U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Economic Analysis

National Income and Product Accounts Table
Table 3.17. Selected Government Current and Capital Expenditures by Function [Billions of dollars]
Today is: 9/24/2008 Last Revised on September 11, 2008

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Line		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	Current expenditures¹
	Consumption expenditures:
1	Government	1,736.5	1,844.0	1,957.5	2,081.5	2,212.0
2	General public service	160.9	169.8	180.3	191.4	201.8
3	National defense	436.8	482.9	515.2	544.6	580.1
4	Public order and safety	218.6	231.0	245.5	262.6	283.6
5	Economic affairs	202.5	207.8	217.8	232.0	248.0
6	Housing and community services	8.6	7.9	9.3	9.6	10.1
7	Health	83.6	88.8	97.8	108.4	119.8
8	Recreation and culture	23.8	25.1	26.9	28.7	30.7
9	Education	525.4	553.1	580.8	611.2	646.6
10	Income security	76.4	77.5	83.7	92.9	91.3
11	Federal	662.7	723.7	766.3	811.8	856.1
12	General public service	33.1	39.9	42.2	44.7	47.4
13	National defense	436.8	482.9	515.2	544.6	580.1
14	Public order and safety	29.4	32.7	34.7	37.0	39.1
15	Economic affairs	83.9	86.6	87.5	92.6	97.9
16	Housing and community services	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.9	1.2
17	Health	58.5	60.1	60.8	62.1	65.6
18	Recreation and culture	3.3	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.9
19	Education	5.5	5.9	6.1	5.3	5.7
20	Income security	11.2	11.7	14.9	20.9	15.2
21	State and local	1,073.8	1,120.3	1,191.2	1,269.6	1,355.9
22	General public service	127.8	129.9	138.2	146.7	154.4
23	Public order and safety	189.2	198.3	210.8	225.6	244.5
24	Economic affairs	118.5	121.2	130.3	139.5	150.0
25	Housing and community services	7.6	7.7	8.2	8.7	8.9
26	Health	25.1	28.8	37.0	46.2	54.3
27	Recreation and culture	20.5	21.4	23.1	24.9	26.8
28	Education	519.9	547.2	574.8	606.0	640.8
29	Income security	65.2	65.8	68.9	72.1	76.1
	Government social benefits:
30	Government	1,319.5	1,399.1	1,485.0	1,581.4	1,685.0
31	General public service	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.7	2.0
32	Public order and safety	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
33	Economic affairs	2.4	2.2	2.5	2.9	2.8
34	Housing and community services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Health	562.0	614.1	658.9	718.4	772.7
36	Recreation and culture	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
37	Education	36.6	39.8	43.3	45.7	49.0
38	Income security	716.5	740.7	778.1	812.0	857.7
39	Federal	966.5	1,015.3	1,081.6	1,180.4	1,254.2
40	General public service	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7
41	Public order and safety	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
42	Economic affairs	1.0	0.9	1.3	1.6	1.7
43	Housing and community services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Health	287.7	313.7	343.2	406.6	435.7
45	Recreation and culture	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
46	Education	21.1	22.6	24.3	24.8	25.9
47	Income security	655.5	676.6	711.3	746.1	789.5
48	State and local	353.0	383.8	403.5	401.0	430.8
49	General public service	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.0	1.3
50	Public order and safety	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
51	Economic affairs	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.0
52	Health	274.3	300.5	315.7	311.8	337.0
53	Education	15.5	17.2	18.9	20.9	23.1
54	Income security	60.9	64.1	66.8	65.9	68.2
	Grants-in-aid to state and local governments:
55	Federal²	338.5	349.1	360.9	358.0	376.3
56	General public service	12.5	3.0	3.1	2.2	2.6
57	National defense	3.7	3.7	4.0	3.8	3.8
58	Public order and safety	2.9	4.0	5.4	5.8	5.2
59	Economic affairs	12.0	12.3	11.9	11.9	11.1
60	Transportation	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Space	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
62	Other economic affairs	11.1	11.7	11.4	11.3	10.5
63	General economic and labor affairs	5.2	6.1	5.2	4.7	3.9
