North Carolina's money: where it comes from and where it goes

• Motor fuel taxes$2.49 billion
• Other selective sales taxes$1.32 billion
• Insurance premium taxes$1.23 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$1.02 billion
• Corporation licenses$882 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$599 million
• Occupation and business licenses$422 million
• Tobacco taxes$262 million
• Driver's licenses$139 million
• Public utility taxes$128 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$111 million
• Other licenses$52.1 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$41.6 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$30.5 million
• Public utility licenses$23.6 million
• Severance taxes$2.0 million
• Amusement licenses$184 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$2.92 billion
• University housing and dining$2.26 billion
• College tuition$2.15 billion
• Other service charges$1.01 billion
• Road charges$216 million
• Tolls on roads and bridges$104 million
• Housing$73.7 million
• Ports and waterways$64.4 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$61.4 million
• Parks and recreation$39.5 million
• Transit fares$22.1 million
• Airport$3.9 million
• Other education charges$3.8 million
• Water$1.7 million
• Parking$1.7 million
• Other school charges$1.3 million
• Garbage collection$284 thousand
• Sewer$169 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$30.9 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$165 million
• Welfare institutions$55.5 million
• Veterans' services$17.8 million

• Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$14.0 billion
• Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$1.77 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.31 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$1.06 billion
• Sent to local governments: public health$893 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$523 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$312 million
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$248 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$159 million
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$92.7 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$76.5 million
• Sent to local governments: police$51.2 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$50.8 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$50.7 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$33.4 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$21.2 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$18.1 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$1.3 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$466 thousand

• Colleges and universities$8.31 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$3.02 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$2.02 billion
• Elementary and secondary schools$761 million
• Other education$664 million

• Roads and highways$6.48 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$342 million
• Ports and harbors$181 million
• Public transit$104 million
• Airports$14.9 million
• Parking$1.7 million

• Prisons and jails$2.15 billion
• Courts and legal services$1.34 billion
• Police$623 million
• Inspections and regulation$284 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$255 million

• Hospitals$3.40 billion
• Public health$1.04 billion

• Other and not broken out$1.99 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.65 billion
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$411 million
• Other government administration$194 million
• Government buildings$48.2 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$863 million

• Parks and recreation$547 million
• Libraries$10.4 million

• Garbage and solid waste$14.6 million
• Water supply$1.6 million
• Sewer systems$700 thousand