Local Government General Current Expenditures by Functional Category: 1977-2009 (In thousands of 2010 dollars) Fiscal Year Education Public Safety Healthcare Natural Public Welfare Public Service Unallocable Interest on Transportation Housing and Co Resources Debt 1977 $205,025,317 $45,044,852 $32,173,489 $23,231,199 $36,319,361 $23,270,908 $31,910,964 $23,497,862 $21,834,716 $5,814,922 1978 $207,155,485 $46,102,993 $32,581,548 $24,635,839 $34,359,266 $24,246,706 $31,339,699 $23,466,150 $22,104,720 $5,923,454 1979 $206,966,370 $45,949,655 $34,419,281 $25,282,522 $29,934,894 $24,955,527 $32,122,254 $23,853,267 $22,898,962 $7,283,712 1980 $210,682,297 $46,421,218 $36,075,527 $25,885,538 $28,778,321 $25,253,140 $29,803,903 $24,494,759 $23,071,128 $8,225,291 1981 $209,844,004 $47,107,190 $36,374,750 $26,776,995 $29,274,974 $25,425,438 $28,287,792 $26,206,713 $22,863,614 $8,666,494 1982 $210,637,652 $52,834,228 $41,175,885 $27,889,623 $29,731,798 $23,336,031 $27,398,435 $29,833,163 $23,559,083 $9,813,227 1983 $215,737,659 $57,582,085 $42,525,836 $29,406,684 $29,369,823 $22,773,362 $26,164,205 $33,605,629 $24,653,597 $9,599,375 1984 $222,858,273 $60,214,854 $43,872,069 $30,474,250 $30,970,922 $23,737,274 $26,668,776 $38,377,317 $25,544,903 $10,032,704 1985 $234,757,727 $63,702,957 $45,283,863 $31,996,293 $32,599,674 $25,028,011 $27,832,792 $41,762,614 $26,895,977 $11,096,489 1986 $250,607,661 $68,128,711 $47,359,613 $34,074,106 $34,470,088 $26,547,152 $28,542,160 $47,122,559 $28,993,092 $11,645,607 1987 $262,648,673 $72,421,660 $48,928,212 $36,733,898 $35,648,800 $27,771,206 $31,032,691 $53,090,887 $30,570,970 $12,269,807 1988 $275,880,554 $76,665,742 $51,179,510 $38,202,893 $35,934,958 $28,565,637 $30,367,802 $53,963,670 $28,994,035 $13,539,717 1989 $287,822,080 $78,194,689 $53,962,859 $39,841,957 $37,561,437 $29,400,285 $31,285,621 $54,749,455 $29,605,657 $14,932,190 1990 $298,539,091 $83,696,643 $57,964,509 $43,043,623 $39,842,476 $30,212,731 $32,996,009 $56,129,997 $30,392,895 $15,339,732 1991 $309,886,848 $87,215,781 $60,437,523 $44,929,449 $43,173,712 $31,213,317 $33,390,284 $55,397,549 $31,090,521 $15,740,551 1992 $314,395,868 $92,617,080 $65,146,523 $48,449,554 $47,614,066 $32,765,562 $35,408,984 $57,284,258 $32,405,479 $16,527,274 1993 $326,093,905 $93,920,903 $67,744,855 $49,475,940 $48,005,750 $32,263,525 $38,803,844 $56,675,949 $32,182,325 $17,436,604 1994 $330,960,540 $97,417,999 $71,434,986 $51,583,560 $50,802,736 $33,277,276 $38,975,858 $55,532,390 $33,807,963 $19,453,914 1995 $341,845,575 $100,873,159 $74,464,227 $53,887,536 $51,202,831 $34,059,717 $39,010,950 $55,994,670 $34,339,196 $20,560,854 1996 $351,198,212 $104,634,193 $76,797,294 $54,802,747 $50,067,899 $35,427,902 $39,466,117 $56,822,894 $35,493,659 $21,197,285 1997 $359,557,992 $109,700,539 $74,778,242 $57,948,094 $49,396,253 $37,027,491 $41,655,207 $58,886,466 $36,444,962 $20,812,300 1998 $382,654,666 $114,820,754 $77,493,644 $59,804,845 $49,553,003 $38,750,323 $43,548,920 $60,970,636 $37,936,960 $22,004,625 1999 $403,484,712 $119,701,114 $79,618,959 $60,831,904 $49,231,473 $40,658,894 $44,634,827 $62,475,416 $38,895,439 $22,313,856 2000 $421,793,270 $124,273,544 $81,618,516 $62,443,285 $50,413,659 $42,400,502 $46,437,999 $63,066,661 $40,634,333 $22,711,927 2001 $442,715,686 $129,537,719 $85,265,107 $65,415,737 $52,924,674 $43,395,949 $49,153,330 $65,124,757 $41,696,574 $23,136,960 2002 $455,887,603 $136,568,182 $92,284,386 $67,120,465 $55,765,968 $45,737,558 $52,694,389 $64,694,049 $44,242,669 $25,880,174 2003 $470,305,553 $140,292,805 $97,987,000 $68,690,012 $56,988,175 $47,506,116 $55,419,050 $65,916,146 $45,245,241 $28,056,864 2004 $483,155,256 $142,684,909 $100,115,535 $69,085,964 $56,661,598 $49,013,584 $57,151,438 $67,696,865 $44,985,351 $29,356,419 2005 $491,029,449 $148,367,023 $102,831,533 $72,121,809 $58,017,163 $53,602,733 $54,103,700 $62,087,658 $44,961,944 $30,463,441 2006 $500,383,181 $151,676,861 $104,416,578 $73,796,036 $56,293,703 $53,910,681 $57,432,838 $51,534,771 $46,442,086 $31,060,134 2007 $516,952,235 $157,636,632 $107,712,165 $77,413,684 $57,961,238 $59,396,810 $64,542,841 $54,326,364 $48,795,853 $31,074,001 2008 $534,125,542 $164,407,219 $113,321,532 $79,381,658 $60,431,618 $61,092,446 $63,460,951 $56,577,212 $50,985,747 $31,947,626 2009 $543,220,818 $168,280,101 $116,672,641 $80,142,806 $60,743,115 $61,478,947 $65,657,982 $58,949,733 $52,466,781 $31,921,854