| EXPENDITURE CATEGORY |
TOTAL SPENT ANNUALLY
PER CATEGORY |
| Apparel |
$76,207,081.35 |
| Apparel Services & AcCes |
$12,094,904.29 |
| Audio equipmemt |
$2,658,452.70 |
| Baby sitting and elderly care |
$13,531,119.39 |
| Books |
$1,870,195.11 |
| Books & Supplies |
$5,420,980.93 |
| Boys apparel |
$3,860,012.40 |
| Cellular phoe service |
$12,485,160.80 |
| Cigaretts |
$9,350,723.65 |
| Computer hardware |
$10,823,040.35 |
| Computer information Svcs |
$5,255,601.55 |
| Computer software |
$841,705.39 |
| Contributions |
$58,066,420.32 |
| Coolant and other fluids |
$241,750.79 |
| Cosmetics & perfume |
$3,232,863.35 |
| Deodrants and othr pers care |
$898,617.96 |
| Education |
$38,930,859.70 |
| Electricity |
$40,615,724.28 |
| Entertainment |
$87,564,590.65 |
| Fees & admissions |
$22,765,399.90 |
| Finance chgs. Mtg. & Veh. |
$16,909,280.69 |
| Floor covernings |
$2,339,849.15 |
| Food and Bevrages |
$242,922,434.58 |
| Food at home (Groceries) |
$127,471,835.03 |
| Food away from home |
$97,083,958.60 |
| Footwear |
$12,264,661.92 |
| Fuel oil & other fuels |
$4,062,437.94 |
| Funeral & cemetery |
$2,858,708.14 |
| Furniture |
$18,634,444.00 |
| Gasoline & oil |
$70,066,780.66 |
| Gifts |
$41,186,341.72 |
| Girls aparrel |
$5,109,610.59 |
| Hair care |
$1,779,479.26 |
| Hard surface flooring |
$630,907.56 |
| Health care |
$95,678,800.73 |
| Health care insurance |
$46,183,186.72 |
| Health care srvices |
$23,377,860.84 |
| Health supplies & equip |
$26,117,753.17 |
| Household sevices |
$10,001,712.61 |
| Household supplies |
$24,782,144.30 |
| Household textiles |
$4,837,133.02 |
| Housewares & small app |
$34,774,066.99 |
| Indoor plants & fresh flowers |
$2,217,061.97 |
| Infants apparrel |
$3,437,719.79 |
| Jewelry |
$4,819,169.60 |
| legal & accounting |
$3,151,580.80 |
| Magazines |
$1,047,158.58 |
| Major appliances |
$7,935,475.94 |
| Mass transit |
$3,106,800.46 |
| Men's apparrel |
$14,354,527.14 |
| Mortgage interest |
$122,900,341.50 |
| Natural gas |
$15,561,887.63 |
| New car purchased |
$36,139,814.74 |
| New truck purchased |
$42,785,453.21 |
| New vehicle purchased |
$78,925,503.20 |
| Newspapers |
$2,189,014.84 |
| Oral hygene products |
$823,560.20 |
| Other lodging |
$18,092,322.11 |
| Other miscellaneous expenses |
$3,256,554.26 |
| Other repairs & maintenance |
$4,599,094.51 |
| Other tabacco products |
$1,042,126.51 |
| Other transportation costs |
$17,719,861.21 |
| Other utilities |
$12,802,380.87 |
| Paint & wallpaper |
$2,036,180.78 |
| Personal care products |
$5,337,337.76 |
| Personal care services |
$15,315,487.00 |
| Personal insurance |
$16,107,859.30 |
| Pet supplies & Svcs |
$8,505,436.15 |
| Photographic equipment & supplies |
$3,793,698.56 |
| Plumbing & heating |
$1,813,657.05 |
| Property taxes |
$52,643,413.84 |
| Public transportation |
$18,028,230.25 |
| Records/tapes/CD purchases |
$4,257,517.19 |
| Recreational equip & supplies |
$34,217,965.75 |
| Rental costs |
$69,506,272.24 |
| Roofing & siding |
$2,490,788.13 |
| Satelite dishes |
$332,444.84 |
| Shaving needs |
$382,526.90 |
| Shelter |
$881,257,041.55 |
| Telephone Svc escl cell |
$24,553,152.06 |
| Televisions |
$3,860,983.07 |
| Transportation |
$312,280,078.53 |
| Tuition |
$33,509,966.14 |
| Used car purchases |
$27,115,179.92 |
| Used truck purchases |
$23,573,722.39 |
| VCR's & related equipment |
$1,600,656.10 |
| Vehicle insurance |
$35,452,850.54 |
| Vehicle repair |
$24,197,746.74 |
| Vehicle repair and maintenance |
$24,439,497.53 |
| Video & audio equipment |
$30,581,285.51 |
| Video game hardware & sofware |
$993,780.06 |
| Watches |
$897,430.08 |
| Women's aparrel |
$25,007,016.82 |
| TOTAL ANNUALEXPENDITURES |
$3,434,915,781.70 |
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| Source: DemographicsNow 2009 |
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