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Table 34  Governmental expenditures, by level of government and function: 1970-71 to 1994-95

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                                      |                       All governments\1\              |            Federal government                         |    State and local governments\2\
       Expenditure, by function       |_______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________
                                      | 1970-71 | 1980-81 |  1990-91  |  1993-94  |  1994-95  | 1970-71 | 1980-81 |  1990-91  |  1993-94  |  1994-95  | 1970-71 | 1980-81 |  1990-91  |  1993-94  |  1994-95
______________________________________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________
                  1                   |    2    |    3    |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7    |    8    |     9     |    10     |    11     |   12    |   13    |    14     |    15     |    16
______________________________________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________
                                      |                                                                              In millions
                                      |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
General expenditures .................|$301,096 |$827,877 |$1,804,005 |$1,963,558 |$2,059,627 |$150,422 |$422,301 |$1,060,407 |$1,107,501 |$1,146,827 |$150,674 |$407,449 |  $908,108 |$1,077,665 |$1,149,863
                                      |_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________
Selected federal programs             |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  National defense and international  |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
    relations ........................|  80,910 | 174,564 |   366,112 |   333,380 |   327,231 |  80,910 | 174,564 |   366,112 |   333,380 |   327,231 |     --- |     --- |     ---   |       --- |       ---
  Postal service .....................|   8,683 |  20,466 |    43,102 |    46,110 |    49,482 |   8,683 |  20,466 |    43,102 |    46,110 |    49,482 |     --- |     --- |     ---   |       --- |       ---
  Space research and technology ......|   3,334 |   5,523 |    13,514 |    13,553 |    13,316 |   3,334 |   5,523 |    13,514 |    13,553 |    13,316 |     --- |     --- |     ---   |       --- |       ---
Education and libraries ..............|  64,042 | 158,012 |   334,333 |   381,991 |   410,827 |   4,629 |  12,408 |    46,025 |    50,502 |    55,794 |  60,174 | 147,649 |   313,744 |   358,241 |   383,557
Social services and income maintenance|         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  Public welfare .....................|  20,446 |  74,643 |   167,681 |   236,033 |   250,356 |   2,220 |  22,395 |   119,135 |   171,112 |   177,874 |  18,226 |  54,121 |   130,402 |   179,829 |   193,110
  Hospitals and health ...............|  14,835 |  47,378 |   102,817 |   125,596 |   132,463 |   3,630 |  11,277 |    28,207 |    34,424 |    36,392 |  11,205 |  36,101 |    81,110 |   100,429 |   105,946
  Social insurance administration ....|   2,031 |   5,075 |     8,193 |     6,506 |     9,591 |   1,086 |   2,799 |     4,943 |     5,790 |     5,645 |     945 |   2,276 |     3,250 |     4,071 |     3,946
Transportation .......................|  23,722 |  46,578 |    84,048 |    95,224 |    99,064 |   4,062 |   7,724 |    23,250 |    29,220 |    29,871 |  19,819 |  39,231 |    75,410 |    85,203 |    88,938
Public safety                         |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  Police protection ..................|   5,706 |  16,851 |    38,942 |    45,231 |    48,618 |     478 |   1,904 |     6,170 |     7,328 |     7,563 |   5,228 |  14,947 |    32,772 |    38,645 |    41,055
  Correction .........................|   1,979 |   7,806 |    29,297 |    34,603 |    38,922 |      94 |     413 |     1,941 |     2,587 |     3,065 |   1,885 |   7,393 |    27,356 |    32,270 |    35,857
Environment and housing               |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  Natural resources ..................|  13,740 |  43,599 |    56,949 |    66,778 |    57,244 |  10,658 |  38,896 |    48,415 |    55,568 |    44,752 |   3,082 |   6,175 |    12,575 |    13,987 |    15,251
  Housing and community development ..|   4,467 |  13,894 |    33,346 |    35,716 |    36,721 |   1,913 |   6,808 |    30,199 |    36,916 |    40,351 |   2,554 |   7,086 |    16,648 |    19,899 |    21,509
Governmental administration           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  Financial administration ...........|   3,612 |  10,944 |    27,204 |    32,324 |    34,824 |   1,341 |   3,714 |    10,209 |    11,788 |    12,444 |   2,271 |   7,230 |    16,995 |    20,577 |    22,380
  General control\3\ .................|   3,567 |  11,514 |    36,977 |    41,609 |    44,610 |     540 |   1,973 |     5,511 |     6,470 |     6,972 |   4,432 |  12,771 |    31,466 |    35,139 |    37,638
