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

• Other selective sales taxes$4.46 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$2.78 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$2.33 billion
• Amusement taxes$1.44 billion
• Public utility taxes$1.21 billion
• Occupation and business licenses$853 million
• Tobacco taxes$708 million
• Estate and gift taxes$654 million
• Insurance premium taxes$534 million
• Corporation licenses$354 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$311 million
• Driver's licenses$181 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$81.9 million
• Amusement licenses$48.0 million
• Public utility licenses$47.4 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$43.6 million
• Other licenses$41.4 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$18.0 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• College tuition$2.43 billion
• Tolls on roads and bridges$1.51 billion
• Hospital bills$1.35 billion
• University housing and dining$770 million
• Housing$41.6 million
• Other service charges$21.7 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$20.0 million
• Parks and recreation$19.6 million
• Road charges$2.7 million
• Other education charges$167 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$41.0 billion
• Welfare institutions$212 million
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$57.0 million
• Veterans' services$14.1 million

• Sent to school districts$15.0 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$9.03 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$4.30 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$2.79 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$1.06 billion
• Sent to school districts (colleges)$621 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$259 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$231 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$211 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$139 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$90.8 million
• Sent to local governments: police$71.2 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$64.7 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$25.4 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$17.7 million
• Sent to the federal government$17.6 million
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$7.2 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$6.7 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$3.4 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$1.9 million
• Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$1.1 million
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$407 thousand
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$384 thousand

• Colleges and universities$7.25 billion
• Elementary and secondary schools$6.37 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.90 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$1.00 billion
• Other education$493 million

• Other and not broken out$8.78 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.53 billion
• Government buildings$335 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$253 million
• Other government administration$140 million

• Roads and highways$4.53 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$1.32 billion
• Airports$50.9 million

• Prisons and jails$1.89 billion
• Courts and legal services$856 million
• Police$720 million
• Inspections and regulation$241 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$33.4 million

• Public health$1.74 billion
• Hospitals$1.50 billion

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$379 million

• Parks and recreation$123 million
• Libraries$1.9 million

• Electric power$51.6 million
• Garbage and solid waste$13.4 million
• Sewer systems$196 thousand