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

• Other selective sales taxes$2.39 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$1.02 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$888 million
• Insurance premium taxes$846 million
• Tobacco taxes$548 million
• Occupation and business licenses$289 million
• Estate and gift taxes$284 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$227 million
• Amusement taxes$215 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$114 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$111 million
• Other licenses$95.2 million
• Public utility taxes$86.0 million
• Severance taxes$76.6 million
• Driver's licenses$66.4 million
• Corporation licenses$17.5 million
• Amusement licenses$9.1 million
• Public utility licenses$9.1 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$3.5 million
• Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• College tuition$1.35 billion
• University housing and dining$720 million
• Sewer$332 million
• Other service charges$314 million
• Hospital bills$279 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$58.5 million
• Parks and recreation$53.5 million
• Transit fares$46.8 million
• Housing$33.9 million
• Road charges$15.6 million
• Tolls on roads and bridges$3.7 million
• Other education charges$1.6 million
• Airport$1.1 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$23.2 billion
• Welfare institutions$164 million
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$40.3 million
• Veterans' services$26.7 million

• Sent to school districts$12.8 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$2.76 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$1.36 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$890 million
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$376 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$283 million
• Sent to local governments: police$211 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$203 million
• Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$124 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$110 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$109 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$105 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$98.7 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$65.9 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$40.1 million
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$30.2 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$23.4 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$16.3 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$9.5 million
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$2.8 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$2.3 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$1.0 million
• Sent to the federal government$509 thousand

• Colleges and universities$5.48 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.05 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$742 million
• Other education$558 million

• Roads and highways$2.29 billion
• Public transit$507 million
• Airports$13.7 million
• Toll roads and bridges$2.1 million

• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.47 billion
• Other and not broken out$649 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$310 million
• Other government administration$162 million
• Government buildings$51.4 million

• Courts and legal services$714 million
• Police$623 million
• Prisons and jails$536 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$106 million
• Inspections and regulation$100 million

• Public health$737 million
• Hospitals$291 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$858 million

• Parks and recreation$313 million
• Libraries$3.1 million

• Sewer systems$172 million
• Garbage and solid waste$15.9 million
• Electric power$4.3 million
• Gas supply$3 thousand