New Jersey's money: where it comes from and where it goes

• Other selective sales taxes$2.74 billion
• Corporation licenses$912 million
• Occupation and business licenses$821 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$735 million
• Motor vehicle licenses$685 million
• Insurance premium taxes$627 million
• Estate and gift taxes$537 million
• Amusement taxes$519 million
• Motor fuel taxes$472 million
• Tobacco taxes$469 million
• Public utility taxes$236 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$184 million
• Driver's licenses$59.6 million
• Amusement licenses$47.7 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$14.3 million
• Public utility licenses$10.6 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$4.2 million
• Other licenses$2.0 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Tolls on roads and bridges$2.57 billion
• College tuition$2.43 billion
• Hospital bills$1.86 billion
• Other service charges$1.67 billion
• Transit fares$832 million
• University housing and dining$611 million
• Housing$52.0 million
• Parks and recreation$50.6 million
• Water$42.1 million
• Ports and waterways$33.1 million
• Airport$17.2 million
• Road charges$14.0 million
• Sewer$11.9 million
• Other education charges$11.7 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$9.2 million
• Garbage collection$2.4 million
• School lunches$757 thousand
• Other school charges$185 thousand
• School tuition and transportation$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$28.0 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$305 million
• Welfare institutions$102 million
• Veterans' services$30.7 million

• Sent to school districts$12.4 billion
• Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$4.15 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$2.21 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$1.64 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$594 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$397 million
• Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$186 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$142 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$132 million
• Sent to local governments: police$86.1 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$77.5 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$75.0 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$51.0 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$34.2 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$32.8 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$29.7 million
• Sent to the federal government$26.0 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$7.2 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$4.6 million
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$3.9 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$1.4 million

• Colleges and universities$6.10 billion
• Elementary and secondary schools$5.44 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.99 billion
• Other education$1.86 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$947 million

• Public transit$4.41 billion
• Roads and highways$2.19 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$1.80 billion
• Ports and harbors$50.3 million
• Airports$31.8 million

• Other and not broken out$5.37 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.88 billion
• Other government administration$215 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$209 million
• Government buildings$62.6 million

• Hospitals$3.00 billion
• Public health$2.67 billion

• Prisons and jails$1.24 billion
• Courts and legal services$1.21 billion
• Police$905 million
• Inspections and regulation$438 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$364 million

• Interest on general debt$2.30 billion
• Interest on water supply debt$664 thousand

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$704 million

• Parks and recreation$260 million
• Libraries$4.4 million

• Water supply$59.0 million
• Electric power$38.4 million
• Sewer systems$21.2 million
• Garbage and solid waste$8.0 million