State government
Arizona's money: where it comes from and where it goes
In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Arizona took in $60.8 billion and spent $61.4 billion.
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Where it comes from
What stands out
of Arizona's money comes from sales tax.A typical state government gets 14%.
State taxes41%
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor fuel taxes and 15 more
- Other selective sales taxes$1.15 billion
- Motor fuel taxes$891 million
- Insurance premium taxes$879 million
- Motor vehicle licenses$311 million
- Tobacco taxes$259 million
- Occupation and business licenses$193 million
- Alcoholic beverage taxes$88.5 million
- Hunting and fishing licenses$44.5 million
- Driver's licenses$35.9 million
- Corporation licenses$30.1 million
- Public utility taxes$22.2 million
- Severance taxes$21.5 million
- Alcoholic beverage licenses$15.7 million
- Amusement taxes$5.9 million
- Other licenses$2.5 million
- Public utility licenses$39 thousand
- Amusement licenses$12 thousand
Amounts are by Census tax category.
Fees for services6.9%
What's in fees for servicesCollege tuition; university housing and dining and 11 more
- College tuition$3.07 billion
- University housing and dining$573 million
- Other service charges$330 million
- Parks and recreation$109 million
- Parks, land and natural resources$66.4 million
- Electric power$18.8 million
- Road charges$15.9 million
- Housing$12.6 million
- Garbage collection$3.8 million
- Other education charges$2.5 million
- Other school charges$2.0 million
- Airport$634 thousand
- Hospital bills$61 thousand
Amounts are by Census type of charge.
Federal tax money45%
Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.
Local tax money0.4%
Money passed on by the county or other local governments.
Fines and other6.2%
Where it goes
What stands out
of Arizona's spending goes to social services.A typical state government spends 31%.
Spending by category100%
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
- Other public welfare$26.0 billion
- Unemployment and social insurance offices$118 million
- Welfare institutions$52.9 million
- Veterans' services$21.1 million
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: general support and 20 more
- Sent to school districts$9.00 billion
- Sent to local governments: general support$3.90 billion
- Sent to local governments: roads and highways$1.32 billion
- Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$539 million
- Sent to school districts (colleges)$264 million
- Sent to local governments: other public welfare$148 million
- Sent to local governments: public health$135 million
- Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$124 million
- Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$103 million
- Sent to local governments: police$56.8 million
- Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$55.9 million
- Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$55.0 million
- Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$47.4 million
- Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$42.1 million
- Sent to local governments: housing and community development$32.9 million
- Sent to local governments: airports$32.7 million
- Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$22.7 million
- Sent to local governments: sewer systems$15.7 million
- Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$7.0 million
- Sent to local governments: other government administration$3.7 million
- Sent to local governments: libraries$480 thousand
- Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$86 thousand
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 3 more
- Colleges and universities$6.41 billion
- Scholarships and other education subsidies$4.17 billion
- College housing, dining and bookstores$859 million
- Other education$75.4 million
- Elementary and secondary schools$3 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 3 more
- Prisons and jails$1.58 billion
- Police$431 million
- Courts and legal services$217 million
- Inspections and regulation$170 million
- Probation, parole and other corrections$30.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
- Roads and highways$2.09 billion
- Airports$8.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
- Finance, tax collection and budgeting$422 million
- Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$402 million
- Other and not broken out$315 million
- Other government administration$75.7 million
- Government buildings$25.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
- Public health$883 million
- Hospitals$281 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
- Natural resources, farming and conservation$468 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on electric power debt
- Interest on general debt$292 million
- Interest on electric power debt$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
- Parks and recreation$176 million
- Libraries$6.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; garbage and solid waste and 2 more
- Electric power$17.6 million
- Garbage and solid waste$2.8 million
- Water supply$1.7 million
- Sewer systems$1.7 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover
State of Arizona. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
What this covers. The money of State of Arizona itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.
