State and Local Governments--Summary of Finances statistics

[In millions of dollars (451,537 represents $451,537,000,000), except as indicated. For fiscal year ending in year shown; see text, this section. Except for 1987, local government amounts are estimates subject to sampling variation; see Appendix III and source]


	Total						Total							Per capita					Per capita						Per capita
Item	(mil. dol.)						(mil. dol.)							(dol.) ¹					(dol.) ¹						(dol.) ¹

	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996

Revenue ²	451,537	719,686	783,349	844,302	884,516	953,517	1,032,115	1,080,862	1,185,191	1,270,748	1,331,442	1,417,925	1,513,633	1,993	3,025	3,262	3,485	3,618	4,150	4,287	4,648	4,930	5,115	5,396	5,708

From Federal Government	83,029	106,193	113,099	114,857	117,602	125,824	136,802	154,099	179,184	198,591	215,445	228,771	234,891	367	446	471	474	481	550	611	703	770	828	871	886
Public welfare	24,921	39,081	42,194	45,298	48,375	52,445	59,961	72,661	91,788	102,587	111,315	115,799	119,201	110	164	176	187	198	241	288	360	398	428	441	449
Highways	8,980	12,993	14,142	13,243	13,822	14,752	14,368	14,561	14,800	16,948	18,259	19,879	19,279	40	55	59	55	57	58	58	58	66	70	76	73
Education	14,435	16,758	18,040	18,379	19,506	21,383	23,233	25,197	27,821	30,380	30,413	34,045	36,224	64	70	75	76	80	93	100	109	118	117	130	137
Health and hospitals	2,513	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	5,904	6,504	7,293	8,332	9,364	11,113	11,915	11	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	24	26	29	32	36	42	45
Housing and community development	3,905	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	9,655	10,233	10,876	11,828	13,108	15,255	15,585	17	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	39	41	43	46	50	58	59
Other and unallocable	28,275	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	23,683	24,943	26,606	28,515	32,987	32,681	32,687	125	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	95	99	104	111	127	124	123
From State and local sources	368,509	613,492	670,251	729,445	766,914	827,694	895,313	926,763	1,006,007	1,041,567	1,100,441	1,189,153	1,278,742	1,627	2,579	2,791	3,011	3,138	3,600	3,676	3,945	4,041	4,228	4,526	4,822
General, net intergovernmental	299,293	491,525	528,359	572,427	609,559	660,020	712,700	748,108	793,399	842,977	884,996	940,733	987,930	1,321	2,066	2,200	2,363	2,494	2,865	2,967	3,111	3,271	3,400	3,580	3,725
Taxes	223,463	349,793	373,051	405,227	435,691	468,647	501,619	525,355	555,610	594,300	625,527	660,577	689,038	986	1,470	1,554	1,672	1,783	2,017	2,084	2,179	2,306	2,403	2,514	2,598
Property	68,499	103,757	111,710	121,112	132,240	142,525	155,613	167,999	178,536	189,743	197,140	203,451	209,440	302	436	465	500	541	626	666	700	736	757	774	790
Sales and gross receipts	79,927	126,281	135,001	144,563	156,373	166,016	177,885	185,570	196,112	209,649	223,628	237,268	248,993	353	531	562	597	640	715	736	769	813	859	903	939
Individual income	42,080	70,097	74,354	83,683	88,350	97,807	105,640	109,341	115,170	123,235	128,810	137,931	146,844	186	295	310	345	361	425	434	452	478	495	525	554
Corporation income	13,321	19,158	19,982	22,672	23,663	25,922	23,566	22,242	23,595	26,417	28,320	31,406	32,009	59	81	83	94	97	95	88	93	102	109	120	121
Other	19,636	30,500	32,004	33,197	35,065	36,377	38,915	40,202	42,197	45,255	47,630	50,521	51,752	87	128	133	137	143	156	159	165	176	183	192	195
Charges and miscellaneous	75,830	141,732	155,308	167,200	173,868	191,373	211,081	222,753	237,789	248,677	259,469	280,156	298,892	335	596	647	690	711	849	883	933	965	997	1,066	1,127
Utility and liquor stores	25,560	44,814	47,163	50,168	52,516	56,225	58,642	60,736	62,540	65,243	70,075	72,271	75,325	113	188	196	207	215	236	241	245	253	269	275	284
Water supply system	6,766	11,980	13,260	14,403	15,315	16,767	17,674	18,034	19,147	20,449	22,692	23,879	25,433	30	50	55	59	63	71	72	75	79	87	91	96
Electric power system	11,387	21,781	22,846	24,672	26,240	28,187	29,268	30,489	30,999	31,984	33,808	34,627	35,476	50	92	95	102	107	118	121	122	124	130	132	134
Transit system	2,397	4,244	4,453	4,763	4,766	5,026	5,216	5,629	5,742	3,334	3,713	6,540	6,889	11	18	19	20	19	21	22	23	13	14	25	26
Gas supply system	1,809	3,573	3,291	2,971	2,905	2,930	3,043	3,013	3,034	5,835	6,256	3,588	3,795	8	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	23	24	14	14
Liquor stores	3,201	3,235	3,313	3,358	3,290	3,315	3,441	3,571	3,618	3,641	3,607	3,637	3,732	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Insurance trust revenue ³	43,656	77,153	94,729	106,850	104,840	111,448	123,970	117,919	150,067	163,937	160,927	176,149	215,487	193	324	394	441	429	498	468	589	636	618	670	813
Employee retirement	25,441	53,195	69,365	79,491	77,818	81,174	94,268	87,206	108,310	113,054	114,304	122,595	165,411	112	224	289	328	318	379	346	425	439	439	467	624
Unemployment compensation	13,529	17,640	18,267	18,925	17,273	19,704	18,441	18,025	27,019	34,649	29,901	37,225	33,864	60	74	76	78	71	74	71	106	134	115	142	128

