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

• Other selective sales taxes$2.33 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$1.55 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$1.53 billion
• Tobacco taxes$675 million
• Insurance premium taxes$529 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$399 million
• Amusement taxes$311 million
• Occupation and business licenses$281 million
• Other licenses$238 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$205 million
• Driver's licenses$65.4 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$64.4 million
• Public utility taxes$42.7 million
• Public utility licenses$37.9 million
• Severance taxes$27.6 million
• Corporation licenses$24.3 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$22.5 million
• Other taxes not classified elsewhere$40 thousand
• Estate and gift taxes$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$8.03 billion
• College tuition$4.34 billion
• Liquor stores$1.56 billion
• University housing and dining$1.36 billion
• Other service charges$164 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$58.2 million
• Housing$43.7 million
• Tolls on roads and bridges$32.1 million
• Parks and recreation$8.7 million
• Other education charges$6.7 million
• Airport$529 thousand
• Other government-run businesses$443 thousand
• Road charges$159 thousand
• Transit fares$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Sent to school districts$20.3 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$5.13 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$2.45 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$1.68 billion
• Sent to local governments: public health$1.02 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$856 million
• Sent to school districts (colleges)$568 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$556 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$487 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$437 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$221 million
• Sent to local governments: police$80.9 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$40.2 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$35.2 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$31.1 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$29.0 million
• Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$25.4 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$17.1 million
• Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$13.5 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$12.8 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$7.0 million
• Sent to the federal government$2.2 million

• Other public welfare$24.4 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$304 million
• Welfare institutions$31.7 million

• Colleges and universities$10.9 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.95 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$1.93 billion
• Other education$812 million

• Hospitals$8.10 billion
• Public health$2.22 billion

• Other and not broken out$1.63 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.33 billion
• Other government administration$346 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$250 million
• Other government-run businesses$514 thousand

• Prisons and jails$1.68 billion
• Police$733 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$361 million
• Inspections and regulation$359 million
• Courts and legal services$316 million

• Roads and highways$2.98 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$92.2 million
• Airports$63.4 million
• Public transit$114 thousand

• Liquor stores$1.26 billion
• Garbage and solid waste$5.3 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$548 million

• Parks and recreation$273 million
• Libraries$11.1 million