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	New Jersey
	County	Municipal	Township	Special District	School District
	government	government	government	government	government
	amount	amount	amount	amount	amount
	1	2	3	4	5


Revenue¹	6,181,847	7,251,925	4,801,481	1,530,661	13,338,445

General revenue¹	6,181,307	6,797,347	4,573,435	1,446,751	13,338,445

Intergovernmental revenue¹	2,168,116	2,644,343	1,077,328	344,153	5,016,726
From federal government	166,553	451,908	61,533	12,303	21,418
From state government	1,787,545	2,122,807	978,336	38,036	4,994,316
From local government¹	214,018	69,628	37,459	293,814	992

General revenue from own sources	4,013,191	4,153,004	3,496,107	1,102,598	8,321,719
Taxes	2,808,909	2,937,721	2,722,823	111,576	7,718,961
Property	2,787,302	2,803,720	2,626,014	110,250	7,718,961
Sales and gross receipts	410	21,097	4,676	-	-
General sales	-	-	-	-	-
Selective sales	410	21,097	4,676	-	-
Motor fuel	-	-	-	-	-
Alcoholic beverage	-	-	-	-	-
Tobacco products	-	-	-	-	-
Public utilities	410	2,904	4,676	-	-
Other selective sales	-	18,193	-	-	-
Individual income	-	30,277	6	-	-
Corporate income	-	-	-	-	-
License taxes	-	-	-	-	-
Motor vehicle license	-	-	-	-	-
Other taxes	21,197	82,627	92,127	1,326	-

Charges and miscellaneous general revenue	1,204,282	1,215,283	773,284	991,022	602,758
Current charges	908,605	709,634	472,793	792,179	236,106
Education	347,929	11,249	3,876	-	236,106
Institutions of higher education	335,663	-	-	-	-
School lunch sales (gross)	8,365	10,889	3,441	-	200,161
Hospitals	213,843	-	-	-	-
Highways	89	1,210	-	181,122	-
Air transportation (airports)	) 2,104	401	34	3,360	-
Parking facilities	646	55,264	6,050	2,262	-
Sea and inland port facilities	-	794	-	-	-
Natural resources	-	-	-	5,393	-
Parks and recreation	41,941	25,272	35,192	625	-
Housing and community development	5,678	97,173	10,454	1,271	-
Sewerage	-	399,128	371,833	341,657	-
Solid waste management	113,072	41,594	14,959	254,375	-
Other charges	183,303	77,549	30,395	2,114	-

Miscellaneous general revenue	295,677	505,649	300,491	198,843	366,652
Interest earnings	147,517	107,136	92,842	155,522	38,319
Special assessments	-	5,250	4,319	11,338	-
Sale of property	6,404	32,802	11,611	17,701	-
Other general revenue	141,756	360,461	191,719	14,282	328,333

Other than general revenue	540	454,578	228,046	83,910	-

Utility revenue	-	455,480	228,046	83,910	-
Water supply	-	331,408	228,046	63,437	-
Electric power	-	124,047	-	-	-
Gas supply	-	-	-	-	-
Transit	-	25	-	20,473	-

Liquor store revenue	-	-	-	-	-

Insurance trust revenue	540	-902	-	-	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	540	-902	-	-	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Other insurance trust revenue	-	-	-	-	-

Expenditure¹	6,311,897	6,937,266	4,607,529	1,383,879	13,235,673

Intergovernmental expenditure¹	248,720	248,277	387,663	17,084	31,397
Direct expenditure	6,063,177	6,688,989	4,219,866	1,366,795	13,204,276
Current operations	4,985,446	5,880,657	3,534,612	797,608	11,766,303
Capital outlay	558,050	596,208	487,917	179,824	1,205,384
Construction	411,479	433,537	314,440	145,101	911,476
Other capital outlay	146,571	162,671	173,477	34,723	293,908
Assistance and subsidies	293,270	5,229	1,468	-	-
Interest on debt	222,622	201,081	195,869	389,363	232,589
Insurance benefits and repayments	3,789	5,814	-	-	-
Exhibit: Salaries and wages	2,266,517	2,827,209	1,763,597	258,113	7,712,579

Direct expenditure by function	6,063,177	6,688,989	4,219,866	1,366,795	13,204,276
Direct general expenditure	6,054,951	6,272,735	3,965,132	1,274,725	13,204,276
Capital outlay	558,050	552,717	435,030	170,553	1,205,384
Other direct general expenditure	e 5,496,901	5,720,018	3,530,102	1,104,172	11,998,892

