UNITED STATES TOTAL Table 2. 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 County Municipal Township Special District School District government government government government government amount amount amount amount amount Revenue 366,071,880 508,582,270 46,281,378 175,279,706 472,544,412 General revenue 337,824,434 389,325,670 43,457,315 134,689,907 469,185,008 Intergovernmental revenue 122,173,956 106,151,190 9,672,457 42,772,570 259,692,026 From Federal Government 11,062,798 20,443,594 536,262 21,079,957 4,541,533 From State government 104,920,359 76,141,894 8,069,083 11,924,244 249,374,610 From local governments 6,190,799 9,565,702 1,067,112 9,768,369 5,775,883 General revenue from own sources 215,650,478 283,174,480 33,784,858 91,917,337 209,492,982 Taxes 127,144,564 172,964,030 26,803,000 22,817,839 168,942,304 Property 86,814,371 82,178,024 24,237,951 15,164,412 162,094,716 Sales and gross receipts 27,751,614 48,334,000 210,065 6,319,293 3,932,489 General sales 21,821,165 29,527,455 5,434 5,946,390 3,614,432 Selective sales 5,930,449 18,806,545 204,631 372,903 318,057 Motor fuel 937,798 438,174 17,577 X X Alcoholic beverage 145,998 319,148 72 X X Tobacco products 252,594 285,497 3 X X Public utilities 1,919,278 10,469,621 76,675 3,915 318,057 Other selective sales 2,674,781 7,294,105 110,304 368,988 X Individual income 4,473,951 16,729,991 708,809 397 1,642,986 Corporate income 57,504 7,620,108 80 18 X Motor vehicle license 1,058,660 479,622 17,537 23,172 X Other taxes 6,988,464 17,622,285 1,628,558 1,310,547 1,272,113 Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 88,505,914 110,210,450 6,981,858 69,099,498 40,550,678 Current charges 62,850,358 70,781,599 4,179,653 53,100,410 19,461,192 Education 3,058,960 774,327 262,859 3,002 19,461,192 Institutions of higher education 1,571,118 349,797 X 3,002 7,451,704 School lunch sales (gross) 683,791 262,223 173,283 X 5,778,915 Hospitals 24,368,238 7,823,342 59,440 25,589,405 X Highways 1,056,579 1,865,000 29,499 1,551,905 X Air transportation (airports) 2,236,880 7,424,528 29,829 5,646,094 X Parking facilities 82,758 1,609,237 33,951 80,162 X Sea and inland port facilities 240,206 1,221,213 6,983 1,260,342 X Natural resources 178,209 168,707 2,336 1,197,065 X Parks and recreation 1,243,030 4,097,629 368,069 1,568,115 X Housing and community development 253,829 2,064,302 25,647 2,405,981 X Sewerage 4,389,901 23,653,452 1,751,210 6,296,532 X Solid waste management 4,923,760 7,528,331 608,215 954,256 X Other charges 20,818,008 12,551,531 1,001,615 6,547,551 X Miscellaneous general revenue 25,655,556 39,428,851 2,802,205 15,999,088 21,089,486 Interest earnings 10,939,417 15,554,463 1,146,815 8,300,997 9,390,972 Special assessments 1,627,475 3,073,421 276,434 2,304,795 X Sale of property 638,586 1,446,544 117,290 757,961 546,433 Other general revenue 12,450,078 19,354,423 1,261,666 4,635,335 11,152,081 Utility revenue 4,742,905 71,638,366 2,004,139 39,378,950 X Water supply 3,960,546 26,785,489 1,204,824 11,375,645 X Electric power 224,561 34,818,838 786,298 20,614,710 X Gas supply 57,675 6,288,399 11,550 2,349,456 X Transit 500,123 3,745,640 1,467 5,039,139 X Liquor store revenue 541,153 484,460 X X X Insurance trust revenue 22,963,388 47,133,774 819,924 1,210,849 3,359,404 Unemployment compensation X 122,831 X X X Employee retirement 22,963,388 47,010,943 819,924 1,210,849 3,359,404 Workers' compensation X X X X X Other insurance trust revenue X X X X X Expenditure 345,195,839 477,453,502 45,557,435 174,887,296 482,725,404 Intergovernmental expenditure 14,434,572 11,007,132 2,004,494 2,398,760 10,616,876 Direct expenditure 330,761,267 466,446,370 43,552,941 172,488,536 472,108,528 Current operations 270,442,612 337,322,461 36,308,288 123,844,687 399,821,738 Capital outlay 33,839,935 81,897,248 5,580,875 35,275,107 57,847,149 Construction 23,034,033 63,860,571 3,609,092 27,155,765 45,458,365 Other capital outlay 10,805,902 18,036,677 1,971,783 8,119,342 12,388,784 Assistance and subsidies 7,638,486 1,508,579 33,981 X X Interest on debt 11,992,045 23,702,416 1,189,648 12,733,596 13,084,464 Insurance benefits and repayments 6,848,189 22,015,666 440,149 635,146 1,355,177 Exhibit: Salaries and wages 112,583,329 136,667,043 15,744,719 35,633,040 244,179,341 Direct expenditure by function 330,761,267 466,446,370 43,552,941 172,488,536 472,108,528 Direct general expenditure 315,949,552 361,518,746 40,926,153 105,305,186 470,753,351 Capital outlay 32,296,697 