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Commonwealth ( your wealth is their wealth ) of Massachusetts Expenditures
This is my first cut (05/09/2008) on the summaries of state expenditures. Yes, there are bugs (year 2004 ) in my processes. I am looking into them.
General Category	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Administration and Finance	65,186,439	48,861,642	37,600,086	32,338,895	31,361,791	48,107,202	33,443,981	49,608,652	51,143,527	52,324,192
Agricultural Resources	19,320,656	19,358,336	12,381,045	12,104,491	10,004,296	13,783,136	16,224,511	21,148,873	24,061,715	22,608,039
Attorney General	28,354,439	30,307,601	33,117,026	32,933,077	32,508,077	36,197,084	37,697,381	42,540,887	42,886,885	43,008,850
Board of Library Commissioner	37,292,518	37,908,831	37,594,222	29,607,731	28,946,684	30,619,525	33,152,208	35,269,125	36,086,877	36,729,832
Boston Municipal Court	8,274,431	8,627,513	8,568,913	8,464,474		7,988,802	7,933,802	7,913,961	7,733,802	7,733,802
Business and Technology	45,085,225	49,054,039	40,988,069	26,073,421	254,744	33,522,156	35,321,408	52,344,897	55,044,996	40,555,727
Child Care Services	377,930,954	377,392,844	395,822,557	380,697,654	365,783,476	364,126,539	527,961
Commission for the Blind	34,051,697	34,767,212	34,944,833	34,598,578	25,797,747	35,225,600	27,043,079	37,217,873	37,753,493	37,741,164
Commissioner of Probation	34,654,871	38,299,680	40,905,033	41,941,903	120,423,132	133,039,918	137,546,520	153,421,963	160,536,543	165,718,295
Committee on Criminal Justice	31,077,786	29,241,446	30,334,857	24,607,139	24,082,146
Conservation and Recreation					71,534,400	77,453,311	82,677,092	94,732,483	105,120,948	101,414,166
County Corrections	329,364,921	327,499,955	306,953,706	320,169,082	321,979,589	336,305,939	350,958,995	386,236,301	439,725,901	461,121,099
Criminal Justice Training	3,727,744	4,180,237	4,009,112	3,899,586	35,000	3,692,550	4,714,978	4,702,536	4,700,423	4,148,898
Deaf and Hard of Hearing	6,197,306	6,256,621	6,004,574	5,907,233	5,264,536	5,994,063	5,548,170	5,926,165	5,882,005	5,988,159
Debt Service	1,297,514,178	1,448,629,138	1,434,182,413	1,505,700,968	1,609,915,318	1,753,766,468	1,793,165,000	1,952,392,888	1,952,103,701	2,001,635,000
Department of Highways	195,290,844	142,621,331	143,934,631	95,866,658	54,731,853	82,257,357	114,983,574	113,884,144	117,271,760	118,076,568
Department of Revenue	273,296,391	277,049,425	248,248,133	248,373,993	216,659,244	215,483,106	234,966,440	252,628,893	270,530,176	267,742,401
District Attorney	71,796,858	80,317,873	80,373,528	76,607,229	41,192,081	81,010,373	84,076,907	92,054,359	96,641,577	100,680,492
District Court	115,069,050	131,084,006	121,241,871	117,893,220	32,833,188	35,097,985	36,227,708	36,562,502	39,147,707	39,147,707
Early Education and Care							462,614,244	497,542,241	533,500,968	581,895,819
Economic Development/Labor Development	232,136,252	232,735,190	238,217,662	239,076,184	221,634,020	130,653,472	64,830,474	270,651,558	288,735,802	277,878,950
Education	4,158,189,488	4,459,060,349	4,862,441,693	5,415,561,405	4,726,919,683	4,773,972,936	4,653,852,339	4,902,769,581	5,131,507,758	5,312,353,379
Elder Affairs	2,837,748,263	3,088,751,924	3,538,811,883	3,796,445,878	1,925,979,397	4,029,187,957	4,740,249,976	4,935,523,541	5,160,528,388	5,311,930,693
Energy Resources	2,178,809	3,280,206	2,943,593	2,592,305	2,618,386	2,708,228	3,216,946	5,539,064	5,615,806	5,294,031
Environmental Affairs	25,549,183	31,126,387	22,640,881	19,384,704	22,518,803	31,192,408	29,059,788	32,449,412	30,945,722	33,540,811
