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National Income and Product Accounts Table
Table 3.15.5. Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment by Function [Billions of dollars]
Today is: 9/20/2008 Last Revised on September 11, 2008

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Line		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
1	Government	2,092.5	2,216.8	2,355.3	2,508.1	2,674.8
2	General public service	189.8	201.5	213.0	221.5	235.4
3	Executive and legislative	46.0	55.5	60.1	64.2	69.4
4	Tax collection and financial management	45.7	46.7	48.1	49.8	51.7
5	Other	98.1	99.3	104.9	107.4	114.2
6	National defense	497.2	550.7	588.1	624.1	662.2
7	Public order and safety	233.3	245.9	261.0	278.5	301.2
8	Police	95.9	103.0	110.1	117.5	127.8
9	Fire	30.0	31.2	34.3	37.6	41.2
10	Law courts	41.9	43.9	45.6	48.0	50.8
11	Prisons	65.5	67.8	71.1	75.5	81.3
12	Economic affairs	318.0	325.2	341.9	363.3	391.9
13	Transportation	201.1	206.0	218.4	232.4	248.7
14	Highways	146.7	152.8	165.4	179.4	192.4
15	Air	26.9	26.5	26.4	26.6	27.7
16	Water	11.8	11.3	11.9	12.5	12.7
17	Transit and railroad	15.7	15.6	14.7	13.9	15.9
18	Space	16.9	18.2	18.3	18.2	19.9
19	Other economic affairs	100.0	101.0	105.1	112.8	123.3
20	General economic and labor affairs	27.7	27.7	29.7	30.7	34.1
21	Agriculture	16.0	15.5	15.3	17.8	16.6
22	Energy	21.6	21.1	20.8	23.0	27.9
23	Natural resources	31.8	33.1	35.0	36.7	39.7
24	Postal service	2.6	3.1	3.8	4.1	4.4
25	Other	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
26	Housing and community services	43.6	44.6	48.9	57.1	61.7
27	Health	100.0	105.2	116.0	126.8	140.6
28	Recreation and culture	31.9	33.2	35.7	37.4	41.4
29	Education	599.7	630.4	663.1	700.8	745.1
30	Elementary and secondary	468.8	490.5	515.5	546.8	580.2
31	Higher	103.5	111.1	117.0	122.0	130.8
32	Libraries and other	27.4	28.7	30.7	32.1	34.0
33	Libraries	8.7	9.1	10.0	10.5	11.1
34	Other	18.8	19.6	20.7	21.6	23.0
35	Income security	79.0	80.2	87.5	98.6	95.5
36	Disability	5.0	5.0	5.2	5.6	6.2
37	Retirement¹	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.3
38	Welfare and social services	68.3	69.4	73.4	76.8	80.0
39	Unemployment	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3
40	Other	3.6	3.8	6.8	13.8	6.8
41	Federal	756.4	825.6	875.5	932.2	979.3
42	General public service	35.5	43.9	45.9	49.0	51.9
43	Executive and legislative	23.2	31.0	32.8	34.7	37.0
44	Tax collection and financial management	12.3	12.9	13.1	14.3	14.9
45	Other²	---	---	---	---	---
46	National defense	497.2	550.7	588.1	624.1	662.2
47	Public order and safety	35.3	38.3	40.4	43.5	46.1
48	Police	21.8	25.2	26.7	28.6	30.9
49	Fire	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.5
50	Law courts	7.3	7.4	7.9	8.2	8.6
51	Prisons	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.8	6.0
52	Economic affairs	98.0	101.1	103.0	109.2	115.0
53	Transportation	29.6	29.1	30.2	32.1	32.1
54	Highways	1.5	1.6	1.9	2.0	2.3
55	Air	18.3	17.3	17.6	18.8	19.0
56	Water	9.3	9.6	10.3	10.9	10.3
57	Transit and railroad	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
58	Space	16.9	18.2	18.3	18.2	19.9
59	Other economic affairs	51.5	53.9	54.4	58.9	63.0
60	General economic and labor affairs	8.6	9.7	9.7	9.6	11.7
61	Agriculture	9.5	9.5	9.2	11.6	10.2
62	Energy	13.8	14.3	13.2	13.8	15.0
63	Natural resources	17.0	17.3	18.6	19.9	21.8
64	Postal service	2.6	3.1	3.8	4.1	4.4
65	Housing and community services	1.4	0.5	1.5	1.1	1.6
66	Health	65.0	65.9	67.4	69.1	73.2
67	Recreation and culture	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.5
68	Education	7.3	7.6	7.4	6.4	7.1
69	Elementary and secondary	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.0	1.0
70	Higher	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.6	1.0
71	Other	4.6	4.6	4.8	4.8	5.2
72	Income security	12.6	13.1	17.3	25.2	17.8
73	Disability	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.7
74	Retirement¹	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.3
75	Welfare and social services	6.7	6.9	7.9	8.3	7.8
76	Unemployment	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3
77	Other	3.6	3.8	6.8	13.8	6.8
78	State and local	1,336.0	1,391.2	1,479.8	1,575.9	1,695.5
79	General public service	154.3	157.6	167.2	172.5	183.5
80	Executive and legislative	22.8	24.5	27.3	29.5	32.5
81	Tax collection and financial management	33.4	33.8	34.9	35.5	36.8
82	Other³	98.1	99.3	104.9	107.4	114.2
83	Public order and safety	198.1	207.6	220.6	235.0	255.1
84	Police	74.2	77.8	83.3	88.8	96.9
85	Fire	29.2	30.9	34.0	36.8	40.6
86	Law courts	34.6	36.6	37.7	39.7	42.2
87	Prisons	60.1	62.3	65.5	69.6	75.3
88	Economic affairs	220.0	224.1	238.9	254.0	276.9
89	Transportation	171.5	177.0	188.2	200.2	216.6
90	Highways	145.2	151.1	163.5	177.4	190.1
91	Air	8.6	9.2	8.8	7.8	8.7
92	Water	2.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	2.3
93	Transit and railroad	15.2	15.1	14.2	13.5	15.4
94	Other economic affairs	48.5	47.1	50.7	53.8	60.3
95	General economic and labor affairs	19.1	18.0	20.0	21.2	22.4
96	Agriculture	6.4	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.5
97	Energy	7.7	6.8	7.6	9.1	13.0
98	Natural resources	14.8	15.8	16.4	16.9	18.0
99	Other	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
100	Housing and community services	42.1	44.1	47.4	56.0	60.2
101	Water	13.1	14.1	15.0	18.6	18.9
102	Sewerage	12.7	13.6	15.0	20.3	21.9
103	Sanitation	9.3	9.5	10.4	11.5	12.2
104	Housing and other	7.0	6.9	7.1	5.6	7.2
105	Health	35.1	39.3	48.6	57.7	67.4
106	Recreation and culture	27.7	28.8	31.2	33.0	36.9
107	Education	592.4	622.7	655.7	694.4	738.0
108	Elementary and secondary	467.4	489.0	514.2	545.8	579.2
109	Higher	102.1	109.6	115.5	121.4	129.8
110	Libraries and other	22.9	24.1	25.9	27.2	28.9
111	Libraries	8.7	9.1	10.0	10.5	11.1
112	Other	14.2	15.0	15.9	16.8	17.8
113	Income security	66.4	67.1	70.2	73.4	77.7
114	Disability	4.7	4.6	4.7	5.0	5.5
115	Welfare and social services	61.6	62.5	65.5	68.5	72.2

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