Table 31. | Governmental expenditures, by level of government and function: Selected years, 1970-71 to 2001-02 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | All governments\1\ | Federal governme | 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 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 ________________________________________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________ 1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19 ________________________________________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________ | 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| $1,621,314| $1,730,389 |________|________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________ Selected federal programs | 92,927| 200,553| 422,728| 390,029| 92,927| 200,553| 422,728| 390,029| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † 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| 571,374| 602,848 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Social services and income maintenance | 37,312| 127,096| 297,854| 414,169| 6,936| 50,247| 171,291| 241,464| 30,376| 92,555| 214,919| 303,208| 314,558| 323,085| 338,964| 365,226| 396,086| 431,421 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| 257,380| 279,598 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| 134,010| 146,380 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| 4,695| 5,443 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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| 130,422| 136,996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Public safety | 7,685| 24,657| 82,035| 104,549| 572| 2,317| 8,111| 10,628| 9,416| 28,676| 73,924| 93,921| 106,972| 113,223| 120,227| 128,705| 136,924| 145,157 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| 84,554| 90,470 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| 52,370| 54,687 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Environment and housing | 22,294| 72,391| 139,027| 150,426| 12,571| 45,704| 78,614| 85,103| 11,832| 35,223| 76,167| 93,221| 102,112| 106,319| 109,930| 117,123| 124,203| 133,992 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| 50,082| 52,096 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| 27,402| 31,610 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Governmental administration | 7,179| 22,458| 64,181| 79,434| 1,881| 5,687| 15,720| 19,416| 6,703| 20,001| 48,461| 60,018| 66,644| 70,727| 76,699| 81,659| 85,910| 92,789 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| 30,007| 32,653 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| 55,903| 60,136 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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| 73,836| 75,303 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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| 102,559| 111,883 |________|________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________ | Percentage distribution |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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| 100.0| 100.0 |________|________|__________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________ Selected federal programs | 30.9| 24.2| 23.4| 18.9| 61.8| 47.5| 39.9| 34.0| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † 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| 35.2| 34.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Social services and income maintenance | 12.4| 15.4| 16.5| 20.1| 4.6| 11.9| 16.2| 21.1| 20.2| 22.7| 23.7| 26.5| 25.2| 24.6| 24.2| 24.3| 24.4| 24.9 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| 15.9| 16.2 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| 8.3| 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| 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| 8.0| 7.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Public safety | 2.6| 3.0| 4.5| 5.1| 0.4| 0.5| 0.8| 0.9| 6.2| 7.0| 8.1| 8.2| 8.6| 8.6| 8.6| 8.6| 8.4| 8.4 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| 5.2| 5.2 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| 3.2| 3.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Environment and housing | 7.4| 8.7| 7.7| 7.3| 8.4| 10.8| 7.4| 7.4| 7.9| 8.6| 8.4| 8.1| 8.2| 8.1| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.7 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| 3.1| 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| 1.7| 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| 2.9| 2.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Governmental administration | 2.4| 2.7| 3.6| 3.9| 1.3| 1.3| 1.5| 1.7| 4.4| 4.9| 5.3| 5.2| 5.3| 5.4| 5.5| 5.4| 5.3| 5.4 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| 1.9| 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| 3.4| 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| 4.6| 4.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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| 6.3| 6.5 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†Not applicable. 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 March 2005.)
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