The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Table 2.  Local Government Finances by Type of Government and State: 2001 - 02
(Dollar amounts are in thousands.  For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table.  Revised October 2005)
Description California
County Municipal Township Special District School District
government government government government government
amount amount amount amount amount
1 2 3 4 5
       
       
                    Revenue1 51,302,517 45,018,354 - 27,816,025 54,785,511
         
               General revenue1 52,414,128 38,517,972 - 18,888,769 54,785,511
         
Intergovernmental revenue1 33,526,072 7,605,339 - 6,237,908 36,462,888
     From federal government 1,901,954 1,913,954 - 3,023,440 566,959
     From state government 29,999,303 5,113,346 X 1,630,132 34,896,552
     From local government1 1,624,815 578,039 X 1,584,336 999,377
         
General revenue from own sources   18,888,056 30,912,633 - 12,650,861 18,322,623
    Taxes   8,419,842 16,869,262 - 3,787,093 13,592,493
          Property 6,783,093 6,389,425 - 1,641,952 13,476,546
          Sales and gross receipts   1,101,099 7,708,688 - 2,048,022 -
               General sales   799,491 4,628,875 - 2,048,022 -
               Selective sales 301,608 3,079,813 - - -
                    Motor fuel - - - - -
                    Alcoholic beverage - - - - -
                    Tobacco products 50 - - - -
                    Public utilities   204,001 2,129,383 - - -
                    Other selective sales   97,557 950,430 - - -
          Individual income   - - - - -
          Corporate income   - - - - -
          License taxes - - - - -
            Motor vehicle license   - - - - -
          Other taxes   535,650 2,771,149 - 97,119 115,947
         
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   10,468,214 14,043,371 - 8,863,768 4,730,130
          Current charges   7,214,821 8,581,656 - 7,039,299 1,711,147
               Education   125,411 - - - 1,711,147
                    Institutions of higher education   - - - - 1,047,237
                    School lunch sales (gross) )                           381 - - - 529,403
               Hospitals   2,651,687 328,863 - 1,859,240 -
               Highways   94,847 40,641 - 205,283 -
               Air transportation (airports)   183,325 1,307,228 - 179,146 -
               Parking facilities   23,761 212,795 - - -
               Sea and inland port facilities   1,311 690,405 - 148,062 -
               Natural resources   - - - 587,190 -
               Parks and recreation   171,268 750,903 - 175,138 -
               Housing and community development   13,731 333,813 - 141,408 -
               Sewerage   174,104 2,128,871 - 1,282,385 -
               Solid waste management   627,985 1,107,130 - 93,068 -
               Other charges   3,147,391 1,681,007 - 2,368,379 -
         
          Miscellaneous general revenue   3,253,393 5,461,715 - 1,824,469 3,018,983
               Interest earnings   1,154,245 2,592,402 - 1,377,810 808,302
               Special assessments   352,277 552,205 - 249,697 -
               Sale of property   19,210 238,089 - 2,323 -
               Other general revenue   1,727,661 2,079,019 - 194,639 2,210,681
         
               Other than general revenue -1,111,611 6,500,382 - 8,927,256 -
         
Utility revenue 142,588 7,737,759 - 8,936,174 -
     Water supply   130,633 2,828,601 - 4,029,540 -
     Electric power   1,976 4,597,734 - 3,856,570 -
     Gas supply   - 106,513 - - -
     Transit   9,979 204,911 - 1,050,064 -
         
Liquor store revenue   - - - - -
         
Insurance trust revenue   -1,254,199 -1,237,377 - -8,918 -
     Unemployment compensation   - - - - -
     Employee retirement   -1,254,199 -1,237,377 - -8,918 -
     Workers' compensation   - - - - -
     Other insurance trust revenue   - - - - -
         
                Expenditure1 53,350,126 48,455,115 - 25,562,389 57,093,478
         
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 2,952,999 825,235 - 462,316 8,571
     Direct expenditure   50,397,127 47,629,880 - 25,100,073 57,084,907
          Current operations   38,294,760 31,940,364 - 19,946,364 49,061,949
          Capital outlay   2,565,172 10,383,712 - 3,231,063 7,342,435
               Construction   2,126,571 9,545,188 - 3,035,971 5,388,293
               Other capital outlay   438,601 838,524 - 195,092 1,954,142
          Assistance and subsidies   5,545,770 67,115 - - -
          Interest on debt   1,235,624 3,198,267 - 1,792,883 680,523
          Insurance benefits and repayments 2,755,801 2,040,422 - 129,763 -
          Exhibit: Salaries and wages   17,015,872 13,139,177 - 5,195,787 32,637,445
         
Direct expenditure by function 50,397,127 47,629,880 - 25,100,073 57,084,907
     Direct general expenditure   47,402,988 36,609,054 - 10,885,682 57,084,907
          Capital outlay   2,549,464 8,572,302 - 834,803 7,342,435
          Other direct general expenditure    44,853,524 28,036,752 - 10,050,879 49,742,472
         
