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

• Other selective sales taxes$1.25 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$1.03 billion
• Insurance premium taxes$361 million
• Motor vehicle licenses$322 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$223 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$189 million
• Corporation licenses$188 million
• Occupation and business licenses$143 million
• Tobacco taxes$111 million
• Amusement taxes$60.0 million
• Public utility taxes$28.6 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$25.7 million
• Driver's licenses$20.7 million
• Other licenses$15.8 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$15.3 million
• Public utility licenses$14.4 million
• Amusement licenses$6.0 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$4.79 billion
• College tuition$2.17 billion
• Electric power$1.88 billion
• Other service charges$773 million
• University housing and dining$680 million
• Ports and waterways$404 million
• Road charges$72.1 million
• Parks and recreation$65.5 million
• Housing$41.7 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$35.0 million
• Other education charges$28.8 million
• Water$8.8 million
• Airport$457 thousand
• Other government-run businesses$367 thousand
• Tolls on roads and bridges$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$12.8 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$80.5 million
• Veterans' services$30.1 million

• Sent to school districts$8.60 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$907 million
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$801 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$150 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$83.7 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$51.2 million
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$50.8 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$17.6 million
• Sent to local governments: police$17.5 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$16.7 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$5.7 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$5.3 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$3.7 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$3.4 million
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$2.5 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$732 thousand
• Sent to local governments: other education$504 thousand

• Colleges and universities$4.89 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.49 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$1.15 billion
• Other education$812 million

• Hospitals$4.95 billion
• Public health$1.21 billion

• Roads and highways$2.68 billion
• Ports and harbors$633 million
• Airports$11.9 million
• Toll roads and bridges$28 thousand

• Other and not broken out$1.71 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$480 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$269 million
• Other government administration$24.1 million
• Other government-run businesses$102 thousand

• Electric power$1.76 billion
• Water supply$7.3 million

• Prisons and jails$767 million
• Police$347 million
• Courts and legal services$207 million
• Inspections and regulation$144 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$86.5 million

• Interest on electric power debt$325 million
• Interest on general debt$280 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$553 million

• Parks and recreation$425 million
• Libraries$21.5 million