State government
Idaho's money: where it comes from and where it goes
In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Idaho took in $15.9 billion and spent $14.8 billion.
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Where it comes from
What stands out
of Idaho's money comes from sales tax.A typical state government gets 14%.
State taxes54%
What's in other taxesMotor fuel taxes; insurance premium taxes and 15 more
- Motor fuel taxes$393 million
- Insurance premium taxes$299 million
- Motor vehicle licenses$237 million
- Other selective sales taxes$217 million
- Occupation and business licenses$110 million
- Public utility licenses$74.8 million
- Hunting and fishing licenses$58.7 million
- Tobacco taxes$38.1 million
- Driver's licenses$11.9 million
- Alcoholic beverage taxes$11.3 million
- Corporation licenses$6.1 million
- Severance taxes$6.0 million
- Other licenses$5.2 million
- Other taxes not classified elsewhere$4.6 million
- Alcoholic beverage licenses$2.1 million
- Public utility taxes$2.1 million
- Amusement licenses$272 thousand
Amounts are by Census tax category.
Fees for services11%
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; college tuition and 9 more
- Other service charges$727 million
- College tuition$405 million
- Liquor stores$254 million
- University housing and dining$138 million
- Parks, land and natural resources$95.6 million
- Housing$93.9 million
- Parks and recreation$18.1 million
- Road charges$10.3 million
- Other education charges$8.7 million
- Hospital bills$92 thousand
- Airport$2 thousand
Amounts are by Census type of charge.
Federal tax money28%
Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.
Local tax money0.2%
Money passed on by the county or other local governments.
Fines and other6.4%
Where it goes
What stands out
of Idaho's spending goes to local governments.A typical state government spends 24%.
Spending by category100%
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: general support and 15 more
- Sent to school districts$3.26 billion
- Sent to local governments: general support$700 million
- Sent to local governments: roads and highways$554 million
- Sent to local governments: public health$86.6 million
- Sent to local governments: other government administration$61.9 million
- Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$38.0 million
- Sent to local governments: other education$12.7 million
- Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$10.9 million
- Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$8.3 million
- Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$7.7 million
- Sent to local governments: airports$5.0 million
- Sent to local governments: police$2.1 million
- Sent to school districts (colleges)$800 thousand
- Sent to local governments: libraries$670 thousand
- Sent to local governments: other public welfare$398 thousand
- Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$70 thousand
- Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$60 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; veterans' services and 2 more
- Other public welfare$3.73 billion
- Veterans' services$49.2 million
- Unemployment and social insurance offices$37.5 million
- Welfare institutions$1.1 million
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; college housing, dining and bookstores and 2 more
- Colleges and universities$1.23 billion
- College housing, dining and bookstores$246 million
- Other education$229 million
- Scholarships and other education subsidies$167 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
- Roads and highways$1.34 billion
- Airports$3.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 3 more
- Finance, tax collection and budgeting$339 million
- Other and not broken out$339 million
- Government buildings$196 million
- Other government administration$69.0 million
- Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$44.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
- Prisons and jails$328 million
- Courts and legal services$124 million
- Police$96.8 million
- Probation, parole and other corrections$92.1 million
- Inspections and regulation$49.3 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
- Natural resources, farming and conservation$351 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
- Public health$305 million
- Hospitals$36.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores
- Liquor stores$203 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
- Parks and recreation$69.4 million
- Libraries$7.4 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover
State of Idaho. 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 Idaho 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.
Counties44 counties, A to Z
- Ada County
- Adams County
- Bannock County
- Bear Lake County
- Benewah County
- Bingham County
- Blaine County
- Boise County
- Bonner County
- Bonneville County
- Boundary County
- Butte County
- Camas County
- Canyon County
- Caribou County
- Cassia County
- Clark County
- Clearwater County
- Custer County
- Elmore County
- Franklin County
- Fremont County
- Gem County
- Gooding County
- Idaho County
- Jefferson County
- Jerome County
- Kootenai County
- Latah County
- Lemhi County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Minidoka County
- Nez Perce County
- Oneida County
- Owyhee County
- Payette County
- Power County
- Shoshone County
- Teton County
- Twin Falls County
- Valley County
- Washington County
Cities and towns197 cities, towns and townships, A to Z
- Aberdeen
- Acequia
- Albion
- American Falls
- Ammon
- Arco
- Arimo
- Ashton
- Athol
- Bancroft
- Basalt
- Bellevue
- Blackfoot
- Bliss
- Bloomington
- Boise
- Bonners Ferry
- Bovill
- Buhl
- Burley
- Butte City
- Caldwell
- Cambridge
- Carey
- Cascade
- Castleford
- Challis
- Chubbuck
- Clark Fork
- Clayton
- Clifton
- Coeur D Alene
- Cottonwood
- Council
- Craigmont
