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National Income and Product Accounts Table
Table 3.17. Selected Government Current and Capital Expenditures by Function [Billions of dollars]
Today is: 2/9/2010 Last Revised on October 19, 2009

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Line		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Current expenditures¹
	Consumption expenditures:
1	Government	1,860.4	1,977.9	2,093.3	2,214.9	2,386.9
2	General public service	176.6	187.5	199.6	209.5	222.5
3	National defense	481.2	514.8	543.9	574.9	634.0
4	Public order and safety	235.7	250.9	266.2	285.9	309.7
5	Economic affairs	210.3	220.4	234.1	250.1	268.2
6	Housing and community services	8.5	9.7	9.1	9.5	10.8
7	Health	96.7	107.4	110.2	116.2	127.9
8	Recreation and culture	24.4	26.1	28.0	30.2	32.5
9	Education	550.6	579.9	613.3	652.0	689.8
10	Income security	76.5	81.2	88.9	86.7	91.4
11	Federal	721.4	765.8	811.0	848.8	934.4
12	General public service	39.8	41.9	44.4	46.5	48.6
13	National defense	481.2	514.8	543.9	574.9	634.0
14	Public order and safety	32.6	34.7	37.0	39.6	47.4
15	Economic affairs	86.2	87.4	91.8	96.0	103.9
16	Housing and community services	0.5	1.1	0.9	1.2	1.7
17	Health	59.8	60.6	62.8	65.8	73.2
18	Recreation and culture	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.2
19	Education	5.8	6.4	5.6	6.0	6.1
20	Income security	11.7	15.0	20.8	15.0	15.2
21	State and local	1,139.1	1,212.0	1,282.3	1,366.1	1,452.4
22	General public service	136.9	145.5	155.2	163.0	173.9
23	Public order and safety	203.0	216.2	229.2	246.2	262.2
24	Economic affairs	124.1	133.0	142.3	154.1	164.3
25	Housing and community services	8.0	8.6	8.2	8.3	9.1
26	Health	36.9	46.8	47.4	50.4	54.6
27	Recreation and culture	20.7	22.3	24.2	26.3	28.3
28	Education	544.8	573.5	607.7	646.1	683.7
29	Income security	64.8	66.1	68.2	71.8	76.2
	Government social benefits:
30	Government	1,409.2	1,494.0	1,596.1	1,701.1	1,859.2
31	General public service	1.4	1.2	1.6	2.3	3.1
32	Public order and safety	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
33	Economic affairs	2.1	2.5	2.9	2.8	3.0
34	Housing and community services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Health	615.6	660.5	724.8	779.7	832.0
36	Recreation and culture	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
37	Education	39.7	42.5	44.6	48.0	54.7
38	Income security	749.5	786.4	821.4	867.5	965.6
39	Federal	1,024.9	1,089.2	1,193.1	1,267.5	1,404.1
40	General public service	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8
41	Public order and safety	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
42	Economic affairs	0.9	1.3	1.6	1.8	1.9
43	Housing and community services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Health	315.4	345.1	413.4	442.6	479.3
45	Recreation and culture	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
46	Education	22.6	23.7	23.9	25.1	29.5
47	Income security	684.6	717.7	752.9	796.6	891.8
48	State and local	384.3	404.8	402.9	433.7	455.0
49	General public service	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.3
50	Public order and safety	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
51	Economic affairs	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.0	1.0
52	Health	300.2	315.4	311.4	337.2	352.6
53	Education	17.1	18.8	20.7	22.9	25.2
54	Income security	65.0	68.6	68.5	70.9	73.8
	Grants-in-aid to state and local governments:
55	Federal²	349.2	361.2	359.0	378.9	391.7
56	General public service	3.0	3.1	2.4	2.7	2.6
57	National defense	3.7	4.0	3.8	3.8	4.1
58	Public order and safety	4.0	5.4	5.8	5.4	5.7
59	Economic affairs	12.3	11.9	12.2	12.1	12.0
60	Transportation	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Space	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7
62	Other economic affairs	11.7	11.4	11.7	11.5	11.3
63	General economic and labor affairs	6.1	5.2	5.1	5.0	3.8
64	Agriculture	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1
65	Energy	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.5
66	Natural resources	3.5	4.0	4.4	4.3	4.8
67	Housing and community services	14.1	14.0	14.9	20.7	17.2
68	Health	201.3	208.9	203.1	216.9	225.9
69	Recreation and culture	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
70	Education	38.8	40.1	42.0	40.2	42.9
71	Income security	71.7	73.5	74.4	76.5	80.8
72	Disability	1.9	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9