Education services:
Education	1,505,162	1,100,982	407,489	-	12,971,687
Capital outlay	130,794	70,138	18,163	-	1,205,384
Higher education	829,918	-	-	-	-
Capital outlay	86,639	-	-	-	-
Elementary & secondary	675,244	1,100,982	407,489	-	12,971,687
Capital outlay	44,155	70,138	18,163	-	1,205,384
Other education	-	-	-	-	-
Libraries	54,451	108,988	88,397	-	-

Social services and income maintenance:
Public welfare	898,872	35,615	10,805	-	-
Cash assistance payments	293,270	5,229	1,468	-	-
Vendor payments	24,181	8,878	1,194	-	-
Other public welfare	581,421	21,508	8,143	-	-
Hospitals	245,960	16	12	-	-
Capital outlay	226	-	-	-	-
Health	202,489	103,436	48,935	-	-
Social insurance administration	-	-	-	-	-
Veterans' services	-	-	-	-	-

Transportation:
Highways	264,364	313,672	298,219	109,759	-
Capital outlay	91,449	94,344	71,680	39,653	-
Air transportation (airports)	1,557	462	37	2,863	-
Parking facilities	604	36,395	3,559	1,174	-
Sea and inland port facilities	-	869	20	-	-
Transit subsidies	1,279	48	95	-	-

Public safety:
Police protection	199,325	1,107,120	770,053	-	-
Fire protection	7,292	424,296	161,430	107,422	-
Correction	466,589	968	293	-	-
Capital outlay	22,252	1	-	-	-
Protective inspection and regulation	gulation 6,081	47,656	53,101	-	-

Environment and housing:
Natural resources	21,836	-	-	6,478	-
Capital outlay	11,159	-	-	217	-
Parks and recreation	135,827	156,128	163,071	625	-
Capital outlay	35,625	25,434	56,121	-	-
Housing and community development	pment 89,225	550,728	64,874	9,173	-
Sewerage	729	328,665	325,255	432,857	-
Capital outlay	729	48,001	52,536	96,556	-
Solid waste management	127,145	302,424	214,974	212,740	-
Capital outlay	19,231	4,145	3,594	8,917	-

Governmental administration:
Financial administration	76,625	162,827	122,803	-	-
Judicial and legal	268,219	102,912	78,843	-	-
General public buildings	142,758	81,159	92,554	-	-
Other governmental administration	ation 96,552	121,038	109,386	-	-
Interest on general debt	222,622	173,071	166,107	383,559	232,589

General expenditure, n.e.c.:
Miscellaneous commercial activities	-	-	-	-	-
Other and unallocable	1,019,388	1,013,260	784,820	8,075	-

Utility expenditure	4,437	410,440	254,734	92,070	-
Capital outlay	-	43,491	52,887	9,271	-
Water supply	-	302,556	251,851	62,422	-
Electric power	-	107,559	1,673	-	-
Gas supply	-	132	758	-	-
Transit	4,437	193	452	29,648	-

Liquor store expenditure	-	-	-	-	-

Insurance trust expenditure	3,789	5,814	-	-	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	3,789	5,814	-	-	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Other insurance trust	-	-	-	-	-

Debt outstanding	4,213,077	4,516,441	4,425,929	6,870,546	5,471,310

Short-term	403,756	819,423	666,096	191,764	64,483
Long-term	3,809,321	3,697,018	3,759,833	6,678,782	5,406,827
Full faith and credit	2,733,279	3,117,751	2,954,990	2,124,628	5,406,827
Nonguaranteed	1,076,042	579,267	804,843	4,554,154	-

Long-term debt by purpose:
Public debt for private purposes	oses 972,026	149,212	-	16,449	-
Education	316,974	478,302	275,492	-	5,406,827
Utilities	-	548,641	541,887	198,901	-
Other	2,520,321	2,520,863	2,942,454	6,463,432	-
Long-term debt issued	396,984	455,529	622,984	426,484	1,424,387
Long-term debt retired	376,419	324,926	397,836	525,502	445,610

Cash and security holdings	2,661,312	3,033,512	2,629,413	2,856,225	2,705,110

Insurance trust funds	32,764	58,252	-	-	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	32,764	58,252	-	-	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous	-	-	-	-	-

Other than insurance trust funds	ds 2,628,548	2,975,260	2,629,413	2,856,225	2,705,110
By purpose:
Offsets to debt	992,730	190,921	62,204	926,612	34,904
Bond funds	548,061	611,881	467,770	889,466	1,557,034
Other	1,087,757	2,172,458	2,099,439	1,040,147	1,113,172

¹ Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.
Abbreviations and symbols: - zero or rounds to zero; (NA) not available; (X) not applicable


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