The pie chart is designed to summarize state and local governments' expenditures in the 2002-2003 fiscal year. Twenty-eight percent of state and local governments' expenditures in that fiscal year went to education, followed by 21 percent for social services, 9 percent for insurance, 8 percent for public safety, and 7 percent each for transportation, environment and housing, and utilities. The "Other" category includes such things as liquor store expenditures, general expenditures, interest, general debt, and governmental administration.