Table 3.16. Government Current Expenditures by Function

Annual

			Billions of Dollars
	Line	Name	2024	Preceding Period	Year Ago from Period
	line 1	Government	10,061.458	9,358.874	9,358.874
	line 2	General public service	1,873.448	1,688.345	1,688.345
	line 3	Executive and legislative	192.820	196.262	196.262
	line 4	Tax collection and financial management	114.317	102.533	102.533
	line 5	Interest payments	1,397.636	1,218.498	1,218.498
	line 6	Other	168.676	171.052	171.052
	line 7	National defense	855.623	790.197	790.197
	line 8	Public order and safety	519.726	493.489	493.489
	line 9	Police	237.742	225.166	225.166
	line 10	Fire	80.261	75.253	75.253
	line 11	Law courts	80.274	76.145	76.145
	line 12	Prisons	121.449	116.925	116.925
	line 13	Economic affairs	493.922	475.333	475.333
	line 14	Transportation	262.560	253.086	253.086
	line 15	Highways	202.831	194.640	194.640
	line 16	Air	30.604	28.533	28.533
	line 17	Water	18.209	17.166	17.166
	line 18	Transit and railroad	10.916	12.748	12.748
	line 19	Space	21.230	21.999	21.999
	line 20	Other economic affairs	210.132	200.248	200.248
	line 21	General economic and labor affairs	87.477	94.997	94.997
	line 22	Agriculture	35.368	36.667	36.667
	line 23	Energy	24.063	15.422	15.422
	line 24	Natural resources	64.026	53.920	53.920
	line 25	Postal service	-0.177	-0.150	-0.150
	line 26	Other	-0.625	-0.608	-0.608
	line 27	Housing and community services	78.549	71.077	71.077
	line 28	Health	2,566.153	2,371.362	2,371.362
	line 29	Recreation and culture	55.141	52.695	52.695
	line 30	Education	1,353.466	1,277.426	1,277.426
	line 31	Elementary and secondary	946.196	902.322	902.322
	line 32	Higher	277.383	254.667	254.667
	line 33	Libraries and other	129.888	120.437	120.437
	line 34	Libraries	14.727	13.980	13.980
	line 35	Other	115.160	106.457	106.457
	line 36	Income security	2,265.440	2,138.952	2,138.952
	line 37	Disability	368.413	337.935	337.935
	line 38	Retirement	1,328.669	1,243.134	1,243.134
	line 39	Welfare and social services	402.293	400.545	400.545
	line 40	Unemployment	36.701	33.423	33.423
	line 41	Other	129.364	123.914	123.914
	line 42	Federal	7,053.367	6,538.015	6,538.015
	line 43	General public service	1,293.618	1,110.509	1,110.509
	line 44	Executive and legislative	137.887	145.494	145.494
	line 45	Tax collection and financial management	36.588	26.576	26.576
	line 46	Interest payments	1,119.145	938.440	938.440
	line 47	Other	0.000	0.000	0.000
	line 48	National defense	856.310	790.895	790.895
	line 49	Public order and safety	82.810	79.028	79.028
	line 50	Police	61.716	58.805	58.805
	line 51	Fire	1.075	0.961	0.961
	line 52	Law courts	9.800	9.522	9.522
	line 53	Prisons	10.219	9.740	9.740
	line 54	Economic affairs	239.536	233.612	233.612
	line 55	Transportation	61.118	59.057	59.057
	line 56	Highways	1.827	1.015	1.015
	line 57	Air	30.604	28.533	28.533
	line 58	Water	18.384	17.336	17.336
	line 59	Transit and railroad	10.303	12.174	12.174
	line 60	Space	21.230	21.999	21.999
	line 61	Other economic affairs	157.188	152.555	152.555
	line 62	General economic and labor affairs	64.454	74.356	74.356
	line 63	Agriculture	26.883	28.567	28.567
	line 64	Energy	25.179	16.537	16.537
	line 65	Natural resources	40.849	33.246	33.246
	line 66	Postal service	-0.177	-0.150	-0.150
	line 67	Housing and community services	87.844	79.337	79.337
	line 68	Health	2,148.765	2,012.451	2,012.451
	line 69	Recreation and culture	7.004	6.793	6.793
	line 70	Education	172.707	178.621	178.621
	line 71	Elementary and secondary	96.672	110.095	110.095
	line 72	Higher	48.055	42.197	42.197
	line 73	Other	27.979	26.329	26.329
	line 74	Income security	2,164.786	2,046.772	2,046.772
	line 75	Disability	344.501	315.205	315.205
	line 76	Retirement	1,328.669	1,243.134	1,243.134
	line 77	Welfare and social services	289.975	297.666	297.666
	line 78	Unemployment	41.770	38.240	38.240
	line 79	Other	159.871	152.527	152.527
	line 80	State and local	3,969.565	3,772.730	3,772.730
	line 81	General public service	584.192	582.255	582.255
	line 82	Executive and legislative	59.295	55.188	55.188
	line 83	Tax collection and financial management	77.729	75.957	75.957
	line 84	Interest payments	278.491	280.059	280.059
	line 85	Other	168.676	171.052	171.052
	line 86	Public order and safety	440.367	417.596	417.596
	line 87	Police	178.858	168.832	168.832
	line 88	Fire	79.186	74.292	74.292
	line 89	Law courts	70.480	66.629	66.629
	line 90	Prisons	111.842	107.844	107.844
	line 91	Economic affairs	273.825	261.396	261.396
	line 92	Transportation	201.718	194.316	194.316
	line 93	Highways	201.004	193.624	193.624
	line 94	Transit and railroad	0.713	0.692	0.692
	line 95	Other economic affairs	72.107	67.080	67.080
	line 96	General economic and labor affairs	30.735	29.410	29.410
	line 97	Agriculture	10.007	9.441	9.441
	line 98	Energy	0.000	0.000	0.000
	line 99	Natural resources	31.990	28.836	28.836
	line 100	Other	-0.625	-0.608	-0.608
	line 101	Housing and community services	11.773	11.779	11.779
	line 102	Health (net)	1,082.057	1,007.160	1,007.160
	line 103	Gross expenditures	1,446.601	1,354.258	1,354.258
	line 104	Less: Sales to other sectors	364.544	347.098	347.098
	line 105	Recreation and culture	48.901	46.649	46.649
	line 106	Education	1,273.685	1,204.808	1,204.808
	line 107	Elementary and secondary	939.021	895.157	895.157
	line 108	Higher	229.963	213.074	213.074
	line 109	Libraries and other	104.701	96.577	96.577
	line 110	Libraries	14.727	13.980	13.980
	line 111	Other	89.974	82.597	82.597
	line 112	Income security	254.765	241.086	241.086
	line 113	Disability	26.930	25.621	25.621
	line 114	Welfare and social services	227.835	215.465	215.465