73	Welfare and social services	62.3	62.8	63.3	66.5	69.4
74	Unemployment	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.5
75	Other	4.0	5.3	5.7	5.0	5.9
	Subsidies:
76	Government	46.4	60.9	51.4	54.8	53.5
77	Economic affairs	17.8	29.2	20.7	16.9	19.1
78	Transportation	2.3	2.2	2.2	1.9	2.1
79	Other economic affairs	15.4	26.9	18.6	15.1	17.0
80	General economic and labor affairs	2.5	2.5	2.8	3.2	4.1
81	Agriculture	13.0	24.4	15.8	11.9	12.4
82	Energy	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Natural resources	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
84	Housing and community services	28.6	31.7	30.6	37.8	34.4
85	Federal	46.0	60.5	51.0	47.6	50.6
86	Economic affairs	17.4	28.8	20.4	16.6	18.7
87	Transportation	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.5	1.7
88	Other economic affairs	15.4	26.9	18.6	15.1	17.0
89	General economic and labor affairs	2.5	2.5	2.8	3.2	4.1
90	Agriculture	13.0	24.4	15.8	11.9	12.4
91	Natural resources	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
92	Housing and community services	28.6	31.7	30.6	31.1	31.8
93	State and local	0.4	0.4	0.4	7.1	3.0
94	Economic affairs	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
95	Transportation	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
96	Energy	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Housing and community services	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8	2.6
	Gross investment
98	Government	372.4	392.0	425.1	461.6	496.3
99	General public service	30.5	31.0	30.7	35.5	38.0
100	National defense	69.6	74.2	81.0	87.3	103.9
101	Public order and safety	14.9	15.4	16.4	18.7	21.3
102	Economic affairs	117.7	122.5	130.5	140.0	145.4
103	Housing and community services	36.5	38.7	47.1	50.6	50.9
104	Health	16.1	17.8	17.4	19.5	20.8
105	Recreation and culture	7.9	8.4	7.6	9.0	9.3
106	Education	76.6	80.2	88.8	97.0	102.7
107	Income security	2.7	3.8	5.6	4.0	4.1
108	Federal	103.3	110.5	120.7	127.9	148.2
109	General public service	4.0	3.7	4.3	4.4	4.4
110	National defense	69.6	74.2	81.0	87.3	103.9
111	Public order and safety	5.6	5.7	6.5	7.4	9.6
112	Economic affairs	14.2	15.4	16.6	16.9	17.2
113	Housing and community services	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4
114	Health	5.7	6.5	6.0	7.0	8.0
115	Recreation and culture	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7
116	Education	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.5
117	Income security	1.4	2.5	4.3	2.5	2.4
118	State and local	269.1	281.6	304.4	333.7	348.2
119	General public service	26.5	27.4	26.4	31.1	33.5
120	Public order and safety	9.3	9.7	9.9	11.3	11.7
121	Economic affairs	103.5	107.1	113.9	123.1	128.2
122	Housing and community services	36.3	38.3	46.9	50.2	50.5
123	Health	10.3	11.3	11.4	12.5	12.8
124	Recreation and culture	7.2	7.7	7.0	8.4	8.6
125	Education	74.8	78.8	87.5	95.6	101.3
126	Income security	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.6
	Capital transfers paid³
127	Government⁴	21.6	42.3	18.4	29.1	105.5
128	General public service	0.7	2.3	1.7	0.1	0.2
129	Economic affairs	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	61.3
130	Transportation	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
131	Highways	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
132	Air	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
133	Water	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Transit and railroad	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
135	Other economic affairs	---	---	---	---	61.0
136	Housing and community services	4.5	23.8	0.0	0.0	9.7
137	Health	16.1	15.9	16.4	12.7	16.6
138	Income security	---	---	---	16.0	17.7
139	Federal⁵	63.5	84.8	70.5	82.8	161.6
140	General public service	0.7	2.3	1.7	0.1	0.2
141	Economic affairs	42.1	44.7	47.6	49.3	113.9
142	Transportation	42.1	44.7	47.6	49.3	52.9
143	Highways	30.6	32.8	34.5	35.9	38.5
144	Air	3.7	3.9	4.3	4.2	4.3
145	Water	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
146	Transit and railroad	7.6	7.9	8.8	9.2	10.1
147	Other economic affairs	---	---	---	---	61.0
148	Housing and community services	4.6	21.8	4.8	4.7	13.2
149	Health	16.1	15.9	16.4	12.7	16.6
150	Income security	---	---	---	16.0	17.7
151	State and local	4.5	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
152	Housing and community services⁶	4.5	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

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