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

Revenue¹	4,994,445	5,175,724	649,910	606,632	9,449,966

General revenue¹	4,980,604	4,506,189	640,752	430,636	9,449,966

Intergovernmental revenue¹	2,314,080	1,578,638	261,970	137,756	5,459,218
From federal government	195,676	165,899	3,389	78,740	99,106
From state government	1,953,804	1,270,267	245,204	11,927	5,226,691
From local government¹	164,600	142,472	13,377	47,089	133,421

General revenue from own sources	2,666,524	2,927,551	378,782	292,880	3,990,748
Taxes	1,474,462	1,538,967	270,383	103,099	3,409,174
Property	1,228,321	1,403,453	246,331	87,191	3,409,174
Sales and gross receipts	218,202	33,083	5,139	14,006	-
General sales	217,997	12	6	-	-
Selective sales	205	33,071	5,133	14,006	-
Motor fuel	-	-	-	-	-
Alcoholic beverage	-	-	-	-	-
Tobacco products	-	-	-	-	-
Public utilities	-	-	-	-	-
Other selective sales	205	33,071	5,133	14,006	-
Individual income	-	-	-	-	-
Corporate income	-	-	-	-	-
License taxes	7	633	2	-	-
Motor vehicle license	7	633	2	-	-
Other taxes	27,932	101,798	18,911	1,902	-

Charges and miscellaneous general revenue	1,192,062	1,388,584	108,399	189,781	581,574
Current charges	980,153	905,066	59,080	132,895	405,905
Education	24	-	-	-	405,905
Institutions of higher education	-	-	-	-	202,660
School lunch sales (gross)	-	-	-	-	142,911
Hospitals	99,251	2,290	-	-	-
Highways	339	21,707	7,887	-	-
Air transportation (airports)	) 79,835	3,715	73	-	-
Parking facilities	6,998	32,912	33	-	-
Sea and inland port facilities	165	6,121	82	-	-
Natural resources	-	-	-	638	-
Parks and recreation	68,470	158,494	3,870	9,157	-
Housing and community development	2,784	38,544	23	37,010	-
Sewerage	-	432,233	13,441	86,081	-
Solid waste management	53,385	77,953	22,745	-	-
Other charges	668,902	131,097	10,926	9	-

Miscellaneous general revenue	211,909	483,518	49,319	56,886	175,669
Interest earnings	103,864	220,538	21,830	30,838	71,006
Special assessments	405	68,361	8,728	13,032	-
Sale of property	61	92	-	1,322	-
Other general revenue	107,579	194,527	18,761	11,694	104,663

Other than general revenue	13,841	669,535	9,158	175,996	-

Utility revenue	41,884	729,681	9,158	175,996	-
Water supply	-	338,322	6,608	699	-
Electric power	-	376,304	1,404	175,297	-
Gas supply	-	-	1,144	-	-
Transit	41,884	15,055	2	-	-

Liquor store revenue	-	209	-	-	-

Insurance trust revenue	-28,043	-60,355	-	-	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	-28,043	-60,355	-	-	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Other insurance trust revenue	-	-	-	-	-

Expenditure¹	5,407,302	5,861,290	678,329	684,607	9,686,858

Intergovernmental expenditure¹	47,573	94,055	18,752	15,603	106,715
Direct expenditure	5,359,729	5,767,235	659,577	669,004	9,580,143
Current operations	4,579,777	4,002,705	468,680	411,241	8,351,944
Capital outlay	560,705	1,120,422	172,675	188,766	957,278
Construction	484,945	951,633	147,242	180,809	630,924
Other capital outlay	75,760	168,789	25,433	7,957	326,354
Assistance and subsidies	39,799	4,014	129	-	-
Interest on debt	84,372	345,970	18,093	68,997	270,921
Insurance benefits and repayments	95,076	294,124	-	-	-
Exhibit: Salaries and wages	1,554,408	1,518,087	121,167	66,281	4,882,675

Direct expenditure by function	5,359,729	5,767,235	659,577	669,004	9,580,143
Direct general expenditure	5,105,125	4,577,628	645,055	499,652	9,580,143
Capital outlay	542,450	1,058,943	171,118	187,788	957,278
Other direct general expenditure	e 4,562,675	3,518,685	473,937	311,864	8,622,865

