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

• Other selective sales taxes$8.63 billion
• Severance taxes$8.60 billion
• Insurance premium taxes$4.34 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$3.85 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$2.37 billion
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$1.79 billion
• Tobacco taxes$1.10 billion
• Public utility taxes$875 million
• Occupation and business licenses$677 million
• Driver's licenses$192 million
• Other licenses$171 million
• Corporation licenses$164 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$113 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$101 million
• Amusement taxes$26.6 million
• Public utility licenses$21.0 million
• Amusement licenses$3.6 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$11.5 billion
• College tuition$8.99 billion
• University housing and dining$1.91 billion
• Other service charges$1.07 billion
• Tolls on roads and bridges$430 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$81.9 million
• Parks and recreation$74.6 million
• Housing$26.4 million
• Road charges$26.2 million
• Other education charges$24.4 million
• School lunches$287 thousand
• Garbage collection$166 thousand
• Sewer$79 thousand
• Other school charges$38 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$57.2 billion
• Veterans' services$514 million
• Welfare institutions$157 million
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$119 million

• Sent to school districts$41.9 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.99 billion
• Sent to school districts (colleges)$1.65 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$1.09 billion
• Sent to local governments: public health$563 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$523 million
• Sent to local governments: general support$360 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$181 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$153 million
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$127 million
• Sent to local governments: police$126 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$112 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$106 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$60.2 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$23.2 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$17.4 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$6.2 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$5.6 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$2.1 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$1.7 million

• Colleges and universities$35.7 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$2.81 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$2.73 billion
• Other education$1.28 billion
• Elementary and secondary schools$124 million

• Hospitals$14.7 billion
• Public health$4.09 billion

• Roads and highways$18.4 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$179 million
• Public transit$59.6 million
• Airports$16.0 million
• Ports and harbors$15.0 million

• Other and not broken out$6.05 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$4.68 billion
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$277 million
• Government buildings$238 million
• Other government administration$90.9 million

• Prisons and jails$4.75 billion
• Police$1.87 billion
• Courts and legal services$1.07 billion
• Inspections and regulation$850 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$170 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.42 billion

• Parks and recreation$499 million
• Libraries$44.2 million

• Sewer systems$120 million
• Garbage and solid waste$87.6 million