UNITED STATES TOTAL Table 1. Local Government Finances by Type of Government and State: 2006 - 07 (Dollar amounts are in thousands. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table. Source: 2007 Census of Government Finance. For information on nonsampling error and definitions, see http://www2.census.gov/govs/estimate/2007_Local_Finance_Methodology.pdf Description State & local State Local government government government amount1 amount amount1 Revenue1 3,063,052,116 1,997,515,049 1,536,391,795 General revenue1 2,326,336,873 1,455,077,118 1,342,114,483 Intergovernmental revenue1 465,483,954 428,244,348 508,094,334 From Federal Government 465,483,954 407,819,810 57,664,144 From State government1 (1) - 450,430,190 From local governments1 (1) 20,424,538 (1) General revenue from own sources 1,860,852,919 1,026,832,770 834,020,149 Taxes 1,275,550,643 756,878,906 518,671,737 Property 383,143,986 12,654,512 370,489,474 Sales and gross receipts 438,588,768 352,041,307 86,547,461 General sales 299,218,416 238,303,540 60,914,876 Selective sales 139,370,352 113,737,767 25,632,585 Motor fuel 37,935,765 36,542,216 1,393,549 Alcoholic beverage 5,635,016 5,169,798 465,218 Tobacco products 15,837,229 15,299,135 538,094 Public utilities 26,817,674 14,030,128 12,787,546 Other selective sales 53,144,668 42,696,490 10,448,178 Individual income 289,308,282 265,752,148 23,556,134 Corporate income 60,523,763 52,846,053 7,677,710 Motor vehicle license 20,853,250 19,274,259 1,578,991 Other taxes 83,132,594 54,310,627 28,821,967 Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 585,302,276 269,953,864 315,348,412 Current charges 350,446,387 140,073,161 210,373,226 Education 103,524,459 79,964,119 23,560,340 Institutions of higher education 88,220,088 78,844,467 9,375,621 School lunch sales (gross) 6,919,974 21,762 6,898,212 Hospitals 91,088,763 33,248,338 57,840,425 Highways 10,589,217 6,086,234 4,502,983 Air transportation (airports) 16,553,571 1,216,240 15,337,331 Parking facilities 1,822,656 16,548 1,806,108 Sea and inland port facilities 3,865,615 1,136,871 2,728,744 Natural resources 3,336,395 1,790,064 1,546,331 Parks and recreation 8,771,994 1,495,151 7,276,843 Housing and community development 5,424,874 675,115 4,749,759 Sewerage 36,135,293 44,198 36,091,095 Solid waste management 14,467,668 453,106 14,014,562 Other charges 54,865,882 13,947,177 40,918,705 Miscellaneous general revenue 234,855,889 129,880,703 104,975,186 Interest earnings 93,241,868 47,909,204 45,332,664 Special assessments 8,171,131 889,006 7,282,125 Sale of property 4,645,805 1,138,991 3,506,814 Other general revenue 128,797,085 79,943,502 48,853,583 Utility revenue 134,495,599 16,731,239 117,764,360 Water supply 43,554,694 228,190 43,326,504 Electric power 70,660,073 14,215,666 56,444,407 Gas supply 8,723,454 16,374 8,707,080 Transit 11,557,378 2,271,009 9,286,369 Liquor store revenue 6,824,886 5,799,273 1,025,613 Insurance trust revenue 595,394,758 519,907,419 75,487,339 Unemployment compensation 34,186,073 34,063,242 122,831 Employee retirement 532,153,635 456,789,127 75,364,508 Workers' compensation 19,659,601 19,659,601 - Other insurance trust revenue 9,395,449 9,395,449 - Expenditure1 2,656,853,292 1,624,042,332 1,499,239,272 By character and object: Intergovernmental expenditure1 11,704,551 464,258,436 13,874,427 Direct expenditure 2,645,148,741 1,159,783,896 1,485,364,845 Current operations 1,961,186,457 793,439,499 1,167,746,958 Capital outlay 324,219,129 109,778,784 214,440,345 Construction 253,543,574 90,425,748 163,117,826 Other capital outlay 70,675,555 19,353,036 51,322,519 Assistance and subsidies 40,484,951 31,303,905 9,181,046 Interest on debt 105,505,350 42,803,181 62,702,169 Insurance benefits and repayments 213,752,854 182,458,527 31,294,327 Exhibit: Salaries and wages 760,131,353 215,323,881 544,807,472 Direct expenditure by function 2,645,148,741 1,159,783,896 1,485,364,845 Direct general expenditure 2,242,754,374 948,294,183 1,294,460,191 Capital outlay 286,316,861 105,067,063 181,249,798 Other direct general expenditure 1,956,437,513 843,227,120 1,113,210,393 Education services: Education 776,626,549 216,044,791 560,581,758 Capital outlay 91,445,554 23,715,879 67,729,675 Higher education 204,379,018 170,467,250 33,911,768 Capital