65,413,624 5,145,845 20,546,452 57,847,149 Other direct general expenditure 283,652,855 296,105,122 35,780,308 84,758,734 412,906,202 Education services: Education 48,127,420 42,979,408 11,346,201 452,876 457,668,873 Capital outlay 4,452,186 4,394,070 849,773 186,511 57,847,135 Higher education 5,186,398 1,020,705 X X 27,697,685 Capital outlay 453,854 32,324 X X 3,495,005 Elementary & secondary 42,941,022 41,958,703 11,346,201 452,876 429,971,188 Capital outlay 3,998,332 4,361,746 849,773 186,511 54,352,130 Other education X X X X X Libraries 2,689,576 4,247,747 600,255 2,809,451 X Social services and income maintenance: Public welfare 36,222,815 11,346,186 233,047 444,248 X Cash assistance payments 7,638,486 1,508,579 33,981 X X Vendor payments 3,296,797 1,919,471 3,185 X X Other public welfare 25,287,532 7,918,136 195,881 444,248 X Hospitals 30,464,735 12,958,953 54,467 27,742,370 14 Capital outlay 1,453,195 866,314 3 2,498,510 14 Health 25,674,371 7,841,889 418,365 2,813,161 X Employment security administration X 7,774 X X X Veterans' services X X X X X Transportation: Highways 21,042,382 28,546,248 5,035,718 1,871,720 X Capital outlay 7,350,281 12,919,707 1,178,646 721,551 X Air transportation (airports) 2,509,101 9,419,692 41,326 6,445,663 X Parking facilities 105,866 1,233,467 30,106 74,190 X Sea and inland port facilities 271,899 1,013,242 19,456 1,974,427 X Public safety: Police protection 22,535,380 46,347,782 3,760,001 72,284 X Fire protection 5,857,477 23,626,913 2,300,453 5,042,634 X Correction 20,012,990 3,834,645 1,003 227,066 X Capital outlay 1,151,467 184,732 1 21,277 X Protective inspection and regulation 1,299,034 3,851,777 354,664 X X Environment and housing: Natural resources 3,481,633 869,438 144,455 4,441,731 X Capital outlay 1,128,352 252,793 32,511 1,590,225 X Parks and recreation 6,442,848 20,006,792 1,463,501 4,383,840 X Capital outlay 1,739,044 5,575,179 330,629 1,256,248 X Housing and community development 3,440,800 16,640,393 303,375 16,821,924 X Sewerage 5,548,739 26,403,618 1,921,691 8,794,586 X Capital outlay 1,817,141 10,925,999 532,436 3,515,918 X Solid waste management 5,983,491 11,638,837 1,625,487 1,474,467 X Capital outlay 719,095 1,003,698 61,419 401,319 X Governmental administration: Financial administration 8,297,263 8,180,051 1,124,621 X X Judicial and legal 15,203,975 4,306,983 334,814 X X General public buildings 4,949,516 4,728,150 756,336 X X Other governmental administration 8,213,727 12,775,979 1,540,162 X X Interest on general debt 11,522,652 18,920,617 1,117,938 7,604,364 13,084,464 General expenditure, n.e.c.: Miscellaneous commercial activities 52,920 518,061 51,285 3,571,752 X Other and unallocable 25,998,942 39,274,104 6,347,426 8,242,432 X Utility expenditure 7,497,253 82,438,871 2,186,639 66,548,204 X Capital outlay 1,543,238 16,471,245 435,030 14,728,655 X Water supply 4,650,291 31,514,720 1,402,856 16,192,373 X Electric power 230,168 33,882,428 752,726 20,935,138 X Gas supply 63,848 6,328,132 16,600 5,457,963 X Transit 2,552,946 10,713,591 14,457 23,962,730 X Liquor store expenditure 466,273 473,087 X X X Insurance trust expenditure 6,848,189 22,015,666 440,149 635,146 1,355,177 Unemployment compensation X 79,595 X X X Employee retirement 6,848,189 21,936,071 440,149 635,146 1,355,177 Workers' compensation X X X X X Other insurance trust X X X X X Debt outstanding 262,869,222 566,610,942 30,345,302 300,631,827 319,581,799 Short-term 4,198,661 6,841,648 2,868,979 4,028,604 7,337,197 Long-term 258,670,561 559,769,294 27,476,323 296,603,223 312,244,602 Public debt for private purposes 78,541,708 81,134,208 1,759,281 39,072,289 X Long-term debt issued 35,336,274 76,710,725 3,526,355 52,583,037 61,051,672 Long-term debt retired 23,244,089 51,455,959 2,752,048 27,064,302 30,943,927 Cash and security holdings 389,898,541 709,985,321 32,969,594 211,697,526 220,730,119 Insurance trust funds 146,844,455 352,629,809 6,938,036 10,269,278 20,518,738 Unemployment compensation X 417,017 X X X Employee retirement 146,844,455 352,212,792 6,938,036 10,269,278 20,518,738 Workers' compensation X X X X X Miscellaneous X X X X X Other than insurance trust funds 243,054,086 357,355,512 26,031,558 201,428,248 200,211,381 By purpose: Offsets to debt 90,315,867 111,252,628 2,450,942 63,089,096 17,032,964 Bond funds 27,970,346 55,196,209 3,370,665 32,790,840 61,047,437 Other 124,767,873 190,906,675 20,209,951 105,548,312 122,130,980 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.