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Expenditures by Service Category
How much does each expenditure category contribute to the total? Which expenditures are most important to state and local governments?
Pie Graphs
Expenditure Trends
Expenditure growth by category for the period 1995 to 2005 is shown. Which service categories are growing fastest? Which are the slowest?
Trend Graphs Table Data
The eight broad categories of expenditures are:
Safety of People & Property General Government
Health & Human Services Debt Service
Transportation Education
Natural Resources All Other

Operating and capital expenditure reports are available for the general, special revenue, debt service, capital projects, and enterprise groups of funds. Expenditures from trust and internal service funds are not included. For additional information on funds and other reporting options, refer to the Report Options Appendix.

Additional detail is available by "drilling into" the individual categories.

Expenditure reports are available by individual county or city in the Local Government Finance Reporting System (LGFRS) maintained by the State Auditor's Office.

 May 2006