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

• Corporation licenses$1.50 billion
• Insurance premium taxes$1.46 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$1.27 billion
• Other selective sales taxes$723 million
• Occupation and business licenses$541 million
• Motor vehicle licenses$405 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$356 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$327 million
• Tobacco taxes$196 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$51.5 million
• Driver's licenses$46.8 million
• Other taxes not classified elsewhere$35.6 million
• Public utility taxes$10.3 million
• Other licenses$9.6 million
• Public utility licenses$6.5 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$1.8 million
• Severance taxes$529 thousand
• Amusement licenses$432 thousand
• Estate and gift taxes$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• College tuition$1.38 billion
• Other service charges$719 million
• University housing and dining$505 million
• Other education charges$136 million
• Parks and recreation$67.0 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$28.8 million
• Hospital bills$19.2 million
• Garbage collection$2.1 million
• Sewer$530 thousand
• Road charges$118 thousand
• Tolls on roads and bridges$45 thousand
• Housing$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$16.4 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$89.2 million
• Veterans' services$12.2 million

• Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$8.60 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$2.46 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$904 million
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$331 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$327 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$270 million
• Sent to school districts$266 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$145 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$131 million
• Sent to local governments: police$94.8 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$80.5 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$51.2 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$44.7 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$31.7 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$23.5 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$17.3 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$5.9 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$3.0 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$2.2 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$956 thousand
• Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$856 thousand
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$225 thousand
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$20 thousand

• Colleges and universities$4.88 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.15 billion
• Other education$547 million
• College housing, dining and bookstores$499 million
• Elementary and secondary schools$90.3 million

• Public health$2.02 billion
• Hospitals$675 million

• Roads and highways$2.41 billion
• Airports$60.6 million

• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.06 billion
• Other and not broken out$918 million
• Government buildings$323 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$128 million
• Other government administration$28.8 million

• Prisons and jails$866 million
• Courts and legal services$550 million
• Police$496 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$177 million
• Inspections and regulation$174 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$738 million

• Parks and recreation$207 million
• Libraries$13.0 million

• Garbage and solid waste$45.2 million
• Sewer systems$1.4 million
• Water supply$1.1 million