Colorado's money: where it comes from and where it goes

• Other selective sales taxes$1.61 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$719 million
• Insurance premium taxes$548 million
• Motor vehicle licenses$458 million
• Tobacco taxes$332 million
• Severance taxes$187 million
• Amusement taxes$176 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$124 million
• Occupation and business licenses$68.6 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$56.0 million
• Driver's licenses$44.1 million
• Corporation licenses$27.9 million
• Public utility licenses$20.3 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$10.6 million
• Amusement licenses$1.0 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• College tuition$2.98 billion
• Hospital bills$1.63 billion
• University housing and dining$807 million
• Other service charges$305 million
• Road charges$223 million
• Tolls on roads and bridges$77.4 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$71.6 million
• Parks and recreation$25.7 million
• Other education charges$4.2 million
• Garbage collection$3.8 million
• Housing$402 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$13.6 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$121 million
• Welfare institutions$62.3 million
• Veterans' services$4.2 million

• Sent to school districts$7.25 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$1.04 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$745 million
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$441 million
• Sent to local governments: general support$346 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$255 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$242 million
• Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$172 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$79.9 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$43.6 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$43.4 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$37.8 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$16.9 million
• Sent to school districts (colleges)$10.2 million
• Sent to the federal government$7.7 million
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.9 million
• Sent to local governments: police$4.5 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.5 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$2.7 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$2.5 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$1.6 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$1.0 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$538 thousand

• Colleges and universities$7.14 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.24 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$1.15 billion
• Other education$973 million

• Hospitals$1.85 billion
• Public health$1.75 billion

• Probation, parole and other corrections$1.06 billion
• Courts and legal services$956 million
• Police$333 million
• Inspections and regulation$218 million
• Prisons and jails$209 million

• Other and not broken out$1.38 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$868 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$264 million
• Other government administration$132 million
• Government buildings$22.0 million

• Roads and highways$1.70 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$63.7 million
• Airports$2.5 million
• Public transit$23 thousand

• Interest on general debt$1.13 billion
• Interest on water supply debt$5.7 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$589 million

• Parks and recreation$150 million
• Libraries$8.9 million

• Garbage and solid waste$11.8 million
• Sewer systems$4.8 million
• Water supply$4.3 million