outlay 25,352,034 21,370,851 3,981,183 Elementary & secondary 534,918,133 8,248,143 526,669,990 Capital outlay 65,450,934 1,702,442 63,748,492 Other education 37,329,398 37,329,398 - Libraries 10,775,530 428,501 10,347,029 Social services and income maintenance: Public welfare 377,421,120 329,174,824 48,246,296 Cash assistance payments 19,634,432 10,453,386 9,181,046 Vendor payments 285,819,400 280,599,947 5,219,453 Other public welfare 71,967,288 38,121,491 33,845,797 Hospitals 118,550,669 47,330,130 71,220,539 Capital outlay 7,504,310 2,686,274 4,818,036 Health 70,401,925 33,654,139 36,747,786 Employment security administration 3,981,370 3,973,596 7,774 Veterans' services 698,938 698,938 - Transportation: Highways 144,818,377 88,322,309 56,496,068 Capital outlay 83,384,878 61,214,693 22,170,185 Air transportation (airports) 20,044,938 1,629,156 18,415,782 Parking facilities 1,451,604 7,975 1,443,629 Sea and inland port facilities 4,760,624 1,481,600 3,279,024 Public safety: Police protection 84,098,577 11,383,130 72,715,447 Fire protection 36,827,477 - 36,827,477 Correction 68,096,893 44,021,189 24,075,704 Capital outlay 3,231,740 1,874,263 1,357,477 Protective inspection and regulation 14,186,078 8,680,603 5,505,475 Environment and housing: Natural resources 22,493,843 13,556,363 8,937,480 Capital outlay 6,008,344 3,004,432 3,003,912 Parks and recreation 37,486,252 5,189,271 32,296,981 Capital outlay 10,076,728 1,175,628 8,901,100 Housing and community development 45,928,360 8,721,868 37,206,492 Sewerage 44,019,475 1,350,841 42,668,634 Capital outlay 17,531,670 740,176 16,791,494 Solid waste management 22,947,940 2,225,658 20,722,282 Capital outlay 2,432,261 246,730 2,185,531 Governmental administration: Financial administration 39,652,341 22,050,406 17,601,935 Judicial and legal 38,767,257 18,921,485 19,845,772 General public buildings 13,944,980 3,510,978 10,434,002 Other governmental administration 27,340,101 4,810,233 22,529,868 Interest on general debt 93,062,608 40,812,573 52,250,035 General expenditure, n.e.c.: Miscellaneous commercial activities 4,678,413 484,395 4,194,018 Other and unallocable 119,692,135 39,829,231 79,862,904 Utility expenditure 183,038,043 24,367,076 158,670,967 Capital outlay 37,870,870 4,692,702 33,178,168 Water supply 54,126,083 365,843 53,760,240 Electric power 69,689,881 13,889,421 55,800,460 Gas supply 11,878,653 12,110 11,866,543 Transit 47,343,426 10,099,702 37,243,724 Liquor store expenditure 5,603,470 4,664,110 939,360 Insurance trust expenditure 213,752,854 182,458,527 31,294,327 Unemployment compensation 28,933,602 28,854,007 79,595 Employee retirement 166,974,509 135,759,777 31,214,732 Workers' compensation 12,026,955 12,026,955 - Other insurance trust 5,817,788 5,817,788 - Debt outstanding 2,413,840,626 933,801,534 1,480,039,092 Short-term 32,804,709 7,529,620 25,275,089 Long-term 2,381,035,917 926,271,914 1,454,764,003 Public debt for private purposes 545,946,922 345,439,436 200,507,486 Long-term debt issued 388,208,157 159,000,094 229,208,063 Long-term debt retired 227,748,904 92,288,579 135,460,325 Cash and security holdings 5,483,506,926 3,918,225,825 1,565,281,101 Insurance trust funds 3,407,442,142 2,870,241,826 537,200,316 Unemployment compensation 40,212,929 39,795,912 417,017 Employee retirement 3,269,705,951 2,732,922,652 536,783,299 Workers' compensation 84,169,211 84,169,211 - Miscellaneous 13,354,051 13,354,051 - Other than insurance trust funds 2,076,064,784 1,047,983,999 1,028,080,785 By purpose: Offsets to debt 706,742,746 422,601,249 284,141,497 Bond funds 225,649,777 45,274,280 180,375,497 Other 1,143,672,261 580,108,470 563,563,791 1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded. Abbreviations and symbols: - zero or rounds to zero; (X) not applicable n.e.c. = "not elsewhere classified" Note that the data released in this table do not meet all of the criteria outlined in the Census Bureau Standard: Quality Requirements for Releasing Data Products, and they should be used with caution. The unit response rates for this table fall below the Census Bureau's 60 percent standard. See http://www2.census.gov/govs/estimate/quality_issues_cog_finance.pdf for a detailed description of the specific quality issues and information about the impact on the data.