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  • Table 34.Governmental expenditures, by level of government and function: 1970-71 to 1992-93

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                                          |                       All governments\1\                                       |            Federal government             |    State and local governments\2\
           Expenditure, by function       |________________________________________________________________________________|___________________________________________|_________________________________________
                                          | 1970-71 | 1980-81 |  1988-89  |  1989-90   |  1990-91  |  1991-92  |  1992-93  | 1970-71 | 1980-81 |  1990-91  |  1992-93  | 1970-71 | 1980-81 | 1990-91 |  1992-93
    ______________________________________|_________|_________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________
                      1                   |    2    |    3    |     4     |     5      |     6     |     7     |     7     |    8    |    9    |    10     |    11     |   12    |   13    |   14    |    15
    ______________________________________|_________|_________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________
                                          |                                   In millions                                  |                                           |
                                          |________________________________________________________________________________|___________________________________________|_________________________________________
    General expenditures\2\ ..............|$301,096 |$827,877 |$1,542,620 | $1,686,807 |$1,804,005 |$1,858,760 |$1,904,746 |$150,422 |$422,301 |$1,059,508 |$1,083,257 |$150,674 |$407,449 |$908,108 |$1,026,806
                                          |_________|_________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________
    Selected federal programs             |         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      National defense and international  |         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
        relations ........................|  80,910 | 174,564 |   346,338 |    344,069 |   366,112 |   351,684 |   344,008 |  80,910 | 174,564 |   366,112 |   344,008 |      ---|      ---|      ---|        ---
      Postal service .....................|   8,683 |  20,466 |    36,472 |     39,065 |    43,102 |    44,890 |    44,528 |   8,683 |  20,466 |    43,102 |    44,528 |      ---|      ---|      ---|        ---
      Space research and technology ......|   3,334 |   5,523 |    10,806 |     12,063 |    13,514 |    13,550 |    13,873 |   3,334 |   5,523 |    13,514 |    13,873 |      ---|      ---|      ---|        ---
    Education and libraries ..............|  64,042 | 158,012 |   284,963 |    310,080 |   334,333 |   353,399 |   373,125 |   4,629 |  12,408 |    45,256 |    55,521 |  60,174 | 147,649 | 313,744 |   346,950
    Social services and income maintenance|         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      Public welfare .....................|  20,446 |  74,643 |   126,132 |    140,734 |   167,681 |   202,364 |   218,707 |   2,220 |  22,395 |   119,135 |   157,130 |  18,226 |  54,121 | 130,402 |   167,098
      Hospitals and health ...............|  14,835 |  47,378 |    85,091 |     92,487 |   102,817 |   108,166 |   119,172 |   3,630 |  11,277 |    28,207 |    32,654 |  11,205 |  36,101 |  81,110 |    94,854
      Social insurance administration ....|   2,031 |   5,075 |     7,352 |      7,716 |     8,193 |     9,172 |     9,587 |   1,086 |   2,799 |     7,995 |     9,309 |     945 |   2,276 |   3,250 |     3,945
    Transportation .......................|  23,722 |  46,578 |    74,289 |     78,539 |    84,048 |    87,360 |    90,672 |   4,062 |   7,724 |    24,768 |    28,560 |  19,819 |  39,231 |  75,410 |    80,878
    Public safety                         |         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      Police protection ..................|   5,706 |  16,851 |    32,723 |     35,921 |    38,942 |    41,248 |    43,763 |     478 |   1,904 |     6,725 |     8,080 |   5,228 |  14,947 |  32,772 |    36,407
      Correction .........................|   1,979 |   7,806 |    22,500 |     26,229 |    29,297 |    31,112 |    32,053 |      94 |     413 |     2,122 |     2,690 |   1,885 |   7,393 |  27,356 |    29,631
    Environment and housing               |         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      Natural resources ..................|  13,740 |  43,599 |    64,353 |     80,915 |    56,949 |    64,550 |    64,599 |  10,658 |  38,896 |    46,549 |    53,859 |   3,082 |   6,175 |  12,575 |    13,236
      Housing and community development ..|   4,467 |  13,894 |    28,230 |     32,430 |    33,346 |    32,549 |    31,357 |   1,913 |   6,808 |    30,199 |    31,321 |   2,554 |   7,086 |  16,648 |    18,775
    Governmental administration           |         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      Financial administration ...........|   3,612 |  10,944 |    22,125 |     24,200 |    27,204 |    28,852 |    29,971 |   1,341 |   3,714 |    10,308 |    11,762 |   2,271 |   7,230 |  16,995 |    19,324
      General control\3\ .................|   3,567 |  11,514 |    30,088 |     33,346 |    36,977 |    38,327 |    42,740 |     540 |   1,973 |     7,900 |     9,527 |   4,432 |  12,771 |  31,466 |    33,213
    Interest on general debt .............|  21,688 |  97,641 |   220,883 |    237,691 |   247,376 |   254,968 |   253,895 |  16,599 |  80,510 |   195,142 |   198,795 |   5,089 |  17,131 |  52,234 |    55,100
    Other and unallocable ................|  28,334 |  93,389 |   150,274 |    191,322 |   214,115 |   196,570 |   192,699 |  10,245 |  30,927 |   112,474 |    81,640 |  15,764 |  55,338 | 114,147 |   127,398
                                          |======================================================================================================================================================================
                                          |                                                      Percentage distribution
                                          |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    General expenditures\2\ ..............|   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 |      22.5 |       20.4 |      20.3 |      18.9 |      18.1 |    53.8 |    41.3 |      34.6 |      31.8 |      ---|      ---|      ---|        ---
      Postal service .....................|     2.9 |     2.5 |       2.4 |        2.3 |       2.4 |       2.4 |       2.3 |     5.8 |     4.8 |       4.1 |       4.1 |      ---|      ---|      ---|        ---
      Space research and technology ......|     1.1 |     0.7 |       0.7 |        0.7 |       0.7 |       0.7 |       0.7 |     2.2 |     1.3 |       1.3 |       1.3 |      ---|      ---|      ---|        ---
    Education and libraries ..............|    21.3 |    19.1 |      18.5 |       18.4 |      18.5 |      19.0 |      19.6 |     3.1 |     2.9 |       4.3 |       5.1 |    39.9 |    36.2 |    34.5 |      33.8
    Social services and income maintenance|         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      Public welfare .....................|     6.8 |     9.0 |       8.2 |        8.3 |       9.3 |      10.9 |      11.5 |     1.5 |     5.3 |      11.2 |      14.5 |    12.1 |    13.3 |    14.4 |      16.3
      Hospitals and health ...............|     4.9 |     5.7 |       5.5 |        5.5 |       5.7 |       5.8 |       6.3 |     2.4 |     2.7 |       2.7 |       3.0 |     7.4 |     8.9 |     8.9 |       9.2
      Social insurance administration ....|     0.7 |     0.6 |       0.5 |        0.5 |       0.5 |       0.5 |       0.5 |     0.7 |     0.7 |       0.8 |       0.9 |     0.6 |     0.6 |     0.4 |       0.4
    Transportation .......................|     7.9 |     5.6 |       4.8 |        4.7 |       4.7 |       4.7 |       4.8 |     2.7 |     1.8 |       2.3 |       2.6 |    13.2 |     9.6 |     8.3 |       7.9
    Public safety                         |         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      Police protection ..................|     1.9 |     2.0 |       2.1 |        2.1 |       2.2 |       2.2 |       2.3 |     0.3 |     0.5 |       0.6 |       0.7 |     3.5 |     3.7 |     3.6 |       3.5
      Correction .........................|     0.7 |     0.9 |       1.5 |        1.6 |       1.6 |       1.7 |       1.7 |     0.1 |     0.1 |       0.2 |       0.2 |     1.3 |     1.8 |     3.0 |       2.9
    Environment and housing               |         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      Natural resources ..................|     4.6 |     5.3 |       4.2 |        4.8 |       3.2 |       3.5 |       3.4 |     7.1 |     9.2 |       4.4 |       5.0 |     2.0 |     1.5 |     1.4 |       1.3
      Housing and community development ..|     1.5 |     1.7 |       1.8 |        1.9 |       1.8 |       1.8 |       1.6 |     1.3 |     1.6 |       2.9 |       2.9 |     1.7 |     1.7 |     1.8 |       1.8
    Governmental administration           |         |         |           |            |           |           |           |         |         |           |           |         |         |         |
      Financial administration ...........|     1.2 |     1.3 |       1.4 |        1.4 |       1.5 |       1.6 |       1.6 |     0.9 |     0.9 |       1.0 |       1.1 |     1.5 |     1.8 |     1.9 |       1.9
      General control\3\ .................|     1.2 |     1.4 |       2.0 |        2.0 |       2.0 |       2.1 |       2.2 |     0.4 |     0.5 |       0.7 |       0.9 |     2.9 |     3.1 |     3.5 |       3.2
    Interest on general debt .............|     7.2 |    11.8 |      14.3 |       14.1 |      13.7 |      13.7 |      13.3 |    11.0 |    19.1 |      18.4 |      18.4 |     3.4 |     4.2 |     5.8 |       5.4
    Other and unallocable ................|     9.4 |    11.3 |       9.7 |       11.3 |      11.9 |      10.6 |      10.1 |     6.8 |     7.3 |      10.6 |       7.5 |    10.5 |    13.6 |    12.6 |      12.4
    ______________________________________|_________|_________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________|_________|_________|___________|___________|_________|_________|_________|___________
    

    \1\Excludes duplicative intergovernmental transactions.

    \2\General expenditures include monies paid by states to the federal government ($3,626,834 in 1992-93), which are excluded from direct general expenditures.

    \3\Includes judicial and legal expenditures and expenditures on general and public buildings and other governmental administration.

    ---Not applicable.

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished data. (This table was prepared November 1997.)


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