Environmental Protection	96,532,555	102,723,800	107,892,220	104,603,856	50,904,669	59,731,632	53,084,765	66,025,598	69,942,486	69,428,997
Fire Services	8,457,427	8,049,952	7,738,108	9,494,216	9,213,448	9,538,448	10,654,338	11,548,787	15,231,207	14,090,600
Fish and Game	41,261,909	42,818,254	42,799,413	43,912,684	12,294,392	41,533,630	22,568,246	38,733,286	39,795,783	42,088,851
General Government	71,541,478	61,826,523	57,614,812	53,590,190	35,399,890	51,711,648	54,890,942	58,169,782	52,760,179	59,445,835
Governor	5,327,771	5,862,761	5,610,864	5,135,418	5,432,067	5,135,418	5,135,418	5,085,741	8,811,491	9,264,783
Group Insurance	605,676,505	652,475,843	709,773,153	794,862,213	811,131,373	830,885,587	1,023,190,489	1,066,581,827	831,446,484	884,618,440
Health Care Finance	8,983,405	9,090,870	10,061,876	15,084,422	9,670,807	10,028,104	12,530,216	12,836,110	13,979,008	17,013,069
Health and Human Services	1,742,767,565	1,738,765,874	1,901,968,600	2,129,452,167	2,628,394,330	2,910,914,590	2,640,571,595	3,033,334,023	3,444,558,974	3,713,440,057
Higher Education	997,074,511	1,046,272,243	1,026,677,101	1,001,339,630	531,487,375	806,363,452	915,844,257	1,031,423,996	1,058,050,838	1,099,411,646
Highway Safety	4,231,781	4,616,220	9,253,399	7,130,807	19,156,211
Homeland Security	62,204,247	72,202,638	81,492,617	81,459,875	73,903,219	103,210,702	101,591,393	114,055,188	114,743,647	114,437,359
House of Representative	30,246,281	32,949,160	33,472,629	30,872,678	30,872,678	30,872,678	32,678,401	33,658,753	33,658,753	33,658,753
Housing Court	3,950,015	4,593,757	4,715,126	4,653,065	3,930,629	3,930,629	4,287,589	4,287,589	4,287,589	4,287,589
Housing and Community Development	427,312,692	449,413,606	429,765,324	442,112,142	429,302,882	464,648,901	486,030,852	559,446,180	536,229,005	553,052,607
Human Resources	73,177,328	77,214,918	74,333,891	84,182,188	83,904,291	83,737,967	84,233,026	85,637,903	88,536,100	92,166,869
Information Technology	36,278,391	39,721,869	38,108,800	36,681,380	35,904,168	57,465,753	56,711,923	56,793,455	56,532,455	70,523,889
Joint Legislative Expenses	3,810,519	6,000,519	7,067,859	6,767,859	7,297,782	6,807,859	7,042,859	6,980,895	6,980,895	6,980,895
Juvenile Court	26,849,504	29,262,907	30,203,177	30,702,747		9,513,654	11,626,182	11,688,596	11,735,562	11,735,562
Land Court	2,640,133	2,574,809	2,619,743	2,868,631	2,350,474	2,350,474	2,386,331	2,386,331	2,386,331	2,386,331
Lottery Commission	72,788,225	72,288,088	72,387,010	69,662,129		82,347,536	84,032,708	91,760,781	92,719,866	98,641,337
MEMA	19,694,316	20,250,838	20,814,609	20,961,915	25,598,154	68,371,316	118,740,850	126,514,887	8,770,218	12,424,085
Massachusetts Cultural Council	18,049,046	18,070,538	19,754,768	7,893,521	7,971,921	9,023,874	9,643,520	12,121,420	13,517,733	13,134,227
Mental Health	574,929,643	585,767,497	593,803,078	607,312,240	4,312,276	598,871,057	466,370,016	649,718,281	670,749,144	684,304,949
Mental Retardation	862,304,346	912,462,806	938,064,182	997,321,067	1,018,778,736	1,071,767,949	1,124,302,340	1,180,889,469	1,234,416,406	1,275,537,491
Metropolitan District Commission	64,331,500	67,334,488	58,561,673	47,750,710
Military Division	7,460,801	7,557,533	6,553,498	6,597,481	9,257,403	15,330,100	5,851,741	26,124,825	55,404,617	35,485,713
Operational Services	14,771,943	14,534,713	13,876,246	12,814,187	11,699,250	10,678,000	3,041,309	12,007,565	12,310,094	12,968,295
Parole Board	13,504,684	12,972,579	14,185,866	14,006,246	13,058,144	13,530,984	14,323,191	18,468,859	18,480,679	19,859,543
Pension Benefits	937,954,598	1,041,562,986	797,637,851	814,100,313	9,808	509,808	509,808	509,808	509,808	209,808
