Statistics on the number of federal, state, and local government civilian employees and their gross payrolls by functional category. Data are available online from 1992 and on:
Financial activity of governments including revenues, expenditures, debt and assets. Data are available online from 1992 and on:
Financial statistics of public school systems, including data on revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets. Data are available online from 1992 and on:
Financial statistics on state and local government employee retirement systems. Annual data are available online from 1993 and on. Quarterly data are available online from 2003 and on:
Federal spending on selected programs:
Annual survey of state government tax revenue and quarterly survey of tax revenue for state & local governments. Annual data are available online from 1992 and on. Quarterly data are available online from 1993 and on:
Information about state & local governments, including the number of governments in the U.S.
The Census Bureau also conducts surveys about special topics related to government activity for other federal agencies.