Total expenditures for 1995–97 (including federal and special funds) totaled approximately $3.6 billion, including $500 million for transportation, a total of $1.1 billion for health and human services, and a total of $1.3 billion for education. North Dakota has the only state-owned bank and state-owned mill, contributing $50 million and $3 million, respectively, to the general fund during the 1999–2001 biennium.
For the biennial 2003–2005 budget, legislative appropriations for the $1.804 billion general fund budget included, by function, 34.9% for elementary and secondary education, 23.9% for health and human services, 20% for higher education, 8.4% for general government and grants, 6.1% for public safety, 4.1% for agriculture and economic development, 1.4% for natural resources, and 1.2% for regulatory agencies. The following table from the US Census Bureau contains information on revenues, expenditures, indebtedness, and cash/securities for 2001.
($000) | PERCENT | PER CAPITA | |
Population (thousands, 2001) | 637 | (X) | (X) |
Total Revenue | 3,373,244 | 100.00 | 5,295.52 |
General revenue | 2,840,380 | 84.20 | 4,459.00 |
Insurance trust revenue | 532,864 | 15.80 | 836.52 |
Exhibit: Salaries and wages | 4,939,301 | 170.44 | 7,754.00 |
Total expenditure | 2,897,950 | 100.00 | 4,549.37 |
General expenditure | 2,673,193 | 92.24 | 4,196.54 |
Education | 902,302 | 31.14 | 1,416.49 |
Public welfare | 600,415 | 20.72 | 942.57 |
Hospitals | 44,212 | 1.53 | 69.41 |
Health | 50,017 | 1.73 | 78.52 |
Highways | 322,484 | 11.13 | 506.25 |
Police protection | 9,815 | 0.34 | 15.41 |
Correction | 37,605 | 1.30 | 59.03 |
Natural resources | 101,487 | 3.50 | 159.32 |
Parks and recreation | 10,805 | 0.37 | 16.96 |
Government administration | 96,974 | 3.35 | 152.24 |
Interest on general debt | 85,986 | 2.97 | 134.99 |
Other and unallocable | 411,091 | 14.19 | 645.35 |
Insurance trust expenditure | 224,757 | 7.76 | 352.84 |
Debt at end of fiscal year | 1,549,350 | 100.00 | 2,432.26 |
Cash and security holdings | 6,777,927 | 100.00 | 10,640.39 |