Mississippi Spending Tracker
Mississippi reported $26.99B in general expenditures for Census FY2024. The largest functions were public welfare, education, hospitals. This tracker shows reported financial activity, separately from permission to spend in an enacted budget.
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$26,993,365,000 · Census FY2024 · State government only
General expenditures include direct spending and transfers to other governments. They exclude utilities, liquor-store expenditure and insurance-trust payments.
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General expenditure ledger
| Function | Reported dollars | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Public welfare | $8,925,218,000 | 33.1% |
| Education | $8,375,437,000 | 31.0% |
| Hospitals | $2,209,446,000 | 8.2% |
| General local government support | $2,032,417,000 | 7.5% |
| Highways | $1,531,451,000 | 5.7% |
| Other and unallocable | $726,407,000 | 2.7% |
| Health | $665,190,000 | 2.5% |
| Financial administration | $620,772,000 | 2.3% |
| Natural resources | $412,663,000 | 1.5% |
| Corrections | $384,992,000 | 1.4% |
| Interest on general debt | $262,396,000 | 1.0% |
| Police protection | $232,735,000 | 0.9% |
| Judicial and legal services | $158,292,000 | 0.6% |
| Protective inspection and regulation | $155,569,000 | 0.6% |
| Government administration and buildings | $108,412,000 | 0.4% |
| Parks and recreation | $60,354,000 | 0.2% |
| Housing and community development | $51,076,000 | 0.2% |
| Veterans' services | $46,692,000 | 0.2% |
| Sea and inland port facilities | $18,580,000 | 0.1% |
| Libraries | $13,704,000 | 0.1% |
| Air transportation | $1,562,000 | 0.0% |
| Miscellaneous commercial activities | $0 | 0.0% |
| Parking facilities | $0 | 0.0% |
| Sewerage | $0 | 0.0% |
| Solid waste management | $0 | 0.0% |
| Total general expenditures | $26,993,365,000 | 100.0% |
The function groups sum exactly to Census aggregate SF0133 before rounding. Some categories include transfers to local governments; they are not all payments to contractors.
Other reported expenditure measures
SF0132 equals general expenditures plus utilities and liquor stores. Insurance-trust expenditure is separately reported and excluded from both SF0132 and the general-expenditure headline. These measures are displayed to explain coverage; they are not an enacted all-funds budget.
General revenue sources
| Revenue category | Reported dollars |
|---|---|
| Federal intergovernmental revenue | $11,394,309,000 |
| Local intergovernmental revenue | $44,518,000 |
| Taxes | $10,602,589,000 |
| Current charges | $3,072,038,000 |
| Miscellaneous general revenue | $2,034,336,000 |
| Total general revenue · SF0002 | $27,147,790,000 |
Revenue sources are not an appropriation-by-fund chart and do not trace a particular revenue dollar to a particular spending function. Federal transfers received here should not be added again as federal awards to construct a combined spending total.
Mississippi’s FY2025 approved spending authority
The Legislative Budget Office’s all-funds appropriations and reappropriations total $31,651,974,218 for July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. That different year and basis cannot be subtracted from Census FY2024 expenditures to calculate an underspend.
| Official budget group | Authorized dollars |
|---|---|
| Social Welfare | $10,707,062,949 |
| Public Education | $5,234,173,930 |
| Higher Education | $4,089,931,904 |
| Part Iii - Transportation Dept | $2,426,148,288 |
| General fund agency reappropriations | $1,843,667,646 |
| Military, Police And Vets Affairs | $1,046,789,178 |
| Fiscal Affairs | $946,904,263 |
| Public Health | $790,426,539 |
| Conservation | $745,516,524 |
| Hospitals And Hospital Schools | $691,628,428 |
| Special fund agency reappropriations | $611,595,004 |
| Agriculture And Economic Dev | $600,043,290 |
| Debt Service | $476,997,831 |
| Corrections | $458,947,245 |
| Part Ii - Special Fund Agencies | $376,547,332 |
| Miscellaneous | $212,000,130 |
| Judiciary And Justice | $183,184,329 |
| Local Assistance | $92,000,000 |
| Executive And Administrative | $43,275,923 |
| Legislative | $37,472,006 |
| Insurance | $31,161,479 |
| General Fd Approp (Non-Recurring) | $6,500,000 |
Read the official FY2025 budget bulletin ↗ · Download the separate appropriation ledger
Official budget documents
Mississippi Office of Budget & Fund Management ↗
Use enacted or approved documents for spending authority. Budget-office resources can also contain proposals, recommendations and amendments; their status and fiscal period must be checked before comparing a figure with this expenditure ledger.
Inspect the budget-resource source notesQuestions about this tracker
How much did Mississippi state government spend?
The Census FY2024 general-expenditure measure is $26,993,365,000. This excludes utilities, liquor stores and insurance-trust expenditures; the separate measures above show those coverage differences.
Is this the latest enacted budget?
No. This is the latest fiscal year in the retrieved Census state-finance bulk release: FY2024. An enacted budget authorizes spending and requires a separate official state budget source.
Does a large spending category prove fraud?
No. These are accounting records, not audit findings, recipient payment records or evidence of misconduct. Check a specific claim against an audit, contract, payment or documented outcome.
Can I compare two states directly?
You can compare the same Census measure and year, but total dollars do not adjust for population, prices or which level of government provides a service. Transfers and local spending need careful treatment.
Published sources and reproducibility
- Census State Government Finances table · FY2024
- Official Census bulk download · source amounts are thousands of dollars; downloads here normalize them to dollars.
- FY2024 Census methodology and fiscal-period scope
- Source files, hashes and normalization notes
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Automated data processing and AI-assisted explanatory writing are disclosed. Follow the primary sources to verify each measure. A spending total or missing record does not establish fraud.