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

• Motor vehicle licenses$788 million
• Motor fuel taxes$680 million
• Amusement taxes$345 million
• Insurance premium taxes$190 million
• Tobacco taxes$160 million
• Other selective sales taxes$118 million
• Corporation licenses$116 million
• Occupation and business licenses$109 million
• Public utility taxes$76.8 million
• Estate and gift taxes$59.7 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$36.4 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$28.6 million
• Amusement licenses$20.6 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$17.4 million
• Driver's licenses$17.2 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$15.0 million
• Public utility licenses$13.1 million
• Other licenses$2.8 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$3.61 billion
• College tuition$1.19 billion
• University housing and dining$532 million
• Liquor stores$445 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$136 million
• Other service charges$116 million
• Housing$17.5 million
• Parks and recreation$6.9 million
• Garbage collection$6.1 million
• Airport$2.1 million
• Road charges$1.8 million
• Other education charges$558 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$10.2 billion
• Welfare institutions$64.8 million
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$48.8 million
• Veterans' services$2.8 million

• Sent to school districts$4.90 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$714 million
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$352 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$241 million
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$206 million
• Sent to local governments: general support$168 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$90.9 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$65.4 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$38.0 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$29.3 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$27.9 million
• Sent to local governments: police$10.1 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$2.7 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$2.5 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$1.9 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$1.6 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$661 thousand
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$356 thousand
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$10 thousand

• Hospitals$3.72 billion
• Public health$166 million

• Colleges and universities$2.55 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$641 million
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$408 million
• Other education$193 million

• Roads and highways$1.97 billion
• Public transit$20 thousand
• Airports$3 thousand

• Prisons and jails$355 million
• Courts and legal services$341 million
• Police$161 million
• Inspections and regulation$104 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$19.8 million

• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$365 million
• Other and not broken out$334 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$103 million
• Government buildings$45.4 million
• Other government administration$37.7 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$493 million

• Liquor stores$320 million
• Garbage and solid waste$3.5 million
• Sewer systems$1.2 million

• Parks and recreation$25.6 million
• Libraries$6.4 million