Commonwealth of Virginia
$82.5 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.
Where the money comes from
What stands out
18%
of Virginia's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical state government gets 10%.
Full Virginia breakdown
State taxes45%
Individual income tax
21%$17.6 billion
Other taxes
10%$8.58 billion
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor fuel taxes and 16 more
- Other selective sales taxes$3.08 billion
- Motor fuel taxes$1.87 billion
- Insurance premium taxes$768 million
- Real estate and stock transfer taxes$531 million
- Motor vehicle licenses$509 million
- Public utility taxes$476 million
- Occupation and business licenses$424 million
- Alcoholic beverage taxes$289 million
- Tobacco taxes$225 million
- Amusement taxes$124 million
- Corporation licenses$81.8 million
- Other licenses$64.0 million
- Driver's licenses$44.4 million
- Amusement licenses$35.6 million
- Hunting and fishing licenses$27.9 million
- Alcoholic beverage licenses$17.2 million
- Severance taxes$5.9 million
- Public utility licenses$782 thousand
Amounts are by Census tax category.
Sales tax
8.8%$7.40 billion
Business income tax
4.6%$3.84 billion
Property tax
<0.1%$45.1 million
Fees for services18%
Fees for services
18%$15.0 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 12 more
- Hospital bills$7.02 billion
- College tuition$3.32 billion
- University housing and dining$1.72 billion
- Liquor stores$1.20 billion
- Ports and waterways$745 million
- Other service charges$526 million
- Road charges$146 million
- Tolls on roads and bridges$94.4 million
- Housing$61.2 million
- Parks and recreation$55.9 million
- Other education charges$40.3 million
- Parks, land and natural resources$13.0 million
- Airport$79 thousand
- Garbage collection$10 thousand
Amounts are by Census type of charge.
Federal tax money26%
Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.
From the federal government
26%$22.2 billion
Local tax money1.5%
Money passed on by the county or other local governments.
From local governments
1.5%$1.26 billion
Fines and other9.9%
Interest, rents and other
9.5%$8.03 billion
Fines
0.3%$286 million
Where the money goes
What stands out
11%
of Virginia's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical state government spends 5.7%.
Full Virginia breakdown
Spending by category100%
Social services
29%$23.9 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
- Other public welfare$23.6 billion
- Unemployment and social insurance offices$119 million
- Veterans' services$56.0 million
- Welfare institutions$41.0 million
Sent to local governments
24%$20.0 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools; sent to local governments: roads and highways and 20 more
- Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$12.5 billion
- Sent to local governments: roads and highways$1.99 billion
- Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.25 billion
- Sent to local governments: public health$1.18 billion
- Sent to local governments: other public welfare$867 million
- Sent to local governments: police$470 million
- Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$377 million
- Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$282 million
- Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$272 million
- Sent to local governments: other government administration$253 million
- Sent to local governments: housing and community development$213 million
- Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$142 million
- Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$92.2 million
- Sent to school districts (colleges)$39.5 million
- Sent to local governments: airports$34.7 million
- Sent to local governments: libraries$29.2 million
- Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$26.0 million
- Sent to local governments: sewer systems$22.7 million
- Sent to local governments: other education$3.0 million
- Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$388 thousand
- Sent to local governments: hospitals$204 thousand
- Sent to the federal government$106 thousand
Schools and colleges
17%$13.7 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; college housing, dining and bookstores and 2 more
- Colleges and universities$9.19 billion
- College housing, dining and bookstores$2.37 billion
- Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.68 billion
- Other education$417 million
Health and hospitals
11%$8.72 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
- Hospitals$7.20 billion
- Public health$1.52 billion
Roads, transit and parking
7.8%$6.43 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; ports and harbors and 3 more
- Roads and highways$5.30 billion
- Ports and harbors$832 million
- Public transit$212 million
- Toll roads and bridges$78.8 million
- Airports$6.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.5%$3.75 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 3 more
- Prisons and jails$1.49 billion
- Police$799 million
- Courts and legal services$737 million
- Probation, parole and other corrections$400 million
- Inspections and regulation$319 million
Running the government and other costs
3.2%$2.66 billion
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 3 more
- Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.39 billion
- Other and not broken out$545 million
- Government buildings$390 million
- Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$177 million
- Other government administration$160 million
Interest on debt
1.6%$1.31 billion
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.2%$991 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; sewer systems and 1 more
- Liquor stores$986 million
- Sewer systems$2.6 million
- Garbage and solid waste$2.3 million
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$474 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
- Natural resources, farming and conservation$474 million
Housing and community development
0.4%$337 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$244 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
- Parks and recreation$221 million
- Libraries$23.6 million