64	Agriculture	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0
65	Energy	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
66	Natural resources	3.7	3.5	4.0	4.4	4.3
67	Housing and community services	14.4	14.1	14.0	14.9	20.6
68	Health	186.0	201.3	208.9	203.1	216.9
69	Recreation and culture	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5
70	Education	34.1	38.8	39.7	41.5	39.6
71	Income security	72.6	71.5	73.5	74.3	76.0
72	Disability	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.0	1.9
73	Welfare and social services	62.4	62.2	62.8	63.3	66.3
74	Unemployment	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.1
75	Other	4.9	4.0	5.3	5.7	4.7
	Subsidies:
76	Government	47.9	44.6	59.3	49.7	52.3
77	Economic affairs	21.3	16.0	27.5	19.0	14.8
78	Transportation	4.2	2.3	2.2	2.2	1.9
79	Other economic affairs	17.1	13.7	25.3	16.9	13.0
80	General economic and labor affairs	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.3
81	Agriculture	17.2	13.3	25.1	16.5	12.7
82	Energy	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Natural resources	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Housing and community services	26.6	28.6	31.7	30.7	37.5
85	Federal	47.8	44.2	58.9	49.4	45.2
86	Economic affairs	21.2	15.6	27.2	18.7	14.4
87	Transportation	3.8	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.5
88	Other economic affairs	17.4	13.7	25.3	16.9	13.0
89	General economic and labor affairs	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.3
90	Agriculture	17.2	13.3	25.1	16.5	12.7
91	Natural resources	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Housing and community services	26.6	28.6	31.7	30.7	30.7
93	State and local	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.4	7.1
94	Economic affairs	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
95	Transportation	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
96	Energy	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Housing and community services	---	---	---	---	6.8
	Gross investment
98	Government	356.0	372.8	397.8	426.7	462.8
99	General public service	28.9	31.7	32.7	30.1	33.6
100	National defense	60.4	67.8	72.9	79.5	82.1
101	Public order and safety	14.8	14.9	15.5	15.8	17.6
102	Economic affairs	115.5	117.4	124.1	131.3	143.9
103	Housing and community services	34.9	36.7	39.6	47.5	51.6
104	Health	16.4	16.4	18.2	18.5	20.8
105	Recreation and culture	8.1	8.1	8.8	8.6	10.7
106	Education	74.3	77.3	82.3	89.6	98.5
107	Income security	2.6	2.7	3.8	5.7	4.1
108	Federal	93.7	101.9	109.2	120.3	123.2
109	General public service	2.3	4.0	3.7	4.3	4.5
110	National defense	60.4	67.8	72.9	79.5	82.1
111	Public order and safety	5.9	5.7	5.7	6.5	7.0
112	Economic affairs	14.0	14.5	15.5	16.7	17.0
113	Housing and community services	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.4
114	Health	6.4	5.8	6.5	7.0	7.7
115	Recreation and culture	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6
116	Education	1.8	1.8	1.3	1.2	1.4
117	Income security	1.4	1.4	2.4	4.3	2.6
118	State and local	262.2	270.9	288.6	306.3	339.6
119	General public service	26.6	27.7	29.0	25.8	29.0
120	Public order and safety	8.9	9.2	9.8	9.3	10.6
121	Economic affairs	101.5	102.9	108.6	114.6	126.9
122	Housing and community services	34.5	36.5	39.2	47.3	51.3
123	Health	10.0	10.6	11.6	11.5	13.1
124	Recreation and culture	7.1	7.4	8.1	8.1	10.0
125	Education	72.5	75.5	80.9	88.4	97.1
126	Income security	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.6
	Capital transfers paid
127	Federal³	62.4	63.1	67.2	70.2	82.4
128	General public service⁴	1.9	0.7	2.3	1.7	0.1
129	Economic affairs	40.9	41.7	44.5	47.4	49.0
130	Transportation	40.9	41.7	44.5	47.4	49.0
131	Highways⁵	30.6	30.5	32.7	34.4	35.7
132	Air⁵	2.8	3.7	3.9	4.2	4.1
133	Water⁶	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
134	Transit and railroad⁵	7.2	7.5	7.8	8.7	9.1
135	Housing and community services⁵	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.7
136	Health⁷	14.8	16.1	15.9	16.4	28.7

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