State budget
State checkbook
What state agencies paid out, added up by agency, by kind of spending and by the organizations paid. From the state’s own checkbook, FY14 to FY26.1 The state budget · The source data
$10.24B
paid to vendors and others, FY16$8.81B
to organizations we can name (86%)$1.43B
to individuals and others, unnamed (14%)2$7.59B
more in transfers between state accounts3Year by year
Payments to vendors and others by fiscal year, not counting transfers.
$17.02B
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| Year | Paid | Individuals and others | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY26 | $17.02B | $1.24B | $9.20B |
| FY25 | $13.40B | $1.24B | $12.41B |
| FY24 | $13.10B | $1.17B | $11.38B |
| FY23 | $13.05B | $1.19B | $9.89B |
| FY22 | $13.68B | $1.57B | $8.57B |
| FY21 | $12.46B | $1.36B | $8.64B |
| FY20 | $11.09B | $1.18B | $8.87B |
| FY19 | $11.25B | $1.27B | $6.91B |
| FY18 | $10.34B | $1.34B | $7.32B |
| FY17 | $10.20B | $1.26B | $7.34B |
| FY16 | $10.24B | $1.43B | $7.59B |
| FY15 | $9.87B | $1.53B | $7.50B |
| FY14 | $9.42B | $1.61B | $6.83B |
By agency, FY16
Every agency
By kind of spending, FY16
The state’s expense categories. “Aid to individuals” and “State aid” are money passed on to people, schools and local governments.
Organizations paid the most, FY16
- Des Moines Independent Community Schools$292.3M 3%
- University of Iowa$150.0M 1%
- Sioux City Comm Sch Dist$136.2M 1%
- Cedar Rapids CSD$135.1M 1%
- Davenport Comm Sch Dist$129.5M 1%
- Cedar Rapids City of$103.8M 1%
- Waterloo Comm Sch Dist$96.3M 1%
- Peterson Contractors Inc$89.0M 1%
- Area Education Agency 11$85.9M 1%
- Iowa City Comm Sch Dist$81.9M 1%
- Dubuque Comm Sch Dist$81.8M 1%
- Polk Co Treasurer$80.4M 1%
- Council Bluffs Comm Schl$75.0M 1%
- Ankeny Comm Sch Dist$69.3M 1%
- Ames Construction Inc$59.8M 1%
- Des Moines City of$59.5M 1%
- West Des Moines Comm SD$54.4M 1%
- Waukee Comm Sch Dist$54.1M 1%
- Iowa State University$54.1M 1%
- Southeast Polk Comm SD$51.8M 1%
Share of all payments that year. Every agency’s payments added together.
Payments to individuals and others
In FY16, $1.43B (14% of payments) went to payees that aren’t named here: people, and payees whose names don’t show they’re an organization. The state also lists $453.9M of its transfers and other entries under RESTRICTED payees.4