Counties15 counties, A to Z
Cities and towns91 cities, towns and townships, A to Z
- Apache Junction
- Avondale
- Benson
- Bisbee
- Buckeye
- Bullhead City
- Camp Verde
- Carefree
- Casa Grande
- Cave Creek
- Chandler
- Chino Valley
- Clarkdale
- Clifton
- Colorado City
- Coolidge
- Cottonwood
- Dewey-Humboldt
- Douglas
- Duncan
- Eagar
- El Mirage
- Eloy
- Flagstaff
- Florence
- Fountain Hills
- Fredonia
- Gila Bend
- Gilbert
- Glendale
- Globe
- Goodyear
- Guadalupe
- Hayden
- Holbrook
- Huachuca City
- Jerome
- Kearny
- Kingman
- Lake Havasu City
- Litchfield Park
- Mammoth
- Marana
- Maricopa
- Mesa
- Miami
- Nogales
- Oro Valley
- Page
- Paradise Valley
- Parker
- Patagonia
- Payson
- Peoria
- Phoenix
- Pima
- Pinetop-Lakeside
- Prescott
- Prescott Valley
- Quartzsite
- Queen Creek
- Safford
- Sahuarita
- San Luis
- Scottsdale
- Sedona
- Show Low
- Sierra Vista
- Snowflake
- Somerton
- South Tucson
- Springerville
- St. Johns
- Star Valley
- Superior
- Surprise
- Taylor
- Tempe
- Thatcher
- Tolleson
- Tombstone
- Tucson
- Tusayan
- Wellton
- Wickenburg
- Willcox
- Williams
- Winkelman
- Winslow
- Youngtown
- Yuma
School districts239 school districts, A to Z
- Agua Fria Union High School District 216
- Aguila School District 63
- Ajo Unified School District 15
- Alhambra Elementary School District 68
- Alpine Elementary School District 7
- Altar Valley School District 51
- Amphitheater School District 10
- Apache Junction Unified School District 43
- Apache School District 42
- Arizona Western College
- Arlington School District 47
- Ash Creek School District 53
- Ash Fork Unified School District 31
- Avondale School District 44
- Bagdad Unified School District 20
- Balsz School District 31
- Beaver Creek School District 26
- Benson Unified School District
- Bicentennial Union High School District 76
- Bisbee Unified School District 2
- Blue Ridge Unified School District 32
- Blue School District 22
- Bonita School District 16
- Bouse School District 26
- Bowie School District 14
- Buckeye School District 33
- Buckeye Union High School District 201
- Bullhead City School District 15
- Camp Verde Unified School District 28
- Canon Elementary School District 50
- Cartwright School District 83
- Casa Grande School District 4
- Casa Grande Union High School District 82
- Catalina Foothills School District 16
- Cave Creek Unified School District 93
- Cedar Unified School District 25
- Central Arizona College
- Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology
- Chandler Unified School District 80
- Chevelon Butte School District 5
- Chinle Unified School District 24
- Chino Valley Unified School District 51
- Clarksdale-Jerome Elementary School District 3
- Cobre Valley Institute of Technology District
- Cochise County Community College District
- Cochise Elementary School District 26
- Cochise Technology District
- Coconino Association for Vocation Industry & Technology(caviat)
- Coconino Community College District
- Colorado City Unified School District 14
- Colorado R Union High School District 2
- Concho School District 6
- Congress School District 17
- Continental School District 39
- Coolidge School District 21
- Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary School District 6
- Crane School District 13
- Creighton Elementary School District 14
- Crown King School District 41
- Deer Valley Unified School District
- Double Adobe School District 45
- Douglas Unified School District 27
- Duncan Unified School District 2
- Dysart School District 89
- Eagle Elementary District 45
- East Valley Institute of Technology
- East Valley Institute of Technology District
- Elfrida School District 12
- Eloy School District 11
- Empire School District 37
- Flagstaff School District 1
- Florence Unified School District 1
- Flowing Wells School District 8
- Fountain Hills School District 98
- Fowler School District 45
- Fredonia-Moccasin Bi-County School District 6
- Ft. Thomas School District 7
- Gadsden School District 32
- Ganado Unified School District 20
- Gila Bend Unified School District 24
- Gila Community College District
- Gila Insitute for Technology
- Gilbert School District 41
- Glendale Elementary School District 40
- Glendale Union High School District 205
- Globe School District 1
- Graham County Community College District (eastern Arizona College)
- Grand Canyon School District 4
- Hackberry School District 3
- Hayden-Winkelman School District 41
- Heber Overgaard School District
- Higley Unified School District
- Hillside School District 35
- Holbrook Unified School District 3
- Humboldt Unified School District 22
- Hyder School District 16
- Indian Oasis-Baboquivara Unified School District 40
- Isaac School District 5
- J O Combs Unified School District 44
- Joseph City School District 2
- Kayenta Unified School District 27
- Kingman Unified School District 20