Interest on general debt .............|  21,688 |  97,641 |   247,376 |   257,623 |   290,195 |  16,599 |  80,510 |   195,142 |   202,663 |   233,225 |   5,089 |  17,131 |    52,234 |    54,960 |    56,970
Other and unallocable ................|  28,334 |  93,389 |   214,115 |   211,280 |   216,164 |  10,245 |  30,927 |   118,532 |   100,090 |   102,850 |  15,764 |  55,338 |   114,147 |   134,414 |   143,707
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                                      |                                                                    Percentage distribut
                                      |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
                                      |_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________
Selected federal programs             |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  National defense and international  |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
    relations ........................|    26.9 |    21.1 |      20.3 |      17.0 |      15.9 |    53.8 |    41.3 |      34.5 |      30.1 |      28.5 |     --- |     --- |     ---   |       --- |       ---
  Postal service .....................|     2.9 |     2.5 |       2.4 |       2.3 |       2.4 |     5.8 |     4.8 |       4.1 |       4.2 |       4.3 |     --- |     --- |     ---   |       --- |       ---
  Space research and technology ......|     1.1 |     0.7 |       0.7 |       0.7 |       0.6 |     2.2 |     1.3 |       1.3 |       1.2 |       1.2 |     --- |     --- |     ---   |       --- |       ---
Education and libraries ..............|    21.3 |    19.1 |      18.5 |      19.5 |      19.9 |     3.1 |     2.9 |       4.3 |       4.6 |       4.9 |    39.9 |    36.2 |      34.5 |      33.2 |      33.4
Social services and income maintenance|         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  Public welfare .....................|     6.8 |     9.0 |       9.3 |      12.0 |      12.2 |     1.5 |     5.3 |      11.2 |      15.5 |      15.5 |    12.1 |    13.3 |      14.4 |      16.7 |      16.8
  Hospitals and health ...............|     4.9 |     5.7 |       5.7 |       6.4 |       6.4 |     2.4 |     2.7 |       2.7 |       3.1 |       3.2 |     7.4 |     8.9 |       8.9 |       9.3 |       9.2
  Social insurance administration ....|     0.7 |     0.6 |       0.5 |       0.3 |       0.5 |     0.7 |     0.7 |       0.5 |       0.5 |       0.5 |     0.6 |     0.6 |       0.4 |       0.4 |       0.3
Transportation .......................|     7.9 |     5.6 |       4.7 |       4.8 |       4.8 |     2.7 |     1.8 |       2.2 |       2.6 |       2.6 |    13.2 |     9.6 |       8.3 |       7.9 |       7.7
Public safety                         |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  Police protection ..................|     1.9 |     2.0 |       2.2 |       2.3 |       2.4 |     0.3 |     0.5 |       0.6 |       0.7 |       0.7 |     3.5 |     3.7 |       3.6 |       3.6 |       3.6
  Correction .........................|     0.7 |     0.9 |       1.6 |       1.8 |       1.9 |     0.1 |     0.1 |       0.2 |       0.2 |       0.3 |     1.3 |     1.8 |       3.0 |       3.0 |       3.1
Environment and housing               |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  Natural resources ..................|     4.6 |     5.3 |       3.2 |       3.4 |       2.8 |     7.1 |     9.2 |       4.6 |       5.0 |       3.9 |     2.0 |     1.5 |       1.4 |       1.3 |       1.3
  Housing and community development ..|     1.5 |     1.7 |       1.8 |       1.8 |       1.8 |     1.3 |     1.6 |       2.8 |       3.3 |       3.5 |     1.7 |     1.7 |       1.8 |       1.8 |       1.9
Governmental administration           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |
  Financial administration ...........|     1.2 |     1.3 |       1.5 |       1.6 |       1.7 |     0.9 |     0.9 |       1.0 |       1.1 |       1.1 |     1.5 |     1.8 |       1.9 |       1.9 |       1.9
  General control\3\ .................|     1.2 |     1.4 |       2.0 |       2.1 |       2.2 |     0.4 |     0.5 |       0.5 |       0.6 |       0.6 |     2.9 |     3.1 |       3.5 |       3.3 |       3.3
Interest on general debt .............|     7.2 |    11.8 |      13.7 |      13.1 |      14.1 |    11.0 |    19.1 |      18.4 |      18.3 |      20.3 |     3.4 |     4.2 |       5.8 |       5.1 |       5.0
Other and unallocable ................|     9.4 |    11.3 |      11.9 |      10.8 |      10.5 |     6.8 |     7.3 |      11.2 |       9.0 |       9.0 |    10.5 |    13.6 |      12.6 |      12.5 |      12.5
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\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.
---Data not applicable.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 1999.)


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