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Commonwealth ( your wealth is their wealth ) of Massachusetts Expenditures | ||||||||||
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Conservation and Recreation | 71,534,400 | 77,453,311 | 82,677,092 | 94,732,483 | 105,120,948 | 101,414,166 | ||||
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 |
Economic Development/Labor Development | 232,136,252 | 232,735,190 | 238,217,662 | 239,076,184 | 227,615,319 | 130,653,472 | 64,830,474 | 270,651,558 | 288,735,802 | 277,878,950 |
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 |
Highway Safety | 4,231,781 | 4,616,220 | 9,253,399 | 7,130,807 | 19,156,211 | |||||
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
MBTA | 1,074,007,121 | 68,696,911 | 42,226,834 | 42,226,834 | 684,300,000 | 733,082,640 | 762,782,640 | 785,737,200 | 808,254,572 | 824,638,391 |
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 |
Metropolitan District Commission | 64,331,500 | 67,334,488 | 58,561,673 | 47,750,710 | ||||||
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 |
Public Utilities | 6,935,826 | 10,083,881 | ||||||||
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 |
Reserves | 175,584,955 | 236,526,414 | 177,733,380 | 167,684,707 | 176,325,974 | 322,426,176 | 247,616,039 | 260,789,092 | 203,755,388 | 205,648,216 |
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 |
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 |
Transportation | 52,519,011 | 58,594,498 | 26,517,808 | 12,094,573 | 11,890,999 | 10,320,488 | 2,826,244 | 21,085,903 | 21,034,431 | 29,700,398 |
Treasurer and Receiver | 508,548,960 | 509,192,075 | 506,562,512 | 469,797,738 | 403,583,172 | 407,476,292 | 411,224,444 | 425,316,136 | 430,593,959 | 430,823,540 |
General Government | 3,354,100,271 | 2,381,568,696 | 2,190,787,141 | 2,032,228,556 | 2,332,925,003 | 2,755,093,650 | 2,708,533,921 | 3,136,649,839 | 3,056,770,227 | 3,102,982,981 |
Attorney General | 19,419,105 | 24,083,622 | 24,034,446 | 23,007,774 | 23,007,774 | 25,521,924 | 26,568,152 | 27,258,112 | 28,741,871 | 29,298,617 |
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 | |
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 | |||||
County Corrections | 329,364,921 | 327,499,955 | 346,273,338 | 359,488,714 | 361,299,221 | 375,625,571 | 390,278,627 | 425,805,933 | 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 |
District Attorney | 80,732,192 | 82,332,428 | 85,596,959 | 82,966,638 | 50,205,867 | 87,819,639 | 91,031,295 | 103,162,293 | 106,142,431 | 109,738,447 |
District Court | 115,069,050 | 131,084,006 | 121,241,871 | 117,893,220 | 34,862,624 | 35,097,985 | 36,227,708 | 36,562,502 | 39,147,707 | 39,147,707 |
Homeland Security | 38,467,207 | 43,994,354 | 43,666,895 | 39,985,179 | 28,255,800 | 50,886,462 | 43,300,264 | 46,647,441 | 49,311,908 | 47,528,424 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 | 202,800,429 | 226,510,167 | 248,417,419 | 275,343,012 | 270,273,100 | 289,400,352 | 301,700,189 | 320,064,276 | 348,060,387 | 367,519,945 |
State Police Overtime | 16,325,618 | 18,590,362 | 18,273,357 | 18,028,426 | 18,028,426 | 18,028,426 | 16,542,522 | 23,023,649 | 18,321,315 | 20,504,274 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Criminal Justice | 1,706,158,071 | 1,784,668,235 | 1,853,023,339 | 1,878,036,639 | 1,675,403,525 | 2,059,719,154 | 2,014,799,431 | 2,334,647,458 | 2,464,321,385 | 2,596,393,117 |
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 |
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 |
Pension Benefits | 937,954,598 | 1,041,562,986 | 797,637,851 | 814,100,313 | 9,808 | 1,217,509,808 | 1,274,509,808 | 1,335,709,808 | 1,399,109,808 | 1,465,209,808 |
Pension, Health Insurance and Debt | 2,841,145,281 | 3,142,667,967 | 2,941,593,417 | 3,114,663,494 | 2,421,056,499 | 3,802,161,863 | 4,090,865,297 | 4,354,684,523 | 4,182,659,993 | 4,351,463,248 |
Education | 4,158,189,488 | 4,459,060,349 | 4,862,441,693 | 5,415,561,405 | 4,725,408,895 | 5,169,672,936 | 5,142,552,339 | 5,475,269,581 | 5,766,207,758 | 6,014,353,379 |
Higher Education | 145,005,502 | 138,669,973 | 123,731,867 | 116,190,417 | 2,984,672 | 96,501,511 | 97,921,543 | 147,987,638 | 115,402,341 | 114,983,934 |
State Colleges | 179,670,664 | 193,185,188 | 190,695,709 | 201,000,204 | 539,183 | 169,454,102 | 189,048,051 | 209,514,855 | 218,227,565 | 226,272,910 |
Community Colleges | 213,268,404 | 221,708,771 | 242,184,174 | 233,214,684 | 198,484,056 | 199,353,158 | 214,967,972 | 225,197,707 | 249,694,262 | 258,678,308 |
UMass | 459,129,941 | 492,708,311 | 475,065,351 | 450,934,325 | 327,764,464 | 343,619,774 | 416,471,784 | 451,423,796 | 477,426,670 | 502,176,494 |
Education | 5,155,263,999 | 5,505,332,592 | 5,894,118,794 | 6,416,901,035 | 5,255,181,270 | 5,978,601,481 | 6,060,961,689 | 6,509,393,577 | 6,826,958,596 | 7,116,465,025 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Public Health | 649,745,285 | 648,493,165 | 674,739,006 | 606,332,033 | 378,689,991 | 611,897,284 | 650,979,880 | 690,209,263 | 843,183,883 | 870,156,125 |
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 |
Health, Elder Affairs and Retardation | 6,791,496,474 | 7,090,373,566 | 7,774,597,483 | 8,271,641,929 | 6,001,711,854 | 9,348,228,830 | 9,758,962,299 | 10,632,385,978 | 11,499,890,122 | 12,001,764,261 |
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 |
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 |
Early Education and Care | 462,614,244 | 497,542,241 | 533,500,968 | 581,895,819 | ||||||
Housing and Community Development | 427,312,692 | 449,413,606 | 429,765,324 | 442,112,142 | 428,398,490 | 464,648,901 | 486,030,852 | 559,446,180 | 536,229,005 | 553,052,607 |
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 | ||
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 |
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 |
Veterans Services | 58,707,941 | 61,028,572 | 75,729,886 | 69,897,384 | 66,071,138 | 74,866,607 | 77,618,379 | 90,993,385 | 90,172,738 | 98,442,079 |
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 |
Welfare | 2,388,474,126 | 2,423,671,892 | 2,471,514,787 | 2,614,227,196 | 2,535,229,644 | 2,663,808,294 | 2,825,975,686 | 3,013,066,498 | 3,059,155,750 | 3,217,466,350 |
Totals | 22,236,638,222 | 22,328,282,948 | 23,125,634,961 | 24,327,698,849 | 20,221,507,795 | 26,607,613,272 | 27,460,098,323 | 29,980,827,873 | 31,089,756,073 | 32,386,534,982 |
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