The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Table 1.  State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government
                 and by State: 2001 - 02
(Dollar amounts are in thousands.  For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table. Revised October 2005)
Description United States
State & local  State  Local
government government government
amount1 amount amount1
1 2 3
     
 Population (April 1, 2000, in thousands) 281,422 (X) (X)
       
                    Revenue1 1,806,591,592 1,097,045,283 1,083,074,484
       
               General revenue1 1,684,879,080 1,062,627,836 995,779,419
       
Intergovernmental revenue1 360,546,218 335,433,606 398,640,787
     From federal government 360,546,218 317,582,530 42,963,688
     From state government X X 355,677,099
     From local government1 X 17,851,076 X
       
General revenue from own sources   1,324,332,862 727,194,230 597,138,632
    Taxes   905,100,802 535,191,161 369,909,641
          Property 279,191,478 9,702,385 269,489,093
          Sales and gross receipts   324,122,506 262,360,613 61,761,893
               General sales   222,986,687 179,665,257 43,321,430
               Selective sales 101,135,819 82,695,356 18,440,463
                    Motor fuel 33,044,249 31,968,036 1,076,213
                    Alcoholic beverage 4,600,156 4,249,208 350,948
                    Tobacco products 9,092,865 8,902,018 190,847
                    Public utilities   20,293,723 10,287,949 10,005,774
                    Other selective sales   34,104,826 27,288,145 6,816,681
          Individual income   202,832,254 185,646,573 17,185,681
          Corporate income   28,151,862 25,123,137 3,028,725
          License taxes 36,716,191 35,391,102 1,325,089
            Motor vehicle license   16,935,486 15,641,246 1,294,240
          Other taxes   34,086,511 16,967,351 17,119,160
       
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   419,232,060 192,003,069 227,228,991
          Current charges   253,189,078 100,213,156 152,975,922
               Education   72,290,510 55,056,005 17,234,505
                    Institutions of higher education   61,318,228 54,441,497 6,876,731
                    School lunch sales (gross) 5,956,002 19,342 5,936,660
               Hospitals   65,404,087 24,352,132 41,051,955
               Highways   8,196,456 5,088,978 3,107,478
               Air transportation (airports)   12,330,615 791,614 11,539,001
               Parking facilities   1,402,243 - 1,402,243
               Sea and inland port facilities   2,685,135 735,873 1,949,262
               Natural resources   3,001,013 2,115,202 885,811
               Parks and recreation   7,021,178 1,199,448 5,821,730
               Housing and community development   4,295,737 529,252 3,766,485
               Sewerage   27,112,453 33,643 27,078,810
               Solid waste management   11,192,000 369,854 10,822,146
               Other charges   38,257,651 9,941,155 28,316,496
       
          Miscellaneous general revenue   166,042,982 91,789,913 74,253,069
               Interest earnings   67,160,731 31,946,908 35,213,823
               Special assessments   4,779,439 118,776 4,660,663
               Sale of property   2,186,748 838,343 1,348,405
               Other general revenue   91,916,064 58,885,886 33,030,178
       
               Other than general revenue 121,712,512 34,417,447 87,295,065
       
Utility revenue 102,352,097 11,935,400 90,416,697
     Water supply   33,236,410 159,309 33,077,101
     Electric power   54,403,809 10,102,135 44,301,674
     Gas supply   5,761,745 11,743 5,750,002
     Transit   8,950,133 1,662,213 7,287,920
       
Liquor store revenue   5,065,107 4,287,846 777,261
       
Insurance trust revenue   14,295,308 18,194,201 -3,898,893
     Unemployment compensation   27,085,525 26,959,552 125,973
     Employee retirement   -30,919,630 -26,894,764 -4,024,866
     Workers' compensation   14,175,176 14,175,176 -
     Other insurance trust revenue   3,954,237 3,954,237 -
       
                Expenditure1 2,051,537,122 1,282,852,187 1,140,396,140
       
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 4,387,483 364,847,087 11,251,601
     Direct expenditure   2,047,149,639 918,005,100 1,129,144,539
          Current operations   1,499,243,299 622,489,323 876,753,976
          Capital outlay   257,071,380 89,767,123 167,304,257
               Construction   197,528,182 70,909,062 126,619,120
               Other capital outlay   59,543,198 18,858,061 40,685,137
          Assistance and subsidies   33,109,840 24,141,473 8,968,367
          Interest on debt   86,932,956 33,200,760 53,732,196
          Insurance benefits and repayments 170,792,164 148,406,421 22,385,743
          Exhibit: Salaries and wages   609,562,926 167,841,309 441,721,617
       
Direct expenditure by function 2,047,149,639 918,005,100 1,129,144,539
     Direct general expenditure   1,732,478,495 745,821,802 986,656,693
          Capital outlay   226,819,876 84,613,975 142,205,901
          Other direct general expenditure    1,505,658,619 661,207,827 844,450,792
       
          Education services:      
               Education   594,694,004 162,010,291 432,683,713
                       Capital outlay   71,679,929 16,589,327 55,090,602
                   Higher education   156,813,853 131,281,585 25,532,268
                        Capital outlay   17,651,521 15,365,177 2,286,344
                   Elementary & secondary   411,216,379 4,064,934 407,151,445
                        Capital outlay   53,294,269 490,011 52,804,258
                   Other education   26,663,772 26,663,772 -
               Libraries   8,260,071 419,049 7,841,022
       