Education services:
Education	57,169	1,009	-	-	9,309,222
Capital outlay	6,217	-	-	-	957,278
Higher education	-	-	-	-	902,454
Capital outlay	-	-	-	-	94,322
Elementary & secondary	57,169	1,009	-	-	8,406,768
Capital outlay	6,217	-	-	-	862,956
Other education	-	-	-	-	-
Libraries	42,240	170,520	4,341	-	-

Social services and income maintenance:
Public welfare	1,411,048	12,434	158	-	-
Cash assistance payments	39,799	4,014	129	-	-
Vendor payments	13,164	-	-	-	-
Other public welfare	1,358,085	8,420	29	-	-
Hospitals	192,109	2,335	3	-	-
Capital outlay	-	-	-	-	-
Health	781,229	117,892	19,788	-	-
Social insurance administration	-	-	-	-	-
Veterans' services	-	-	-	-	-

Transportation:
Highways	611,800	796,485	305,518	-	-
Capital outlay	256,977	421,966	116,336	-	-
Air transportation (airports)	86,600	11,296	570	-	-
Parking facilities	1,126	45,987	202	-	-
Sea and inland port facilities	s 1,356	11,813	293	-	-
Transit subsidies	-	-	-	-	-

Public safety:
Police protection	370,448	773,446	31,049	-	-
Fire protection	37	424,315	65,727	-	-
Correction	302,855	251	41	-	-
Capital outlay	42,576	-	-	-	-
Protective inspection and regulation	gulation 1,415	43,239	7,057	-	-

Environment and housing:
Natural resources	81,638	66,972	6,641	8,704	-
Capital outlay	3,994	16,976	1,769	2,570	-
Parks and recreation	201,337	366,649	12,619	20,510	-
Capital outlay	42,463	185,290	4,323	99	-
Housing and community development	pment 33,498	152,476	347	107,873	-
Sewerage	1	444,390	27,558	303,722	-
Capital outlay	1	59,957	9,904	175,564	-
Solid waste management	65,331	204,813	35,122	17	-
Capital outlay	747	15,721	263	-	-

Governmental administration:
Financial administration	87,396	81,424	24,890	-	-
Judicial and legal	186,148	42,811	6,989	-	-
General public buildings	125,367	73,308	19,219	-	-
Other governmental administration	ation 128,848	130,795	40,910	-	-
Interest on general debt	83,239	291,993	15,313	58,686	270,921

General expenditure, n.e.c.:
Miscellaneous commercial activities	-	5,459	1,022	-	-
Other and unallocable	252,890	305,516	19,678	140	-

Utility expenditure	159,528	895,265	14,522	169,352	-
Capital outlay	18,255	61,479	1,557	978	-
Water supply	-	401,493	11,156	896	-
Electric power	-	379,352	1,472	168,456	-
Gas supply	-	-	1,005	-	-
Transit	159,528	114,420	889	-	-

Liquor store expenditure	-	218	-	-	-

Insurance trust expenditure	95,076	294,124	-	-	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	95,076	294,124	-	-	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Other insurance trust	-	-	-	-	-

Debt outstanding	1,663,394	6,226,811	378,848	1,381,752	5,806,391

Short-term	-	6,005	-	4,489	732,454
Long-term	1,663,394	6,220,806	378,848	1,377,263	5,073,937
Full faith and credit	1,543,000	3,878,701	323,427	918,435	4,749,805
Nonguaranteed	120,394	2,342,105	55,421	458,828	324,132

Long-term debt by purpose:
Public debt for private purposes	oses 5,873	451,470	8,774	-	-
Education	2,652	-	-	-	5,073,937
Utilities	20,581	929,275	48,484	187,010	-
Other	1,634,288	4,840,061	321,590	1,190,253	-
Long-term debt issued	376,173	1,324,889	124,601	214,000	1,152,334
Long-term debt retired	286,650	956,947	66,973	87,430	1,014,213

Cash and security holdings	3,071,823	8,626,206	652,128	645,674	2,714,718

Insurance trust funds	1,487,300	3,890,706	-	-	-
Unemployment compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Employee retirement	1,487,300	3,890,706	-	-	-
Workers' compensation	-	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous	-	-	-	-	-

Other than insurance trust funds	ds 1,584,523	4,735,500	652,128	645,674	2,714,718
By purpose:
Offsets to debt	56,833	858,157	17,596	50,001	279,149
Bond funds	135,924	334,617	17,964	67,190	550,420
Other	1,391,766	3,542,726	616,568	528,483	1,885,149

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