.4|       8.1|       8.2|       8.1|       7.9|       7.8|        7.7|        7.7|       7.8
  Natural resources, parks, recreation ..|        4.6|        5.3|        4.1|        3.6|     3.4|     3.2|     3.1|       2.9|       3.0|       3.0|       3.0|       3.0|        3.1|        3.0|       3.0
  Housing and community development .....|        1.5|        1.7|        1.8|        1.8|     1.7|     1.7|     1.8|       1.9|       1.9|       1.9|       1.8|       1.8|        1.7|        1.8|       1.9
  Sewerage and sanitation ...............|        1.4|        1.8|        1.7|        1.9|     2.7|     3.7|     3.4|       3.4|       3.3|       3.2|       3.1|       3.0|        2.9|        2.9|       2.8
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Governmental administration .............|        2.4|        2.7|        3.6|        3.9|     4.4|     4.9|     5.3|       5.2|       5.3|       5.4|       5.5|       5.4|        5.3|        5.4|       5.4
  Financial administration ..............|        1.2|        1.3|        1.5|        1.7|     1.5|     1.8|     1.9|       2.0|       2.0|       2.0|       2.0|       1.9|        1.9|        1.9|       1.9
  General control\3\ ....................|        1.2|        1.4|        2.0|        2.2|     2.9|     3.1|     3.5|       3.3|       3.4|       3.4|       3.5|       3.5|        3.4|        3.5|       3.5
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Interest on general debt ................|        7.2|       11.8|       13.7|       14.1|     3.4|     4.2|     5.8|       5.0|       5.0|       4.9|       4.8|       4.6|        4.6|        4.4|       4.3
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Other and unallocable ...................|        8.1|        9.5|        7.3|        5.9|     4.8|     6.6|     5.9|       5.8|       5.9|       5.9|       6.1|       6.2|        6.3|        6.5|       6.0
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†Not applicable.
\1\Excludes duplicative intergovernmental transactions.
\2\General expenditures include monies paid by states to the federal government, which are excluded from direct general expenditures.
\3\Includes judicial and legal expenditures and expenditures on general and public buildings and other governmental administration.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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