Washington budget growth above population x inflation, by area

Washington's 2023-25 Near General Fund appropriations were about $21.2 billion higher than 2013-15 appropriations grown by population times US inflation. K-12 accounts for $8.1 billion (38%), Other Human Services $6.2 billion (29%), DSHS $2.3 billion (11%), Governmental Operations $1.7 billion (8%), Higher Education $1.4 billion (7%), Natural Resources $0.7 billion, Special Appropriations $0.6 billion, Judicial $0.2 billion, Legislative and Transportation under $0.1 billion each, and Other Education -$0.2 billion.

aboveBenchmarkMillions	area	benchmark2023_25Millions	ngf2013_15Millions	ngf2023_25Millions	shareOfExcessPct
8100	Public Schools (K-12)	23253	15298	31353	38.2
6186	Other Human Services	9453	6219	15639	29.2
2349	Dept of Social & Health Services	8803	5792	11152	11.1
1407	Higher Education	4698	3091	6105	6.6
1669	Governmental Operations	706	465	2375	7.9
633	Special Appropriations	3199	2105	3832	3
713	Natural Resources	411	270	1124	3.4
238	Judicial	369	243	607	1.1
64	Legislative	215	141	279	0.3
64	Transportation	106	70	170	0.3
-205	Other Education	313	206	108	-1

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Grew exactly with population x inflation: Bars above zero grew faster than population x US inflation from 2013-15 to 2023-25; the total above the benchmark is about $21.2 billion.