Table 3.16. Government Current Expenditures by Function

Annual

			Billions of Dollars
	Line	Name	2023	Preceding Period	Year Ago from Period
	line 1	Government	9,358.874	8,792.818	8,792.818
	line 2	General public service	1,698.614	1,434.803	1,434.803
	line 3	Executive and legislative	200.497	192.578	192.578
	line 4	Tax collection and financial management	96.265	90.372	90.372
	line 5	Interest payments	1,216.553	963.970	963.970
	line 6	Other	185.298	187.883	187.883
	line 7	National defense	784.199	730.165	730.165
	line 8	Public order and safety	504.910	476.866	476.866
	line 9	Police	233.031	217.620	217.620
	line 10	Fire	77.757	72.522	72.522
	line 11	Law courts	76.687	72.891	72.891
	line 12	Prisons	117.435	113.833	113.833
	line 13	Economic affairs	479.463	465.128	465.128
	line 14	Transportation	251.670	259.880	259.880
	line 15	Highways	194.653	190.148	190.148
	line 16	Air	28.040	27.244	27.244
	line 17	Water	16.591	16.483	16.483
	line 18	Transit and railroad	12.386	26.006	26.006
	line 19	Space	21.495	20.170	20.170
	line 20	Other economic affairs	206.298	185.077	185.077
	line 21	General economic and labor affairs	102.096	103.736	103.736
	line 22	Agriculture	36.417	37.167	37.167
	line 23	Energy	16.815	-4.709	-4.709
	line 24	Natural resources	51.691	49.498	49.498
	line 25	Postal service	-0.113	-0.035	-0.035
	line 26	Other	-0.608	-0.579	-0.579
	line 27	Housing and community services	68.318	63.820	63.820
	line 28	Health	2,357.678	2,223.558	2,223.558
	line 29	Recreation and culture	49.644	49.033	49.033
	line 30	Education	1,235.124	1,198.190	1,198.190
	line 31	Elementary and secondary	849.362	834.055	834.055
	line 32	Higher	250.658	237.092	237.092
	line 33	Libraries and other	135.103	127.042	127.042
	line 34	Libraries	14.373	13.916	13.916
	line 35	Other	120.730	113.126	113.126
	line 36	Income security	2,134.123	2,153.017	2,153.017
	line 37	Disability	338.428	305.592	305.592
	line 38	Retirement	1,242.887	1,103.416	1,103.416
	line 39	Welfare and social services	400.239	441.255	441.255
	line 40	Unemployment	33.287	23.967	23.967
	line 41	Other	119.282	278.788	278.788
	line 42	Federal	6,538.015	6,144.892	6,144.892
	line 43	General public service	1,112.278	889.893	889.893
	line 44	Executive and legislative	145.813	141.116	141.116
	line 45	Tax collection and financial management	26.580	23.935	23.935
	line 46	Interest payments	939.884	724.842	724.842
	line 47	Other	0.000	0.000	0.000
	line 48	National defense	784.857	730.803	730.803
	line 49	Public order and safety	79.060	72.125	72.125
	line 50	Police	58.616	53.386	53.386
	line 51	Fire	1.006	0.884	0.884
	line 52	Law courts	9.495	8.861	8.861
	line 53	Prisons	9.943	8.995	8.995
	line 54	Economic affairs	234.465	230.626	230.626
	line 55	Transportation	57.651	69.944	69.944
	line 56	Highways	1.021	0.410	0.410
	line 57	Air	28.040	27.244	27.244
	line 58	Water	16.775	16.625	16.625
	line 59	Transit and railroad	11.815	25.665	25.665
	line 60	Space	21.495	20.170	20.170
	line 61	Other economic affairs	155.318	140.512	140.512
	line 62	General economic and labor affairs	76.100	82.960	82.960
	line 63	Agriculture	27.955	29.222	29.222
	line 64	Energy	17.932	-3.630	-3.630
	line 65	Natural resources	33.446	31.995	31.995
	line 66	Postal service	-0.113	-0.035	-0.035
	line 67	Housing and community services	79.490	72.201	72.201
	line 68	Health	1,982.682	1,905.993	1,905.993
	line 69	Recreation and culture	7.054	6.540	6.540
	line 70	Education	178.441	179.233	179.233
	line 71	Elementary and secondary	110.114	114.639	114.639
	line 72	Higher	42.142	38.515	38.515
	line 73	Other	26.185	26.078	26.078
	line 74	Income security	2,042.079	2,053.692	2,053.692
	line 75	Disability	315.583	284.208	284.208
	line 76	Retirement	1,242.887	1,103.416	1,103.416
	line 77	Welfare and social services	297.860	328.697	328.697
	line 78	Unemployment	37.989	30.318	30.318
	line 79	Other	147.761	307.054	307.054
	line 80	State and local	3,772.730	3,596.186	3,596.186
	line 81	General public service	590.799	549.167	549.167
	line 82	Executive and legislative	59.146	55.719	55.719
	line 83	Tax collection and financial management	69.686	66.437	66.437
	line 84	Interest payments	276.669	239.128	239.128
	line 85	Other	185.298	187.883	187.883
	line 86	Public order and safety	428.925	407.132	407.132
	line 87	Police	176.800	166.455	166.455
	line 88	Fire	76.751	71.638	71.638
	line 89	Law courts	67.197	64.036	64.036
	line 90	Prisons	108.177	105.002	105.002
	line 91	Economic affairs	264.584	256.461	256.461
	line 92	Transportation	194.319	190.406	190.406
	line 93	Highways	193.631	189.738	189.738
	line 94	Transit and railroad	0.688	0.668	0.668
	line 95	Other economic affairs	70.265	66.055	66.055
	line 96	General economic and labor affairs	34.740	31.920	31.920
	line 97	Agriculture	9.739	9.149	9.149
	line 98	Energy	0.000	0.000	0.000
	line 99	Natural resources	26.393	25.566	25.566
	line 100	Other	-0.608	-0.579	-0.579
	line 101	Housing and community services	8.850	10.514	10.514
	line 102	Health (net)	1,022.019	957.755	957.755
	line 103	Gross expenditures	1,366.280	1,285.716	1,285.716
	line 104	Less: Sales to other sectors	344.261	327.960	327.960
	line 105	Recreation and culture	43.342	43.363	43.363
	line 106	Education	1,162.912	1,123.483	1,123.483
	line 107	Elementary and secondary	842.407	819.875	819.875
	line 108	Higher	209.121	200.456	200.456
	line 109	Libraries and other	111.383	103.152	103.152
	line 110	Libraries	14.373	13.916	13.916
	line 111	Other	97.011	89.236	89.236
	line 112	Income security	240.895	253.887	253.887
	line 113	Disability	25.747	24.136	24.136
	line 114	Welfare and social services	215.147	229.752	229.752