Probate and Family Court	29,691,911	29,140,811	32,258,210	31,565,036		19,845,007	20,242,570	21,058,682	21,080,726	21,080,726
Public Health	649,745,285	648,493,165	674,739,006	606,332,033	384,689,991	611,897,284	650,979,880	690,209,263	843,183,883	870,156,125
Public Safety	4,933,385	4,944,017	5,984,610	6,111,442	5,928,204	110,680,755	7,942,213	93,380,963	122,693,637	110,760,169
Public Utilities									6,935,826	10,083,881
Refugees and Immigration	13,878,979	16,204,291	16,204,291	16,204,291		15,254,469		12,512,091	12,897,087	11,859,467
Registry of Deeds	19,130,353	19,211,437	16,739,153	15,901,987		16,601,203	17,618,823	23,030,020	20,131,063	20,465,245
Registry of Motor Vehicles	7,418,183	7,606,811	7,024,899	14,936,610	11,737,610	12,437,610	12,106,736	13,214,336	9,955,697	9,772,061
Rehabilitation Commission	115,017,967	107,041,430	117,148,858	119,694,122	35,886,317	115,561,889	123,958,276	129,875,291	132,474,319	129,381,877
Reserves	189,584,955	264,026,414	222,053,012	207,004,339	215,645,606	364,310,901	289,500,764	303,058,724	206,455,388	208,348,216
Secretary of State	20,741,715	23,752,835	18,365,290	21,898,157	1,125,000	23,209,549	20,214,138	25,352,382	22,088,683	29,733,886
Senate	18,050,647	18,050,647	18,050,647	16,620,035	17,897,012	16,620,035	18,050,647	18,592,166	18,964,007	18,964,007
Sheriffs	3,337,953	9,555,091	15,738,044	15,739,445	17,471,543	19,968,391	20,481,380	21,435,619	22,519,518	25,155,187
Social Services	523,153,881	567,339,935	584,755,250	685,580,258	694,104,580	722,286,592	761,161,165	787,108,520	817,715,501	850,726,888
State Auditor	14,645,708	15,487,199	15,380,218	16,265,403	16,265,403	16,622,603	17,310,791	18,131,496	19,018,596	19,757,124
State Comptroller's Office	7,616,831	8,191,841	8,351,777	7,930,392	7,905,392	13,561,394	8,448,692	12,105,154	11,913,416	12,414,099
State Corrections	410,027,740	410,219,249	425,094,680	433,761,017	446,417,956	445,727,846	445,399,846	468,597,327	490,020,327	546,373,622
State Police	195,389,007	212,682,821	225,005,905	248,330,848	242,167,590	251,238,644	255,776,741	271,505,337	296,305,803	316,463,006
Superior Court	29,313,840	29,441,880	28,805,779	27,197,515		22,533,267	23,398,071	23,398,071	23,430,942	23,430,942
Supreme Court	111,237,801	114,454,546	117,697,980	110,550,978	10,450,892	119,753,253	150,787,019	184,739,130	190,834,027	218,920,126
Transitional Assistance	834,516,882	794,785,130	804,392,293	860,959,738	826,894,702	850,991,096	860,760,453	864,443,232	864,651,427	914,738,641
Transportation	1,112,526,132	99,791,409	68,744,642	54,321,407	11,890,999	59,103,128	53,008,884	72,823,103	73,289,003	86,338,789
Treasurer and Receiver	508,548,960	509,192,075	506,562,512	469,797,738	403,565,672	407,476,292	411,224,444	425,316,136	430,593,959	430,823,540
Trial Court	177,256,930	186,566,366	188,770,016	190,046,575	235,094,357	240,159,891	251,211,323	300,544,467	289,097,333	323,058,211
Veteran Services	35,064,283	37,608,042	39,360,034	39,955,159	40,145,876	40,725,696	42,211,805	43,724,480	46,528,209	47,752,994
Veterans Services	23,643,658	23,420,530	36,369,852	29,942,225	25,925,262	34,140,911	35,406,574	47,268,905	43,644,529	50,689,085
Victim and Witness Assistance Board	6,040,020	8,940,920	9,074,410	8,610,396	970,833	9,293,274	1,017,918	9,974,333	9,927,809	1,399,888
Youth Services	112,723,794	116,483,681	123,895,779	118,269,918	122,914,975	130,414,427	144,671,383	157,876,811	160,353,526	163,021,526
Totals	22,236,638,222	22,328,282,948	23,125,634,961	24,327,698,849	19,539,309,740	24,310,613,272	24,984,798,323	27,339,127,873	28,300,456,073	29,451,534,982

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