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  Posted September 27, 2012

Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions 2nd Quarter 2012 – Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions provides national summary data on the revenues, expenditures, and composition of assets of the largest defined benefit public employee retirement systems for state and local governments. This survey currently consists of a panel of 100 retirement systems, which comprise 89.4 percent of financial activity among such entities, based on the 2007 Census of Governments.

  Posted September 26, 2012

2010 State and Local Finance – These tables provide detailed data files and summary information for state and local governments by level and type of government, and for individual units. The data files are available for download in text formats. The summary tables are available in a spreadsheet or TXT viewable tables. This release covers those governments with fiscal year ending dates between July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.)

  Posted September 25, 2012

Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue (2nd Quarter 2012) – These tables provide quarterly estimates of state and local tax revenue data. The information contained in this survey is the most current information available on a nationwide basis for government tax collections. (For this survey, the 2nd Quarter 2012 covers the period April 1, 2012 through June 31, 2012).

  Posted August 23, 2012

Annual Survey of Government Employment & Payroll Data 2011 – Provides statistics on the number of state and local government civilian employees by government function and their gross payrolls for the month of March 2011. These data are available in viewable tables and downloadable files.

  Posted August 9, 2012

2011 Annual Survey of Public Pensions: State-Administered Defined Benefit Data – The Annual Survey of Public Pensions: State-Administered Defined Benefit Data provides revenues, expenditures, financial assets, membership information, and liabilities data on the defined benefit plans in the 222 state public pensions system administered by state governments. Data are available at the national level and by state, as well as for individual retirement systems.


Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Governments Division | (800) 242–2184 | govs.cms.inquiry@census.gov |  Last Revised: September 27, 2012