          Education services:          
               Education   3,039,207 93,168 - 1,693 56,404,384
                       Capital outlay   212,308 512 - 1,693 7,342,435
                   Higher education   - - - - 6,506,379
                        Capital outlay   - - - - 535,508
                   Elementary & secondary   3,039,207 93,168 - 1,693 49,898,005
                        Capital outlay   212,308 512 - 1,693 6,806,927
                   Other education   - - - - -
               Libraries   323,647 612,489 - 64,803 -
         
          Social services and income maintenance:          
               Public welfare   12,082,550 457,409 - 4,960 -
                    Cash assistance payments 5,545,770 67,115 - - -
                    Vendor payments   177,893 - - - -
                    Other public welfare   6,358,887 390,294 - 4,960 -
               Hospitals   4,268,233 544,495 - 1,978,141 -
                    Capital outlay   85,980 30,565 - 11,345 -
               Health   5,892,801 844,354 - 598,042 -
               Social insurance administration    - - - - -
               Veterans' services   - - - - -
         
          Transportation:          
               Highways   1,879,264 3,816,082 - 75,523 -
                    Capital outlay   352,006 2,037,022 - 466 -
               Air transportation (airports) 176,757 1,730,510 - 154,265 -
               Parking facilities   13,438 161,409 - - -
               Sea and inland port facilities   1,185 967,222 - 165,909 -
               Transit subsidies   - 60,349 - - -
         
          Public safety:          
               Police protection   3,127,207 5,820,638 - - -
               Fire protection   967,697 2,544,196 - 658,160 -
               Correction   3,520,532 128,359 - - -
                    Capital outlay   132,907 21,784 - - -
               Protective inspection and regulation   213,947 812,312 - - -
         
          Environment and housing:          
               Natural resources   647,979 26,688 - 773,869 -
                    Capital outlay   56,906 5,468 - 146,967 -
               Parks and recreation   456,436 2,730,208 - 449,452 -
                    Capital outlay   58,698 604,474 - 122,260 -
               Housing and community development    479,629 3,093,576 - 1,647,217 -
               Sewerage   278,573 2,297,378 - 1,241,830 -
                    Capital outlay   21,889 936,781 - 226,984 -
               Solid waste management   506,915 1,276,375 - 86,427 -
                    Capital outlay   74,556 50,493 - 942 -
         
          Governmental administration:          
               Financial administration   964,624 1,128,488 - - -
               Judicial and legal   3,802,127 465,064 - - -
               General public buildings 313,408 181,719 - - -
               Other governmental administration    686,646 1,282,024 - - -
          Interest on general debt   1,221,675 2,844,375 - 531,109 680,523
         
          General expenditure, n.e.c.:          
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   - 1,604 - - -
               Other and unallocable   2,538,511 2,688,563 - 2,454,282 -
         
     Utility expenditure 238,338 8,980,404 - 14,084,628 -
               Capital outlay   15,708 1,811,410 - 2,396,260 -
          Water supply   169,685 3,213,109 - 4,686,589 -
          Electric power   1,996 4,732,136 - 3,787,013 -
          Gas supply   - 94,033 - - -
          Transit   66,657 941,126 - 5,611,026 -
         
     Liquor store expenditure   - - - - -
         
     Insurance trust expenditure 2,755,801 2,040,422 - 129,763 -
          Unemployment compensation   - - - - -
          Employee retirement   2,755,801 2,040,422 - 129,763 -
          Workers' compensation   - - - - -
          Other insurance trust   - - - - -
         
               Debt outstanding   20,560,819 63,319,579 - 35,518,621 19,028,000
         
Short-term    517,000 138,000 - 1,894 -
Long-term    20,043,819 63,181,579 - 35,516,727 19,028,000
     Full faith and credit   3,318,373 13,377,790 - 2,270,287 18,094,660
     Nonguaranteed   16,725,446 49,803,789 - 33,246,440 933,340
         
Long-term debt by purpose:          
     Public debt for private purposes   3,711,557 7,620,393 - 113,179 -
     Education   89,596 128,060 - 31,625 19,028,000
     Utilities   248,289 7,206,240 - 24,970,323 -
     Other   15,994,377 48,226,886 - 10,401,600 -
Long-term debt issued   1,602,042 9,615,372 - 3,492,714 5,057,297
Long-term debt retired   2,538,939 6,219,658 - 3,215,227 1,281,001
         
                Cash and security holdings   77,959,939 90,994,089 - 31,195,645 24,581,420
         
Insurance trust funds   56,285,609 42,772,959 - 1,681,284 -
     Unemployment compensation    - - - - -
     Employee retirement   56,285,609 42,772,959 - 1,681,284 -
     Workers' compensation   - - - - -
     Miscellaneous   - - - - -
         
Other than insurance trust funds   21,674,330 48,221,130 - 29,514,361 24,581,420
     By purpose:          
          Offsets to debt   6,147,685 11,486,743 - 1,945,901 1,427,628
          Bond funds   1,987,506 9,110,756 - 1,254,409 6,080,388
          Other   13,539,139 27,623,631 - 26,314,051 17,073,404
1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (NA)   not available;  (X)   not applicable

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