County Commons · Delaware
Delaware: state government and every county
The state's own money — what it collects and what it spends on — its official offices, how to vote, and a page for each of its 3 counties. Every number from official public records, with sources.
1,051,917 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.0% since 2020) · 3 counties
The state's money — Delaware state government, fiscal 2023
The state government took in $13.5 billion and spent $13.1 billion · $12,497 per resident. It owed $4.1 billion in debt at year's end.
Of every $100 it spends
Education$34.44 · $4.5 billion
Public welfare$29.71 · $3.9 billion
Governmental administration$8.28 · $1.1 billion
Other and unallocable$8.25 · $1.1 billion
Highways$5.32 · $689.3 million
Health$4.79 · $621 million
Correction$3.59 · $465 million
Interest on general debt$1.87 · $242.6 million
Police protection$1.59 · $205.9 million
Natural resources$0.80 · $104.1 million
Parks and recreation$0.70 · $90.6 million
Hospitals$0.65 · $84.8 million
✓ These 12 functions add to the state's general expenditure, $13 billion, exactly. “Public welfare” is mostly Medicaid. Money the state passes to counties, cities and school districts is counted in the function it pays for.
Where its money comes from
Taxes$6.6 billion
License taxes (vehicles, businesses, hunting and others)$2.7 billion
Individual income tax$2.4 billion
Selective sales taxes (fuel, tobacco, alcohol and others)$646.5 million
Corporate income tax$571.2 million
Other taxes (severance, transfer and others)$268.5 million
From other governments (mostly federal aid)$4.1 billion
Charges and fees (tuition, tolls, hospital charges)$1.2 billion
Other general revenue (interest, rents, settlements)$1.6 billion
Pension and insurance trust earnings and contributions$769 million
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances (State Totals), last revised Sept. 16, 2025. These are the state government's own books — counties, cities and school districts are separate.