          Social services and income maintenance:      
               Public welfare   281,176,211 241,481,381 39,694,830
                    Cash assistance payments 19,447,300 10,478,933 8,968,367
                    Vendor payments   195,367,235 192,261,940 3,105,295
                    Other public welfare   66,361,676 38,740,508 27,621,168
               Hospitals   87,609,368 37,072,499 50,536,869
                    Capital outlay   4,475,358 1,318,082 3,157,276
               Health   59,455,759 30,160,528 29,295,231
               Social insurance administration    5,082,130 5,072,948 9,182
               Veterans' services   361,190 361,190 -
       
          Transportation:      
               Highways   115,294,680 71,055,977 44,238,703
                    Capital outlay   66,017,487 49,119,344 16,898,143
               Air transportation (airports) 16,209,242 1,170,391 15,038,851
               Parking facilities   1,122,971 - 1,122,971
               Sea and inland port facilities   3,571,052 1,014,880 2,556,172
               Transit subsidies   625,569 304,225 321,344
       
          Public safety:      
               Police protection   64,458,395 9,407,598 55,050,797
               Fire protection   25,997,621 - 25,997,621
               Correction   54,615,236 36,428,737 18,186,499
                    Capital outlay   3,347,856 1,931,751 1,416,105
               Protective inspection and regulation   11,631,226 7,873,548 3,757,678
       
          Environment and housing:      
               Natural resources   22,000,189 16,588,299 5,411,890
                    Capital outlay   4,246,571 2,765,644 1,480,927
               Parks and recreation   30,101,204 4,952,534 25,148,670
                    Capital outlay   9,093,332 1,482,758 7,610,574
               Housing and community development    31,622,757 3,783,028 27,839,729
               Sewerage   31,257,197 1,049,804 30,207,393
                    Capital outlay   11,574,371 405,273 11,169,098
               Solid waste management   19,051,359 2,736,496 16,314,863
                    Capital outlay   1,607,423 273,093 1,334,330
       
          Governmental administration:      
               Financial administration   32,659,750 18,939,795 13,719,955
               Judicial and legal   31,210,148 14,415,793 16,794,355
               General public buildings 10,899,918 2,632,930 8,266,988
               Other governmental administration    18,009,148 3,921,391 14,087,757
          Interest on general debt   75,287,295 31,407,303 43,879,992
       
          General expenditure, n.e.c.:      
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   419,421 360,176 59,245
               Other and unallocable   99,795,384 41,201,011 58,594,373
       
     Utility expenditure 139,696,158 20,278,852 119,417,306
               Capital outlay   30,241,136 5,145,006 25,096,130
          Water supply   40,555,413 386,106 40,169,307
          Electric power   55,952,337 11,688,979 44,263,358
          Gas supply   5,720,135 8,929 5,711,206
          Transit   37,468,273 8,194,838 29,273,435
       
     Liquor store expenditure   4,182,822 3,498,025 684,797
       
     Insurance trust expenditure 170,792,164 148,406,421 22,385,743
          Unemployment compensation   42,195,724 42,046,248 149,476
          Employee retirement   114,931,372 92,695,105 22,236,267
          Workers' compensation   10,156,751 10,156,751 -
          Other insurance trust   3,508,317 3,508,317 -
       
               Debt outstanding   1,681,377,464 636,795,733 1,044,581,731
       
Short-term    43,241,795 18,644,078 24,597,717
Long-term    1,638,135,669 618,151,655 1,019,984,014
     Full faith and credit   617,347,908 158,824,537 458,523,371
     Nonguaranteed   1,020,787,761 459,327,118 561,460,643
       
Long-term debt by purpose:      
     Public debt for private purposes   417,680,939 258,526,562 159,154,377
     Education   324,249,696 92,042,524 232,207,172
     Utilities   216,062,111 23,675,610 192,386,501
     Other   680,142,923 243,906,959 436,235,964
Long-term debt issued   262,682,813 104,150,063 158,532,750
Long-term debt retired   161,884,705 64,906,147 96,978,558
       
                Cash and security holdings   3,650,740,524 2,555,425,220 1,095,315,304
       
Insurance trust funds   2,217,075,787 1,841,548,704 375,527,083
     Unemployment compensation    44,851,991 44,546,198 305,793
     Employee retirement   2,114,157,889 1,738,936,599 375,221,290
     Workers' compensation   56,771,248 56,771,248 -
     Miscellaneous   1,294,659 1,294,659 -
       
Other than insurance trust funds   1,433,664,737 713,876,516 719,788,221
     By purpose:      
          Offsets to debt   517,134,604 306,381,934 210,752,670
          Bond funds   158,948,662 36,106,498 122,842,164
          Other   757,581,471 371,388,084 386,193,387
1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (NA)   not available;  (X)   not applicable
Population source: U. S. Census Bureau, Population Division, released December 28, 2000

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: December 09 2005
Last Revised: December 09 2005