Direct expenditure	432,328	656,188	715,324	774,590	824,507	887,883	972,662	1,059,805	1,146,610	1,210,096	1,260,642	1,347,763	1,393,714	1,908	2,758	2,979	3,197	3,373	3,911	4,203	4,497	4,695	4,843	5,129	5,256

By function:
Direct general expenditure ³	367,340	552,197	603,489	654,678	702,240	759,380	834,786	908,108	971,973	1,026,806	1,074,017	1,146,188	1,189,356	1,622	2,321	2,513	2,702	2,873	3,356	3,602	3,812	3,984	4,126	4,362	4,485
Education ³	133,211	192,686	210,819	226,619	242,683	263,898	288,148	309,302	326,769	342,287	353,287	378,273	398,859	588	810	878	935	993	1,159	1,227	1,281	1,328	1,357	1,440	1,504
Elementary and secondary	92,930	131,987	145,111	156,910	169,694	185,171	202,009	217,643	228,917	240,310	246,981	264,240	279,353	410	555	604	648	694	812	863	898	932	949	1,006	1,053
Higher education	33,919	52,316	56,535	60,073	62,688	67,550	73,418	78,749	84,329	88,109	90,871	97,048	100,736	150	220	235	248	256	295	312	331	342	349	369	380
Highways	33,311	45,022	49,368	52,355	55,621	58,093	61,057	64,937	66,477	68,370	72,067	77,109	79,092	147	189	206	216	228	245	258	261	265	277	293	298
Public welfare	45,552	69,577	73,785	80,220	86,469	94,962	110,518	130,402	154,235	167,098	179,829	193,110	193,480	201	292	307	331	354	444	517	605	648	691	735	730
Health	8,387	13,711	15,550	16,903	18,488	20,684	24,223	26,706	29,344	32,291	35,329	38,020	40,166	37	58	65	70	76	97	106	115	125	136	145	151
Hospitals	23,787	36,000	37,958	40,184	43,452	47,073	50,412	54,404	58,768	62,563	65,101	67,926	70,648	105	151	158	166	178	203	216	230	243	250	259	266
Police protection	13,494	20,956	22,685	24,742	26,277	27,771	30,577	32,772	34,545	36,407	38,645	41,055	44,683	60	88	94	102	108	123	130	135	141	148	156	168
Fire protection	5,718	8,917	9,587	10,453	11,753	11,932	13,186	13,796	14,358	15,373	16,123	17,009	17,709	25	37	40	43	48	53	55	56	60	62	65	67
Correction	6,448	12,839	14,957	16,638	18,986	21,197	24,635	27,356	28,701	29,631	32,270	35,857	37,510	28	54	62	69	78	100	109	113	115	124	136	141
Natural resources	5,509	8,357	9,074	9,943	10,238	11,092	12,330	12,575	13,049	13,236	13,987	15,251	15,819	24	35	38	41	42	50	50	51	51	54	58	60
Sanitation and sewerage	13,214	17,398	19,142	21,647	23,679	25,773	28,453	31,014	32,398	35,614	35,665	38,573	39,365	58	73	80	89	97	114	123	127	138	137	147	148
Housing and community
development	6,062	10,373	11,285	11,770	13,243	14,738	15,479	16,648	17,067	18,775	19,899	21,509	22,666	27	44	47	49	54	62	66	67	73	76	82	85
Parks and recreation	6,520	9,160	10,164	11,018	12,070	12,927	14,326	15,930	15,728	16,177	16,676	17,888	19,137	29	38	42	45	49	58	63	62	63	64	68	72
Financial administration	6,719	10,448	11,897	12,872	13,589	14,993	16,217	16,995	18,090	19,324	20,577	22,380	22,633	30	44	50	53	56	65	67	71	75	79	85	85
Interest on general debt ⁴	14,747	32,427	37,064	41,891	44,318	46,557	49,739	52,234	55,255	55,100	54,960	56,970	58,912	65	136	154	173	181	200	207	217	214	211	217	222
Utility and liquor stores ⁴	36,191	59,800	65,297	69,108	70,052	73,510	77,801	81,004	84,361	84,483	91,163	94,235	95,608	160	251	272	285	287	313	321	331	328	350	359	361
Water supply system	9,228	14,298	16,196	18,467	18,867	20,524	22,101	23,561	24,378	24,621	26,617	28,041	28,950	41	60	67	76	77	89	93	96	96	102	107	109
Electric power system	15,016	25,344	28,182	28,951	29,047	30,178	30,997	31,090	31,983	32,231	33,829	34,021	34,084	66	107	117	119	119	125	123	125	125	130	129	129
Transit system	1,715	3,468	3,291	2,895	2,825	2,841	2,989	2,970	3,058	3,273	3,510	25,719	3,514	8	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	98	13
Gas supply system	7,641	13,867	14,761	15,860	16,476	17,095	18,788	20,379	21,879	21,296	24,221	3,434	25,961	34	58	61	65	67	76	81	86	83	93	13	98
Liquor stores	2,591	2,823	2,867	2,936	2,837	2,872	2,926	3,005	3,063	3,062	2,985	3,020	3,099	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Insurance trust expenditure ³	28,797	44,191	46,538	50,804	52,216	54,994	63,321	74,159	90,276	98,807	95,462	107,340	108,751	127	186	194	210	214	255	294	354	383	367	409	410
Employee retirement	14,008	24,414	26,521	29,603	32,125	34,894	38,355	42,121	46,419	51,662	51,662	61,427	68,010	56	103	110	122	131	154	167	182	200	198	234	256
Unemployment compensation	12,070	14,995	14,887	15,248	13,093	12,862	16,499	22,135	32,887	35,409	28,624	35,204	29,509	53	63	62	63	54	66	88	129	137	110	134	111
By character and object:
Current operation	307,811	472,543	511,378	551,091	591,247	640,529	700,131	762,007	823,494	875,924	927,899	985,693	1,021,155	1,359	1,986	2,130	2,275	2,419	2,815	3,022	3,229	3,398	3,565	3,751	3,851
Capital outlay	62,894	79,930	90,449	98,842	104,314	111,944	123,069	131,650	134,521	135,899	137,501	151,440	158,911	278	336	377	408	427	495	522	528	527	528	576	599
Construction	51,492	60,685	67,968	74,162	78,592	84,037	89,114	96,654	100,533	100,153	101,992	110,012	116,076	227	255	283	306	322	358	383	394	389	392	419	438
Equipment, land, and existing
structures	11,402	19,245	22,482	24,679	25,722	27,907	33,955	34,996	33,988	35,745	35,509	41,429	42,835	50	81	94	102	105	137	139	133	139	136	158	162
Assistance and subsidies	15,222	20,707	22,588	23,466	23,928	24,975	27,227	30,456	33,230	34,664	35,295	36,867	36,154	67	87	94	97	98	109	121	130	134	136	140	136
Interest on debt (general and utility)	17,604	38,817	44,370	50,387	52,803	55,442	58,914	61,533	64,789	64,802	64,484	66,423	68,743	78	163	185	208	216	237	244	254	251	248	253	259
Insurance benefits and repayments	28,797	44,191	46,538	50,804	52,216	54,994	63,321	74,159	90,276	98,807	95,462	107,340	108,751	127	186	194	210	214	255	294	354	383	367	409	410

