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

• Other selective sales taxes$1.00 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$906 million
• Tobacco taxes$313 million
• Motor vehicle licenses$221 million
• Insurance premium taxes$221 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$195 million
• Occupation and business licenses$149 million
• Corporation licenses$122 million
• Severance taxes$115 million
• Public utility taxes$80.7 million
• Estate and gift taxes$75.6 million
• Driver's licenses$32.7 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$30.3 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$9.1 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$8.1 million
• Other licenses$6.3 million
• Amusement licenses$332 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$4.82 billion
• College tuition$1.30 billion
• University housing and dining$451 million
• Other service charges$145 million
• Parks and recreation$79.1 million
• Road charges$77.0 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$76.3 million
• Housing$19.0 million
• Tolls on roads and bridges$12.0 million
• Other education charges$1.6 million
• Garbage collection$1.1 million
• Airport$843 thousand
• Other school charges$342 thousand
• Water$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$20.5 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$158 million
• Veterans' services$95.3 million

• Colleges and universities$4.54 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.25 billion
• Elementary and secondary schools$865 million
• College housing, dining and bookstores$632 million
• Other education$179 million

• Sent to school districts$5.22 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$519 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$286 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$154 million
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$149 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$112 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$58.3 million
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$55.1 million
• Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$48.7 million
• Sent to local governments: police$39.6 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$39.1 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$32.9 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$13.6 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$11.4 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$10.9 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$9.6 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$7.0 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$5.5 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$684 thousand

• Hospitals$4.46 billion
• Public health$620 million

• Roads and highways$2.48 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$15.6 million
• Airports$12.6 million
• Public transit$2.5 million

• Prisons and jails$816 million
• Courts and legal services$799 million
• Police$381 million
• Inspections and regulation$240 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$83.0 million

• Other and not broken out$676 million
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$630 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$193 million
• Other government administration$106 million
• Government buildings$52.7 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$505 million

• Parks and recreation$175 million
• Libraries$7.9 million

• Water supply$62.9 million
• Garbage and solid waste$40.8 million