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

• Other selective sales taxes$1.54 billion
• Motor fuel taxes$1.53 billion
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$1.22 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$1.00 billion
• Insurance premium taxes$888 million
• Public utility taxes$808 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$478 million
• Occupation and business licenses$438 million
• Estate and gift taxes$406 million
• Tobacco taxes$292 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$211 million
• Other taxes not classified elsewhere$207 million
• Other licenses$190 million
• Driver's licenses$136 million
• Corporation licenses$62.8 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$44.7 million
• Severance taxes$41.0 million
• Public utility licenses$37.9 million
• Amusement taxes$21.9 million
• Amusement licenses$16.7 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$3.05 billion
• College tuition$2.70 billion
• University housing and dining$968 million
• Other service charges$591 million
• Tolls on roads and bridges$359 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$195 million
• Housing$72.0 million
• Other education charges$47.7 million
• Road charges$45.5 million
• Electric power$5.3 million
• Parks and recreation$5.0 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Sent to school districts$17.3 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$2.33 billion
• Sent to local governments: public health$1.48 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$794 million
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$331 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$241 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$193 million
• Sent to local governments: police$185 million
• Sent to local governments: general support$180 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$169 million
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$139 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$49.4 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$49.4 million
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$30.3 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$22.2 million
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$19.9 million
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$16.7 million
• Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$5.0 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$4.9 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$197 thousand
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$1 thousand

• Other public welfare$19.5 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$308 million
• Welfare institutions$96.7 million
• Veterans' services$45.8 million

• Colleges and universities$7.95 billion
• Other education$1.50 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.50 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$954 million

• Hospitals$6.73 billion
• Public health$4.39 billion

• Roads and highways$3.12 billion
• Toll roads and bridges$834 million
• Public transit$45.8 million
• Airports$2.7 million

• Other and not broken out$2.17 billion
• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$932 million
• Other government administration$382 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$206 million
• Government buildings$150 million

• Prisons and jails$1.29 billion
• Courts and legal services$584 million
• Inspections and regulation$568 million
• Police$475 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$335 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.20 billion

• Parks and recreation$239 million
• Libraries$10.7 million

• Garbage and solid waste$24.3 million
• Electric power$7.9 million
• Water supply$9 thousand