Expenditure for salaries and wages	163,896	236,877	256,622	274,734	295,690	317,573	341,158	366,406	378,804	396,336	410,610	430,950	447,638	723	996	1,069	1,134	1,210	1,372	1,453	1,486	1,538	1,578	1,640	1,688
Debt outstanding, year end	335,603	571,351	658,875	727,132	755,034	798,355	860,584	915,711	970,462	1,017,686	1,074,660	1,115,370	1,169,714	1,481	2,401	2,744	3,001	3,089	3,460	3,632	3,806	3,948	4,129	4,245	4,411
Long-term	322,456	551,768	640,550	711,219	739,298	780,392	841,278	894,019	949,129	994,968	1,047,994	1,088,331	1,145,666	1,423	2,319	2,667	2,935	3,025	3,382	3,546	3,722	3,860	4,026	4,142	4,320
Short-term	13,147	19,583	18,325	15,913	15,736	17,964	19,306	21,692	21,333	22,718	26,666	27,039	24,048	58	82	76	66	64	78	86	84	88	102	103	91
Long-term debt:
Issued	42,364	101,164	162,045	134,358	89,703	102,158	108,468	118,054	155,060	195,564	207,807	129,337	141,087	187	425	675	555	367	436	468	608	759	798	492	532
Retired	17,404	43,565	74,360	83,037	63,759	63,757	64,831	65,666	99,233	146,977	166,552	95,070	106,501	77	183	310	343	261	261	260	389	570	640	362	402

NA Not available.
1 1980 and 1990 based on enumerated resident population as of April 1. Other years based on estimated resident population as of July 1; see table 2.
2 Aggregates exclude duplicative transactions between State and local governments; see source.
3 Includes amounts not shown separately.
4 Interest on utility debt included in utility expenditure. For total interest on debt, see Interest on debt (general and utility).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Government Finances, Series Gf,No.5, annual 1980-92; thereafter accessed 21 May 1999)

http://www.census.gov/govs/www.estimate.html

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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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