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

Revenue¹	10,110,167	19,979,909	-	8,336,082	33,523,235

General revenue¹	10,087,465	15,134,978	-	6,721,250	33,523,235

Intergovernmental revenue¹	1,749,925	1,167,654	-	1,722,439	15,409,377
From federal government	234,792	540,905	-	1,000,019	466,739
From state government	1,239,503	539,813	X	566,448	14,873,520
From local government¹	275,630	86,936	X	155,972	69,118

General revenue from own sources	8,337,540	13,967,324	-	4,998,811	18,113,858
Taxes	4,854,845	7,822,518	-	1,829,934	15,810,816
Property	4,153,863	3,680,356	-	879,738	15,807,032
Sales and gross receipts	334,635	3,833,693	-	893,829	-
General sales	223,590	2,644,600	-	893,829	-
Selective sales	111,045	1,189,093	-	-	-
Motor fuel	97	-	-	-	-
Alcoholic beverage	697	3,599	-	-	-
Tobacco products	-	113	-	-	-
Public utilities	76	894,206	-	-	-
Other selective sales	110,175	291,175	-	-	-
Individual income	-	29	-	-	-
Corporate income	-	-	-	-	-
License taxes	306,235	23	-	-	-
Motor vehicle license	306,235	23	-	-	-
Other taxes	60,112	308,417	-	56,367	3,784

Charges and miscellaneous general revenue	3,482,695	6,144,806	-	3,168,877	2,303,042
Current charges	2,262,443	4,018,963	-	2,311,915	1,451,999
Education	12	14	-	-	1,451,999
Institutions of higher education	-	-	-	-	692,404
School lunch sales (gross)	-	-	-	-	513,690
Hospitals	1,282,570	20,372	-	1,514,286	-
Highways	257,856	75,292	-	83	-
Air transportation (airports)	) 7,921	799,647	-	-	-
Parking facilities	3,735	16,402	-	-	-
Sea and inland port facilities	-	13,401	-	169,891	-
Natural resources	-	-	-	37,374	-
Parks and recreation	10,614	235,477	-	11,102	-
Housing and community development	-	4,453	-	122,584	-
Sewerage	1,012	1,664,861	-	293,465	-
Solid waste management	4,431	675,723	-	18,587	-
Other charges	694,292	513,321	-	144,543	-

Miscellaneous general revenue	1,220,252	2,125,843	-	856,962	851,043
Interest earnings	740,908	1,187,860	-	752,629	502,918
Special assessments	1,528	74,951	-	16,101	-
Sale of property	3,488	24,787	-	4,149	-
Other general revenue	474,328	838,245	-	84,083	348,125

Other than general revenue	22,702	4,844,931	-	1,614,832	-

Utility revenue	2,883	5,602,745	-	1,614,310	-
Water supply	2,127	2,385,233	-	694,984	-
Electric power	-	2,916,282	-	791,855	-
Gas supply	756	285,470	-	118	-
Transit	-	15,760	-	127,353	-

Liquor store revenue	-	-	-	-	-

Insurance trust revenue	19,819	-757,814	-	522	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	19,819	-757,814	-	522	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Other insurance trust revenue	-	-	-	-	-

Expenditure¹	10,817,018	21,995,326	-	8,126,617	36,338,897

Intergovernmental expenditure¹	91,215	111,961	-	37,174	757,359
Direct expenditure	10,725,803	21,883,365	-	8,089,443	35,581,538
Current operations	8,177,666	14,552,451	-	5,152,678	28,499,698
Capital outlay	1,765,672	4,864,954	-	1,846,893	5,604,330
Construction	1,293,130	4,056,607	-	1,449,531	4,632,813
Other capital outlay	472,542	808,347	-	397,362	971,517
Assistance and subsidies	3,672	150	-	-	-
Interest on debt	769,484	1,842,249	-	1,063,484	1,477,510
Insurance benefits and repayments	9,309	623,561	-	26,388	-
Exhibit: Salaries and wages	3,563,599	6,473,838	-	1,928,152	20,218,642

Direct expenditure by function	10,725,803	21,883,365	-	8,089,443	35,581,538
Direct general expenditure	10,712,601	15,479,984	-	4,739,668	35,581,538
Capital outlay	1,765,672	3,477,129	-	670,985	5,604,330
Other direct general expenditure	e 8,946,929	12,002,855	-	4,068,683	29,977,208

Education services:
Education	427	40,306	-	-	34,104,028
Capital outlay	43	1,870	-	-	5,604,330
Higher education	-	-	-	-	2,526,478
Capital outlay	-	-	-	-	232,120
Elementary & secondary	427	40,306	-	-	31,577,550
Capital outlay	43	1,870	-	-	5,372,210
Other education	-	-	-	-	-
Libraries	56,808	278,125	-	-	-

