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

National Income and Product Accounts Table
Table 3.16. Government Current Expenditures by Function [Billions of dollars]
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Line		2006	2007
1	Government¹	4,118.8	4,396.7
2	General public service	599.2	651.3
3	Executive and legislative	88.7	100.0
4	Tax collection and financial management	48.0	50.1
5	Interest payments²	376.5	411.1
6	Other³	86.0	90.1
7	National defense	544.6	580.1
8	Public order and safety	262.8	283.8
9	Police	110.2	120.0
10	Fire	35.2	38.5
11	Law courts	45.6	48.4
12	Prisons	71.9	77.0
13	Economic affairs	253.9	265.6
14	Transportation	132.2	140.2
15	Highways	101.0	109.4
16	Air	18.4	18.5
17	Water	10.8	10.2
18	Transit and railroad	2.1	2.0
19	Space	14.7	16.3
20	Other economic affairs	107.0	109.1
21	General economic and labor affairs	33.0	36.0
22	Agriculture	34.1	29.2
23	Energy	11.8	13.0
24	Natural resources	28.2	30.9
25	Postal service	0.0	0.0
26	Other⁴	0.0	0.0
27	Housing and community services	40.3	47.6
28	Health	826.8	892.4
29	Recreation and culture	29.3	31.3
30	Education	656.9	695.6
31	Elementary and secondary	484.4	511.7
32	Higher	116.3	123.4
33	Libraries and other	56.2	60.5
34	Libraries	9.0	9.7
35	Other	47.1	50.8
36	Income security	904.9	949.0
37	Disability	151.4	160.7
38	Retirement⁵	463.7	490.5
39	Welfare and social services	189.5	198.1
40	Unemployment	30.8	33.2
41	Other	69.5	66.4
42	Federal	2,711.6	2,880.5
43	General public service	359.5	399.6
44	Executive and legislative	64.1	73.2
45	Tax collection and financial management	13.1	13.8
46	Interest payments²	282.3	312.6
47	Other⁶	0.0	0.0
48	National defense	548.4	583.9
49	Public order and safety	42.8	44.4
50	Police	29.7	31.1
51	Fire	0.8	0.5
52	Law courts	7.1	7.5
53	Prisons	5.3	5.4
54	Economic affairs	124.6	125.2
55	Transportation	32.3	31.8
56	Highways	1.5	1.5
57	Air	18.4	18.5
58	Water	10.8	10.2
59	Transit and railroad	1.8	1.6
60	Space	15.2	16.9
61	Other economic affairs	77.1	76.4
62	General economic and labor affairs	15.9	17.0
63	Agriculture	29.2	24.2
64	Energy	13.1	14.3
65	Natural resources	19.0	20.9
66	Postal service	0.0	0.0
67	Housing and community services	46.5	52.5
68	Health	671.9	718.2
69	Recreation and culture	4.9	4.9
70	Education	71.6	71.2
71	Elementary and secondary	34.3	33.3
72	Higher	21.5	22.7
73	Other	15.8	15.2
74	Income security	841.3	880.7
75	Disability	132.0	140.4
76	Retirement⁵	463.7	490.5
77	Welfare and social services	136.2	142.3
78	Unemployment	34.2	36.4
79	Other	75.2	71.1
80	State and local	1,765.3	1,892.4
81	General public service	241.9	254.4
82	Executive and legislative	26.9	29.4
83	Tax collection and financial management	34.8	36.3
84	Interest payments	94.3	98.5
85	Other⁷	86.0	90.1
86	Public order and safety	225.8	244.7
87	Police	85.6	93.4
88	Fire	34.5	38.0
89	Law courts	38.5	40.9
90	Prisons	67.3	72.4
91	Economic affairs	141.1	151.5
92	Transportation	99.9	108.3
93	Highways	99.5	107.9
94	Transit and railroad	0.4	0.4
95	Other economic affairs	41.3	43.1
96	General economic and labor affairs	21.8	22.8
97	Agriculture	5.8	6.0
98	Energy	0.0	0.0
99	Natural resources	13.6	14.3
100	Other⁴	0.0	0.0
101	Housing and community services⁸	8.7	15.7
102	Health	358.0	391.2
103	Recreation and culture	24.9	26.8
104	Education	626.8	663.9
105	Elementary and secondary	483.1	510.4
106	Higher	97.4	103.3
107	Libraries and other	46.3	50.3
108	Libraries	9.0	9.7
109	Other	37.3	40.6
110	Income security	137.9	144.3
111	Disability	21.3	22.2
112	Welfare and social services	116.6	122.1

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