- Kirkland School District 23
- Klondyke School District 9
- Kyrene School District 28
- Lake Havasu Unified School District 1
- Laveen School District 59
- Liberty School District 25
- Litchfield Elementary School District 79
- Littlefield School District 9
- Littleton Elementary School District 65
- Madison Elementary School District 38
- Maine Consolidated School District 10
- Mammoth-San Manuel Unified School District 8
- Marana Unified School District 6
- Maricopa County Community College District
- Maricopa School District 20
- Mayer Unified School District 43
- McNary School District 23
- McNeal School District 55
- Mesa Unified School District
- Miami Unified School District 40
- Mingus Union High School District 4
- Mobile Elementary School District 86
- Mohave Community College
- Mohave Valley School District 16
- Mohawk Valley School District 17
- Morenci Unified District
- Morristown School District 75
- Mountain Institute Joint Technology Education District
- Murphy School District 21
- Naco School District 23
- Nadaburg School District 81
- Ne Az Technological Institute of Vocational Education
- Nogales Unified School District 1
- Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology
- Northland Pioneer College
- Oracle School District 2
- Osborn School District 8
- Owens Whitney School District 6
- Page School District 8
- Palo Verde School District 49
- Paloma School District 94
- Palominas School District 49
- Paradise Valley Unified School District 69
- Parker School District 27
- Patagonia Elementary School District 6
- Patagonia Union High School District 20
- Payson Unified School District 10
- Peach Springs Unified School District
- Pearce School District 22
- Pendergast School District 92
- Peoria Unified School District 11
- Phoenix Elementary School District 1
- Phoenix Union High School District 210
- Picacho School District 33
- Pima County Community College District
- Pima County Joint Technological Education District Number 11
- Pima Unified School District 6
- Pine-Strawberry School District 12
- Pinon School Unified School District 4
- Pomerene School District 64
- Prescott Unified School District 1
- Quartzsite Elementary District
- Queen Creek School District 95
- Ray School District 3
- Red Mesa Unified School District 27
- Red Rock School District 5
- Redington School District 44
- Riverside School District 2
- Roosevelt School District 66
- Round Valley Unified School Disrict 10
- Sacaton School District 18
- Saddle Mountain Unified School District
- Safford School District 1
- Sahuarita School District 30
- Salome School District 30
- San Carlos Unified School District 20
- San Fernando School District 35
- San Simon School District 18
- Sanders Unified School District 18
- Santa Cruz Co Provisional Community College District (nogales)
- Santa Cruz Elementary School District 28
- Santa Cruz Valley School District 35
- Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District 840
- Scottsdale Unified School District 48
- Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District
- Seligman Unified School District 40
- Sentinel School District 71
- Show Low Unified School District 10
- Sierra Vista Unified School District 68
- Skull Valley School District 15
- Snowflake Unified School District 5
- Solomonville School District 5
- Somerton School District 11
- Sonoita School District 25
- Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma (stedy)
- St. David School District 21
- St. Johns Unified School District 1
- Stanfield School District 24
- Sunnyside School District 12
- Superior School District 15
- Tanque Verde Unified School District 13
- Tempe Elementary School District 3
- Tempe Union High School District 213
- Thatcher School District 4
- Tolleson Elementary School District 17
- Tolleson Union High School District 214
- Toltec School District 22
- Tombstone School District 1
- Tonto School District 33
- Topock School District 12
- Tuba City Unified School District 15
- Tucson Unified School District 1
- Union School District 62
- Vail Unified School District
- Valentine School District 22
- Valley Academy for Career and Tech Ed District
- Valley Union High School District 22
- Vernon Elementary School District 9
- Washington School District 6
- Wellton School District 24
- Wenden School District 19
- Western Arizona Vocational District #50
- Western Maricopa Education Center
- Whiteriver Unified School District 20
- Wickenburg Unified School District 9
- Willcox School District 13
- Williams School District 2
- Williamson Valley School District 2
- Wilson School District 7
- Window Rock Consolidated School District 8
- Winslow Unified School District 1
- Yarnell School District 52
- Yavapai College
- Young School District 5
- Yucca School District 13
- Yuma Elementary School District 1
- Yuma Union High School District 70