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

• Insurance premium taxes$498 million
• Motor fuel taxes$453 million
• Other selective sales taxes$361 million
• Amusement taxes$292 million
• Corporation licenses$224 million
• Motor vehicle licenses$212 million
• Tobacco taxes$121 million
• Occupation and business licenses$89.4 million
• Other licenses$68.0 million
• Severance taxes$49.2 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$41.6 million
• Amusement licenses$21.1 million
• Public utility licenses$8.3 million
• Driver's licenses$5.1 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$2.2 million
• Public utility taxes$1.8 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$1.5 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$1.58 billion
• College tuition$958 million
• Liquor stores$510 million
• University housing and dining$358 million
• Other service charges$94.4 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$35.0 million
• Ports and waterways$30.3 million
• Other education charges$5.8 million
• Road charges$5.5 million
• Parks and recreation$1.4 million
• Housing$46 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Sent to school districts$4.08 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$2.03 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$837 million
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$426 million
• Sent to school districts (colleges)$377 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$369 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$177 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$98.5 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$78.5 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$46.6 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$42.2 million
• Sent to local governments: police$23.2 million
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$14.7 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$13.5 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$7.7 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$6.8 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$1.6 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$373 thousand

• Other public welfare$8.04 billion
• Welfare institutions$46.9 million
• Veterans' services$46.7 million
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$37.7 million

• Colleges and universities$2.70 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$457 million
• College housing, dining and bookstores$420 million
• Other education$343 million

• Hospitals$2.11 billion
• Public health$296 million

• Roads and highways$1.35 billion
• Ports and harbors$18.6 million

• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$621 million
• Other and not broken out$300 million
• Other government administration$120 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$56.1 million

• Prisons and jails$384 million
• Police$210 million
• Courts and legal services$145 million
• Inspections and regulation$113 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$693 thousand

• Liquor stores$510 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$366 million

• Parks and recreation$53.6 million
• Libraries$6.0 million