Thinking Arizona

Arizona Spending By Category 1985-2008

March 10, 2011

Direct expenditures by the state, by local governments, and the totals. Figures are in ’000s. Does not include intergovernmental transfers. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

State of Arizona	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2008
Education	816,304	1,337,697	1,488,901	2,034,559	3,033,229	3,677,348
Social services	620,282	1,392,594	2,535,649	3,417,242	6,659,343	8,649,688
Transportation	375,234	1,127,059	574,785	1,314,399	1,147,809	1,561,732
Public safety	208,299	396,080	563,606	893,454	1,118,787	1,392,323
Environment and housing	59,790	126,219	196,380	230,779	584,047	475,598
Government administration	128,735	234,585	320,222	429,999	499,069	722,430
Utilities	7,225	23,394	23,516	25,943	30,570	31,070
Employee benefits	340,277	706,905	1,066,842	1,264,551	2,450,757	3,178,919
Other	249,559	487,712	400,052	764,338	562,287	847,895
Totals	2,805,705	5,832,245	7,169,953	10,375,264	16,085,898	20,537,003
Arizona Local Governments	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2008
Education	1,997,710	3,197,306	4,297,674	5,952,523	7,992,571	10,589,848
Social Services	320,633	539,110	809,951	1,009,366	1,561,601	1,662,218
Transportation	521,735	805,578	653,439	1,026,571	1,569,388	1,991,219
Public safety	486,318	809,972	1,080,234	2,003,223	2,701,222	3,688,724
Environment and housing	613,017	1,043,475	1,085,183	1,607,596	2,198,169	3,518,147
Government administration	321,438	516,191	701,800	1,091,827	1,505,192	1,906,805
Utilities	1,256,267	1,679,734	1,876,599	2,647,792	3,875,540	5,842,218
Employee benefits	16,647	36,742	60,300	92,725	121,023	256,792
Other	625,939	1,026,458	1,145,424	1,486,248	1,847,141	2,540,367
Totals	6,159,704	9,654,566	11,710,604	16,917,871	23,371,847	31,996,338
Arizona Totals	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2008
Education	2,814,014	4,535,003	5,786,575	7,987,082	11,025,800	14,267,196
Social Services	940,915	1,931,704	3,345,600	4,426,608	8,220,944	10,311,906
Transportation	896,969	1,932,637	1,228,224	2,340,970	2,717,197	3,552,951
Public safety	694,617	1,206,052	1,643,840	2,896,677	3,820,009	5,081,047
Environment and housing	672,807	1,169,694	1,281,563	1,838,375	2,782,216	3,993,745
Government administration	450,173	750,776	1,022,022	1,521,826	2,004,261	2,629,235
Utilities	1,263,492	1,703,128	1,900,115	2,673,735	3,906,110	5,873,288
Employee benefits	356,924	743,647	1,127,142	1,357,276	2,571,780	3,435,711
Other	875,498	1,514,170	1,545,476	2,250,586	2,409,428	3,388,262
Totals	8,965,409	15,486,811	18,880,557	27,293,135	39,457,745	52,533,341

Source: http://www.census.gov/govs/estimate/