North Carolina Spending Tracker
North Carolina reported $89.38B in general expenditures for Census FY2024. The largest functions were public welfare, education, highways. This tracker shows reported financial activity, separately from permission to spend in an enacted budget.
$89,379,708,000 · 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 | $31,221,151,000 | 34.9% |
| Education | $30,560,195,000 | 34.2% |
| Highways | $7,130,285,000 | 8.0% |
| Hospitals | $3,396,459,000 | 3.8% |
| Other and unallocable | $3,302,213,000 | 3.7% |
| Corrections | $2,405,350,000 | 2.7% |
| Health | $1,931,526,000 | 2.2% |
| Financial administration | $1,700,719,000 | 1.9% |
| Judicial and legal services | $1,360,537,000 | 1.5% |
| General local government support | $1,058,566,000 | 1.2% |
| Natural resources | $914,078,000 | 1.0% |
| Interest on general debt | $765,114,000 | 0.9% |
| Police protection | $673,779,000 | 0.8% |
| Government administration and buildings | $623,833,000 | 0.7% |
| Parks and recreation | $623,046,000 | 0.7% |
| Housing and community development | $549,702,000 | 0.6% |
| Air transportation | $537,924,000 | 0.6% |
| Protective inspection and regulation | $284,376,000 | 0.3% |
| Sea and inland port facilities | $181,395,000 | 0.2% |
| Sewerage | $93,358,000 | 0.1% |
| Libraries | $31,554,000 | 0.0% |
| Veterans' services | $17,794,000 | 0.0% |
| Solid waste management | $15,083,000 | 0.0% |
| Parking facilities | $1,671,000 | 0.0% |
| Miscellaneous commercial activities | $0 | 0.0% |
| Total general expenditures | $89,379,708,000 | 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 | $31,417,578,000 |
| Local intergovernmental revenue | $1,258,088,000 |
| Taxes | $39,170,317,000 |
| Current charges | $8,903,951,000 |
| Miscellaneous general revenue | $6,353,388,000 |
| Total general revenue · SF0002 | $87,103,322,000 |
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.
Official budget documents
Find North Carolina’s official budget office in the NASBO directory ↗
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 North Carolina state government spend?
The Census FY2024 general-expenditure measure is $89,379,708,000. 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
How to read an audit finding · Compare all 50 state governments
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.