Budget Explorer · State of Oregon

Where the money comes from, and where it goes

Comparable revenue, spending, and debt for Oregon's state government, on the same Census classification used for all fifty states and every city and county in the Library. Transfers to local governments and school districts are broken out, since for most states they are the single largest line. Latest year: FY ending Jun 30, 2024.

Audited actuals · Census classification · 4.24M residents

Total revenue

$50.7B

$11,965 per resident

Total spending

$53.8B

$12,689 per resident

Spending per resident

$12,689

85th percentile of 50

Debt outstanding

$16.9B

$3,978 per resident · 71st percentile of 50

Own-source share

63%

45th percentile of 50

Capital share

3%

7th percentile of 50

Where the money comes from

$50.7B total

Own-source revenue (taxes, charges, interest) versus aid from other governments. Utility and trust revenue are shown alongside general revenue but run on their own books.

  • Property tax$21M0%
  • General sales tax$1.34B3%
  • Selective sales taxes$2.60B5%
  • Income taxes$11.2B22%
  • License & other taxes$1.77B3%
  • Federal aid$17.6B35%
  • State & local aid$30M0%
  • Charges & fees$8.15B16%
  • Interest, fines, other$4.93B10%
  • Liquor & insurance trust$3.10B6%

Own-source share of general revenue 63% · federal aid 37% · property tax is 0% of taxes

Where it goes

$53.8B total

Current operations plus capital outlay, grouped by Census function. Interest on debt and transfers to other governments are broken out so they are not hidden inside services.

  • Public welfare$20.5B38%
  • Transfers to other governments$9.70B18%
  • Education$7.67B14%
  • Health & hospitals$5.90B11%
  • General government$4.13B8%
  • Public safety$2.00B4%
  • Transportation$1.85B3%
  • Environment & housing$1.18B2%
  • Other$586M1%
  • Interest on debt$192M0%
  • Culture & recreation$136M0%
Show top functions with operating vs. capital ▸
FunctionCategoryOperatingCapitalTotal
Public welfarePublic welfare$20.3B$20.3B
Higher educationEducation$4.02B$1.01B$5.03B
HospitalsHealth & hospitals$4.08B$305M$4.38B
General (unallocable)General government$1.99B$57M$2.05B
HighwaysTransportation$1.67B$144M$1.81B
HealthHealth & hospitals$1.52B$702K$1.52B
Education (other)Education$1.27B$96K$1.27B
Corrections (institutions)Public safety$1.15B$57M$1.21B
Financial administrationGeneral government$974M$45M$1.02B
Natural resourcesEnvironment & housing$887M$18M$905M
Higher education (auxiliary)Education$734M$126M$859M
Liquor storesOther$577M$1.1M$578M
Judicial & legalGeneral government$547M$1.9M$548M
Education assistance & subsidiesEducation$505M$505M

Trend · 3 fiscal years

Nominal dollars. The Census Bureau cautions that single-government series are edited only for aggregates — read direction, not decimals.

Revenue

+2% over 2 yrs

FY2022FY2023FY2024

$50.0B$50.7B

Spending

+18% over 2 yrs

FY2022FY2023FY2024

$45.6B$53.8B

Debt outstanding

+15% over 2 yrs

FY2022FY2023FY2024

$14.6B$16.9B

How it compares · the 50 states

Percentile within the cohort on each place's latest Census year. Higher is not better — the last column says what a high reading means so you can decide whether it matters here.

MeasureOregonCohort medianPercentileHigher means
Spending per resident$12,689$9,466
85th
more spent per resident
Revenue per resident$11,965$9,800
79th
more raised per resident
Taxes per resident$3,999$4,114
47th
heavier own-tax load
Debt per resident$3,978$3,139
71st
more borrowed per resident
Own-source share of revenue63%64%
45th
less dependent on aid
Federal aid share of revenue37%35%
61st
more exposed to federal cuts
Capital share of spending3%7%
7th
more building, less operating
Interest share of spending0%1%
3rd
more spend servicing debt
Debt ÷ annual revenue0.33×0.29×
59th
more leveraged
  • Census classification categories, not this government's own budget structure. Figures are audited actuals for the fiscal year shown, not the adopted budget.
  • The Census Bureau edits unit-level data only to produce state and national aggregates and advises against reading it as a precise time series for any single government; treat year-over-year moves under ~5% as noise.
  • Employee-retirement-system revenue is excluded (published separately by Census). Utility and insurance-trust revenue are shown separately from general revenue.
  • Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (Individual Unit public-use files), unit 410000226358 (Oregon). Retrieved 2026-09-07. Classification manual.

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