Table 30.

Amount and percentage distribution of direct general expenditures of state and local governments, by function: Selected years, 1970-71 through 2008-09

Function	1970-71	1980-81	1990-91	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08		2008-09
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12		13		14		15
	Amount (in millions of current dollars)
Total direct general expenditures	$150,674	$407,449	$908,108	$1,398,533	$1,502,768	$1,621,757	$1,732,478	$1,817,513	$1,903,915	$2,007,490		$2,116,464		$2,258,229		$2,400,204		$2,475,076
Education and libraries	60,174	147,649	313,744	490,100	528,767	571,374	602,954	630,246	664,471	698,106		739,410		785,162		837,675		862,052
Social services and income maintenance	30,376	92,555	214,919	338,964	365,226	396,086	433,685	467,625	502,788	536,376		551,721		582,852		618,353		655,014
Public welfare	18,226	54,121	130,402	215,190	233,350	257,380	281,176	306,463	335,977	360,730		367,395		384,769		404,624		431,098
Hospitals and health	11,205	36,101	81,110	119,361	127,342	134,010	147,065	154,878	160,943	170,193		178,777		193,072		208,557		218,400
Social insurance administration	945	2,276	3,250	4,130	4,178	4,359	5,082	5,267	4,364	4,265		4,556		3,981		4,089		4,584
Veterans’ services	†	57	157	283	357	337	361	1,017	1,504	1,189		992		1,031		1,083		933
Transportation	19,819	39,231	75,410	110,163	118,974	130,422	136,824	142,255	141,070	149,626	1	160,460	1	170,976	1	181,322	1	181,876	1
Public safety	9,416	31,233	79,932	128,743	137,809	146,544	156,702	162,279	166,899	176,758		187,929		203,259		217,201		222,661
Police and fire protection	7,531	21,283	46,568	74,629	79,900	84,554	90,456	95,215	99,079	104,961		111,971		120,916		129,360		133,312
Correction	1,885	7,393	27,356	45,598	48,805	52,370	54,615	55,471	56,326	59,102		62,645		68,092		72,904		74,503
Protective inspection and regulation	†	2,557	6,008	8,516	9,104	9,620	11,631	11,593	11,494	12,694		13,312		14,250		14,937		14,846
Environment and housing	11,832	35,223	76,167	109,930	117,123	124,203	134,033	141,571	146,276	153,398		163,867		179,196		191,972		190,639
Natural resources, parks, and      recreation	5,191	13,239	28,505	41,649	45,272	50,082	52,101	54,573	53,748	55,444		59,939		66,243		70,562		71,141
Housing and community development	2,554	7,086	16,648	25,234	26,590	27,402	31,623	35,275	37,236	40,014		42,014		45,937		50,974		47,489
Sewerage and sanitation	4,087	14,898	31,014	43,047	45,261	46,718	50,309	51,723	55,292	57,940		61,914		67,016		70,436		72,009
Governmental administration	6,703	20,001	48,461	76,699	81,659	85,910	92,779	98,658	100,067	105,546		110,407		119,396		126,997		127,424
Financial administration	2,271	7,230	16,995	27,593	29,300	30,007	32,660	34,911	34,675	36,695		37,666		39,631		40,995		40,319
General control2	4,432	12,771	31,466	49,106	52,360	55,903	60,119	63,747	65,392	68,851		72,741		79,765		86,003		87,106
Interest on general debt	5,089	17,131	52,234	67,294	69,814	73,836	75,287	77,277	81,812	81,122		86,001		93,586		100,055		103,478
Other direct general expenditures,      not elsewhere classified	7,265	24,426	47,242	76,640	83,395	93,382	100,215	97,602	100,533	106,559		116,670		123,802		126,630		131,932
	Percentage distribution
Total direct 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
Education and libraries	39.9	36.2	34.5	35.0	35.2	35.2	34.8	34.7	34.9	34.8		34.9		34.8		34.9		34.8
Social services and income maintenance	20.2	22.7	23.7	24.2	24.3	24.4	25.0	25.7	26.4	26.7		26.1		25.8		25.8		26.5
Public welfare	12.1	13.3	14.4	15.4	15.5	15.9	16.2	16.9	17.6	18.0		17.4		17.0		16.9		17.4
Hospitals and health	7.4	8.9	8.9	8.5	8.5	8.3	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5		8.4		8.5		8.7		8.8
Social insurance administration	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2		0.2		0.2		0.2		0.2
Veterans’ services	†	#	#	#	#	#	#	0.1	0.1	0.1		#		#		#		#
Transportation	13.2	9.6	8.3	7.9	7.9	8.0	7.9	7.8	7.4	7.5	1	7.6	1	7.6	1	7.6	1	7.3	1
Public safety	6.2	7.7	8.8	9.2	9.2	9.0	9.0	8.9	8.8	8.8		8.9		9.0		9.0		9.0
Police and fire protection	5.0	5.2	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2		5.3		5.4		5.4		5.4
Correction	1.3	1.8	3.0	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.0	2.9		3.0		3.0		3.0		3.0
Protective inspection and regulation	†	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6		0.6		0.6		0.6		0.6
Environment and housing	7.9	8.6	8.4	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.7	7.6		7.7		7.9		8.0		7.7
Natural resources, parks, and      recreation	3.4	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.8		2.8		2.9		2.9		2.9
Housing and community development	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.0		2.0		2.0		2.1		1.9
Sewerage and sanitation	2.7	3.7	3.4	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.9		2.9		3.0		2.9		2.9
Governmental administration	4.4	4.9	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3		5.2		5.3		5.3		5.1
Financial administration	1.5	1.8	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8		1.8		1.8		1.7		1.6
General control2	2.9	3.1	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4		3.4		3.5		3.6		3.5
Interest on general debt	3.4	4.2	5.8	4.8	4.6	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.0		4.1		4.1		4.2		4.2
Other direct general expenditures,    not elsewhere classified	4.8	6.0	5.2	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.8	5.4	5.3	5.3		5.5		5.5		5.3		5.3

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

1 No longer includes transit subsidies.

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

NOTE: Excludes monies paid by states to the federal government. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances. Retrieved October 31, 2011, from http://www.census.gov/govs/estimate/. (This table was prepared October 2011.)