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

• Motor fuel taxes$1.17 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$722 million
• Tobacco taxes$495 million
• Other selective sales taxes$435 million
• Public utility taxes$410 million
• Occupation and business licenses$360 million
• Insurance premium taxes$275 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$96.8 million
• Real estate and stock transfer taxes$94.7 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$76.3 million
• Public utility licenses$60.3 million
• Other licenses$59.6 million
• Driver's licenses$39.8 million
• Corporation licenses$33.7 million
• Other taxes not classified elsewhere$19.3 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$2.5 million
• Severance taxes$1.1 million
• Amusement taxes$166 thousand
• Amusement licenses$77 thousand
• Estate and gift taxes$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$2.46 billion
• College tuition$2.06 billion
• Other service charges$752 million
• University housing and dining$471 million
• Parks, land and natural resources$74.2 million
• Road charges$38.7 million
• Housing$20.0 million
• Parks and recreation$7.0 million
• Other education charges$5.4 million
• Sewer$101 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Other public welfare$16.1 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$134 million
• Welfare institutions$128 million
• Veterans' services$28.6 million

• Sent to school districts$8.52 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$3.19 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$978 million
• Sent to school districts (colleges)$601 million
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$376 million
• Sent to local governments: public health$364 million
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$346 million
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$137 million
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$55.4 million
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$32.2 million
• Sent to local governments: hospitals$12.4 million
• Sent to local governments: ports and harbors$6.8 million
• Sent to local governments: police$6.5 million
• Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$3.3 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$1.1 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$543 thousand
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$443 thousand
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$177 thousand
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$58 thousand

• Colleges and universities$5.64 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.23 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$671 million
• Other education$289 million

• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.86 billion
• Other and not broken out$627 million
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$550 million
• Government buildings$52.1 million
• Other government administration$9.4 million

• Hospitals$2.99 billion
• Public health$912 million

• Roads and highways$2.46 billion
• Airports$188 million
• Public transit$24.6 million
• Ports and harbors$2.9 million
• Parking$1.3 million

• Prisons and jails$1.41 billion
• Courts and legal services$477 million
• Inspections and regulation$285 million
• Probation, parole and other corrections$195 million
• Police$57.6 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$633 million

• Parks and recreation$57.6 million

• Sewer systems$5.8 million