Social services and income maintenance:
Public welfare	186,768	102,789	-	6,669	-
Cash assistance payments	3,672	150	-	-	-
Vendor payments	55,466	9,310	-	-	-
Other public welfare	127,630	93,329	-	6,669	-
Hospitals	2,353,945	28,251	-	1,807,873	-
Capital outlay	108,459	2	-	177,976	-
Health	617,763	403,822	-	507,448	-
Social insurance administration	-	-	-	-	-
Veterans' services	-	-	-	-	-

Transportation:
Highways	962,509	1,348,036	-	105,774	-
Capital outlay	341,604	596,311	-	95,315	-
Air transportation (airports)	17,337	1,401,060	-	-	-
Parking facilities	1,007	22,919	-	-	-
Sea and inland port facilities	s 3,869	10,020	-	186,506	-
Transit subsidies	353	13	-	-	-

Public safety:
Police protection	753,955	2,584,213	-	-	-
Fire protection	26,082	1,422,686	-	47,626	-
Correction	1,300,142	65,022	-	-	-
Capital outlay	186,720	138	-	-	-
Protective inspection and regulation	gulation 6,650	143,636	-	-	-

Environment and housing:
Natural resources	192,000	35,488	-	159,869	-
Capital outlay	120,682	21,971	-	46,755	-
Parks and recreation	597,563	1,359,557	-	7,463	-
Capital outlay	498,119	468,581	-	1,255	-
Housing and community development	pment 163,080	346,605	-	735,285	-
Sewerage	7,039	1,462,821	-	306,936	-
Capital outlay	5,317	482,544	-	77,646	-
Solid waste management	17,953	723,291	-	22,581	-
Capital outlay	3,257	62,936	-	4,754	-

Governmental administration:
Financial administration	517,781	392,444	-	-	-
Judicial and legal	914,364	203,121	-	-	-
General public buildings	308,270	281,349	-	-	-
Other governmental administration	ation 248,006	333,981	-	-	-
Interest on general debt	769,099	1,128,005	-	674,502	1,477,510

General expenditure, n.e.c.:
Miscellaneous commercial activities	-	7,555	-	-	-
Other and unallocable	689,831	1,354,869	-	171,136	-

Utility expenditure	3,893	5,779,820	-	3,323,387	-
Capital outlay	-	1,387,825	-	1,175,908	-
Water supply	3,211	2,694,256	-	1,067,961	-
Electric power	-	2,702,457	-	1,006,643	-
Gas supply	682	302,048	-	318	-
Transit	-	81,059	-	1,248,465	-

Liquor store expenditure	-	-	-	-	-

Insurance trust expenditure	9,309	623,561	-	26,388	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	9,309	623,561	-	26,388	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Other insurance trust	-	-	-	-	-

Debt outstanding	13,451,224	37,002,638	-	18,455,937	29,891,645

Short-term	392,597	464,921	-	345,043	1,295,905
Long-term	13,058,627	36,537,717	-	18,110,894	28,595,740
Full faith and credit	3,656,605	10,763,391	-	2,817,378	27,301,071
Nonguaranteed	9,402,022	25,774,326	-	15,293,516	1,294,669

Long-term debt by purpose:
Public debt for private purposes	oses 6,484,770	2,374,202	-	6,765,849	-
Education	-	-	-	-	28,595,740
Utilities	6,085	13,215,827	-	7,364,490	-
Other	6,567,772	20,947,688	-	3,980,555	-
Long-term debt issued	2,873,408	5,533,422	-	2,962,201	4,600,324
Long-term debt retired	1,437,786	3,748,492	-	2,126,573	1,919,811

Cash and security holdings	12,378,493	30,865,025	-	13,100,725	14,812,044

Insurance trust funds	197,681	11,952,619	-	326,064	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	197,681	11,952,619	-	326,064	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous	-	-	-	-	-

Other than insurance trust funds	ds 12,180,812	18,912,406	-	12,774,661	14,812,044
By purpose:
Offsets to debt	6,762,974	6,035,512	-	7,707,968	666,688
Bond funds	1,967,228	5,066,843	-	1,295,015	6,160,031
Other	3,450,610	7,810,051	-	3,771,678	7,985,325

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


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division Created: December 09 2005 Last Revised: December 09 2005 Skip this navigation Census Bureau Links: Home · Search · Subjects A-Z · FAQs · Data Tools · Catalog · Census 2010 · Quality · Privacy Policy · Contact Us Page Last Modified: December 09, 2005