- Crouch
- Culdesac
- Dalton Gardens
- Dayton
- Deary
- Declo
- Dietrich
- Donnelly
- Dover
- Downey
- Driggs
- Drummond
- Dubois
- Eagle
- East Hope
- Eden
- Elk River
- Emmett
- Fairfield
- Ferdinand
- Fernan Lake
- Filer
- Firth
- Franklin
- Fruitland
- Garden City
- Genesee
- Georgetown
- Glenns Ferry
- Gooding
- Grace
- Grand View
- Grangeville
- Greenleaf
- Hagerman
- Hailey
- Hansen
- Harrison
- Hauser
- Hayden
- Hayden Lake
- Hazelton
- Heyburn
- Hollister
- Homedale
- Hope
- Horseshoe Bend
- Huetter
- Idaho City
- Idaho Falls
- Inkom
- Iona
- Irwin
- Island Park
- Jerome
- Juliaetta
- Kamiah
- Kellogg
- Kendrick
- Ketchum
- Kimberly
- Kooskia
- Kootenai
- Kuna
- Lapwai
- Lava Hot Springs
- Leadore
- Lewiston
- Lewisville
- Mackay
- Malad
- Malta
- Marsing
- McCall
- McCammon
- Melba
- Menan
- Meridian
- Middleton
- Midvale
- Minidoka
- Moore
- Moscow
- Mountain Home
- Moyie Springs
- Mud Lake
- Mullan
- Murtaugh
- Nampa
- New Meadows
- New Plymouth
- Newdale
- Nezperce
- Notus
- Oakley
- Oldtown
- Onaway
- Orofino
- Osburn
- Oxford
- Paris
- Parker
- Parma
- Paul
- Payette
- Peck
- Pierce
- Pinehurst
- Placerville
- Plummer
- Pocatello
- Ponderay
- Post Falls
- Potlatch
- Preston
- Priest River
- Rathdrum
- Reubens
- Rexburg
- Richfield
- Rigby
- Riggins
- Ririe
- Roberts
- Rockland
- Rupert
- Salmon
- Sandpoint
- Shelley
- Shoshone
- Smelterville
- Soda Springs
- Spencer
- Spirit Lake
- St. Anthony
- St. Charles
- St. Maries
- Stanley
- Star
- State Line
- Stites
- Sugar City
- Sun Valley
- Swan Valley
- Tensed
- Teton
- Tetonia
- Troy
- Twin Falls
- Ucon
- Victor
- Wallace
- Wardner
- Warm River
- Weippe
- Weiser
- Wendell
- Weston
- White Bird
- Wilder
- Winchester
- Worley
School districts119 school districts, A to Z
- Aberdeen School District 58
- American Falls School District 381
- Arbon School District 383
- Avery School District 394
- Basin School District 72
- Bear Lake School District 33
- Blackfoot School District 55
- Blaine County School District 61
- Bliss School District 234
- Boise Independent School District 1
- Bonneville Joint School District 93
- Boundary County School District 101
- Bruneau-Grand View Joint School District 365
- Buhl Joint School District 412
- Butte County Joint School District 111
- Caldwell School District 132
- Camas County School District 121
- Cambridge Joint School District 432
- Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency
- Cascade School District 422
- Cassia County Joint School District 151
- Castleford School District 417
- Challis Joint School District 181
- Clark County School District 161
- Coeur D Alene School District 271
- College of Southern Idaho
- College of Western Idaho
- Cottonwood Joint School District 242
- Council School District 13
- Culdesac Joint School District 342
- Dietrich School District 314
- Emmett Independent School District 221
- Filer School District 413
- Firth School District 59
- Fremont County Joint School District 215
- Fruitland School District 373
- Garden Valley School District 71
- Genesee Joint School District 282
- Glenns Ferry School District 192
- Gooding Joint School District 231
- Grace School District 148
- Hagerman Joint School District 233
- Hansen School District 415
- Highland Joint School District 305
- Homedale Joint School District 370
- Horseshoe Bend School District 73
- Idaho Falls School District 91
- Jefferson County Joint School District 251
- Jerome Joint School District 261
- Kamiah Joint School District 304
- Kellogg Joint School District 391
- Kendrick Joint School District 283
- Kimberly School District 414
- Kootenai School District 274
- Kuna Joint School District 3
- Lake Pend Oreille School District 84
- Lakeland School District 272
- Lapwai School District 341
- Lewiston Independent School District 340
- Mackay Joint School District 182
- Madison School District 321
- Marsh Valley Joint School District 21
- Marsing Joint School District 363
- McCall-Donnelley Joint School District 421
- Meadows Valley School District 11
- Melba Joint School District 136
- Middleton School District 134
- Midvale School District 433
- Minidoka County Joint School District 331
- Moscow School District 281
- Mountain Home School District 193
- Mountain View School District 244
- Mullan School District 392
- Murtaugh Joint School District 418
- Nampa School District 131
- New Plymouth School District 372
- Nez Perce Joint School District 302
- North Gem School District 149
- North Idaho College District
- Notus School District 135
- Oneida County School District 351
- Orofino Joint School District 171
- Parma School District 137
- Payette School District 371
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School District 364
- Plummer Worley Joint School District 44
- Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25
- Post Falls School District 273
- Potlatch School District 285
- Prairie Elementary School District 191
- Preston Joint School District 201
- Richfield School District 316
- Ririe Joint School District 252
- Rockland School District 382
- Salmon River Joint School District 243
- Salmon School District 291
- Shelley School District 60
- Shoshone Joint School District 312
- Snake River School District 52
- Soda Springs Joint School District 150
- South Lemhi School District 292
- St. Maries Joint School District 41
- Sugar-Salem Joint School District 322
- Swan Valley Elementary District 92
- Teton County School District 401
- Three Creek Joint Elementary School District 416
- Troy School District 287
- Twin Falls School District 411
- Valley School District 262
- Vallivue School District 139
- Wallace School District 393
- Weiser School District 431
- Wendell School District 232
- West Ada School District 2
- West Bonner County School District 83
- West Jefferson School District 253
- West Side Joint School District 202
- Whitepine Joint School District 288
- Wilder School District 133