Funding for Highways, by Level of Government statistics



Type	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


Total receipts	61,373	64,669	65,534	68,952	72,721	75,444	81,037	86,703	88,380	91,312	96,269	102,771	107,421	109,881

Current income	55,297	58,373	61,732	64,307	67,569	69,880	74,110	77,404	80,610	84,017	87,620	94,972	98,667	100,975
Imposts on highway users ²	35,768	37,334	40,075	42,053	44,009	44,346	49,043	50,889	54,401	55,387	59,331	64,052	66,266	69,227
Other taxes and fees	15,231	16,381	17,124	17,584	17,987	19,827	19,077	19,933	19,375	21,598	21,732	23,830	25,424	24,274
Investment income and other receipts	4,298	4,658	4,533	4,670	5,573	5,707	5,990	6,582	6,834	7,032	6,557	7,090	6,977	7,474
Bond issue proceeds ³	6,076	6,296	3,802	4,645	5,152	5,564	6,927	9,299	7,770	7,295	8,649	7,799	8,754	8,906
Intergovernmental payments ⁴	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Funds from (+) or to (-) reserves	-3,901	-2,603	-234	-312	-1858	-36	-2,426	-3,153	-1,955	-1,120	-2,791	-4,689	-5,468	-2,689
Total funds available	57,472	62,066	65,300	68,640	70,863	75,408	78,611	83,550	86,425	90,192	93,478	98,082	101,953	107,192

Total disbursements	57,472	62,066	65,300	68,640	70,863	75,408	78,611	83,550	86,425	90,192	93,478	98,082	101,953	107,192

Current disbursements	54,697	58,934	62,615	65,816	67,251	72,457	74,895	78,961	81,233	85,645	88,994	93,492	97,320	101,995
Capital outlay	26,583	28,892	30,740	32,956	33,144	35,151	36,638	38,309	39,528	42,379	44,228	46,810	48,360	51,614
Maintenance and traffic services	16,589	17,355	18,152	19,109	18,952	20,365	21,222	22,224	22,894	23,553	24,319	25,564	26,777	27,235
Administration and research	4,175	4,583	4,973	4,961	5,683	6,501	6,856	7,719	7,921	8,376	8,419	8,445	8,256	8,519
Law enforcement and safety	5,241	5,597	5,962	6,108	6,647	7,235	7,040	7,088	7,157	7,673	8,218	8,897	9,761	10,155
Interest on debt	2,109	2,507	2,788	2,682	2,825	3,205	3,139	3,621	3,733	3,664	3,810	3,776	4,166	4,472
Debt retirement ³	2,775	3,132	2,685	2,824	3,612	2,951	3,716	4,589	5,192	4,547	4,484	4,590	4,633	5,197

- Represents zero. NA Not available. X Not applicable.
2 Excludes amounts later allocated for nonhighway purposes.
3 Excludes issue and redemption of short-term notes or refunding bonds.
4 Plus sign (+) indicates net receipt of funds from other levels of government or reserves; minus sign (-) indicates net disbursement of funds to other levels, or to reserves.

Source of tables 1011 and 1012: U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, annual; and releases. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/1018_funding_for_highways_by_level_of.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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