Federal Expenditures in Selected Programs, Pennsylvania, Fiscal Year 1997


Federal Expenditures for Selected Programs, Pennsylvania, Fiscal Year 1997

(in Thousand Dollars)
Payments to Pennsylvania and Local Governments by Federal Department
Total $10,267,937
HHS 5,900,162
Department of Transportation 1,275,541
HUD 1,224,369
Department of Education 689,668
Department of Agriculture 572,764
Department of Labor 266,657
EPA 96,546
Department of Justice 73,268
Department of the Interior 60,638
FEMA 39,089
Department of Veterans Affairs 12,893
Department of Commerce 11,512
Corporation for Public Broadcasting 9,063
Social Security Admin 2,763
EEO 1,423
National Foundation on the Arts 889
Mine Safety 512
Direct Payments for Individuals
Total $42,285,584
Social Security 15,837,282
Medicare 12,765,302
Federal Retirement and Disability payments 2,540,998
Guaranteed Student Loans 1,763,952
Unemployment Compensation, federal payments for 1,643,075
Food Stamps 866,625
Veterans, payment for benefit programs 744,909
Black Lung Payments 296,218
National Science Foundation 101,307
Per Capita PA Per Capita U.S. Per Capita
Total $5,433.79 $5,263.01
Social Security payments 1,677.61 1,326.81
Medicare payments 1,062.01 763.05
Medicaid 381.48 351.96
Highway Trust Fund 77.72 75.39
Food Stamps 72.10 72.18
Veteran Benefit programs 61.97 70.74
Housing Assistance 48.86 44.32
AFDC 45.68 35.73
Community Development 22.97 16.67
Child Nutrition 20.46 29.70
Pell Grants 17.74 20.49
State Employment Services 9.19 7.36


Source:        U.S. Census Bureau

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg