COLORADO 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 46,738,672 26,851,591 24,906,485 General revenue1 35,366,246 18,451,410 21,934,240 Intergovernmental revenue1 5,687,189 4,701,929 6,004,664 From Federal Government 5,687,189 4,623,503 1,063,686 From State government1 (1) 0 4,940,978 From local governments1 (1) 78,426 (1) General revenue from own sources 29,679,057 13,749,481 15,929,576 Taxes 18,633,277 9,216,983 9,416,294 Property 5,660,332 0 5,660,332 Sales and gross receipts 6,594,745 3,450,208 3,144,537 General sales 5,067,255 2,196,193 2,871,062 Selective sales 1,527,490 1,254,015 273,475 Motor fuel 685,123 684,590 533 Alcoholic beverage 34,394 34,394 0 Tobacco products 230,939 227,662 3,277 Public utilities 116,548 9,750 106,798 Other selective sales 460,486 297,619 162,867 Individual income 4,795,440 4,795,423 17 Corporate income 479,445 479,445 0 Motor vehicle license 258,081 204,994 53,087 Other taxes 845,234 286,913 558,321 Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 11,045,780 4,532,498 6,513,282 Current charges 6,773,505 2,541,191 4,232,314 Education 2,497,110 2,088,710 408,400 Institutions of higher education 2,089,694 2,062,413 27,281 School lunch sales (gross) 96,835 0 96,835 Hospitals 1,458,236 290,621 1,167,615 Highways 158,813 6,514 152,299 Air transportation (airports) 558,158 0 558,158 Parking facilities 27,638 0 27,638 Sea and inland port facilities 591 0 591 Natural resources 58,058 7,587 50,471 Parks and recreation 266,728 2,611 264,117 Housing and community development 81,473 11,731 69,742 Sewerage 638,499 0 638,499 Solid waste management 91,468 3,583 87,885 Other charges 936,733 129,834 806,899 Miscellaneous general revenue 4,272,275 1,991,307 2,280,968 Interest earnings 1,713,097 929,944 783,153 Special assessments 361,317 0 361,317 Sale of property 104,907 609 104,298 Other general revenue 2,092,954 1,060,754 1,032,200 Utility revenue 2,186,483 0 2,186,483 Water supply 1,086,117 0 1,086,117 Electric power 767,345 0 767,345 Gas supply 224,664 0 224,664 Transit 108,357 0 108,357 Liquor store revenue 0 0 0 Insurance trust revenue 9,185,943 8,400,181 785,762 Unemployment compensation 462,685 462,685 0 Employee retirement 7,956,793 7,171,031 785,762 Workers' compensation 689,305 689,305 0 Other insurance trust revenue 77,160 77,160 0 Expenditure1 40,387,016 21,136,027 25,298,983 By character and object: Intergovernmental expenditure1 69,089 6,062,003 55,080 Direct expenditure 40,317,927 15,074,024 25,243,903 Current operations 28,130,465 9,838,336 18,292,129 Capital outlay 6,311,507 1,066,620 5,244,887 Construction 4,843,288 935,607 3,907,681 Other capital outlay 1,468,219 131,013 1,337,206 Assistance and subsidies 327,821 210,204 117,617 Interest on debt 1,969,389 723,526 1,245,863 Insurance benefits and repayments 3,578,745 3,235,338 343,407 Exhibit: Salaries and wages 11,953,035 3,255,396 8,697,639 Direct expenditure by function 40,317,927 15,074,024 25,243,903 Direct general expenditure 33,430,282 11,810,971 21,619,311 Capital outlay 5,223,705 1,066,620 4,157,085 Other direct general expenditure 28,206,577 10,744,351 17,462,226 Education services: Education 11,544,256 3,809,244 7,735,012 Capital outlay 1,619,967 535,050 1,084,917 Higher education 3,554,266 3,470,284 83,982 Capital outlay 529,407 528,421 986 Elementary & secondary 7,651,185 155 7,651,030 Capital outlay 1,083,931 0 1,083,931 Other education 338,805 338,805 0 Libraries 213,810 2,320 211,490 Social services and income maintenance: Public welfare 3,747,316 3,109,736 637,580 Cash assistance payments 117,617 0 117,617 Vendor payments 2,615,762 2,575,911 39,851 Other public welfare 1,013,937 533,825 480,112 Hospitals 1,787,411 394,763 1,392,648 Capital outlay 156,851 690 156,161 Health 1,019,595 631,795 387,800 Employment security administration 54,138 54,138 0 Veterans' services 20 20 0 Transportation: Highways 2,117,646 784,749 1,332,897 Capital outlay 1,000,264 417,482 582,782 Air transportation (airports) 693,745 1,994 691,751 Parking facilities 11,806 0 11,806 Sea and inland port facilities 4,607 0 4,607 Public safety: Police protection 1,345,366 111,460 1,233,906 Fire protection 654,980 0 654,980 Correction 1,176,162 747,689 428,473 Capital outlay 71,666 24,204 47,462 Protective inspection and regulation 153,071 107,808 45,263 Environment and housing: Natural resources 297,873 149,210 148,663 Capital outlay 69,262 10,623 58,639 Parks and recreation 1,075,793 70,887 1,004,906 Capital outlay 259,645 21,312 238,333 Housing and community development 697,394 82,066 615,328 Sewerage 799,295 1,785 797,510 Capital outlay 360,392 4 360,388 Solid waste management 138,773 1,348 137,425 Capital outlay 22,858 16 22,842 Governmental administration: Financial administration 821,779 339,393 482,386 Judicial and legal 473,520 260,530 212,990 General public buildings 337,583 10,897 326,686 Other governmental administration 658,637 63,076 595,561 Interest on general debt 1,696,924 701,400 995,524 General expenditure, n.e.c.: Miscellaneous commercial activities 11,020 0 11,020 Other and unallocable 1,897,762 374,663 1,523,099 Utility expenditure 3,308,900 27,715 3,281,185 Capital outlay 1,087,802 0 1,087,802 Water supply 1,595,610 27,715 1,567,895 Electric power 780,886 0 780,886 Gas supply 220,448 0 220,448 Transit 711,956 0 711,956 Liquor store expenditure 0 0 0 Insurance trust expenditure 3,578,745 3,235,338 343,407 Unemployment compensation 290,567 290,567 0 Employee retirement 2,859,701 2,516,294 343,407 Workers' compensation 386,683 386,683 0 Other insurance trust 41,794 41,794 0 Debt outstanding 46,186,156 14,905,758 31,280,398 Short-term 437,338 365,472 71,866 Long-term 45,748,818 14,540,286 31,208,532 Public debt for private purposes 12,562,399 10,541,366 2,021,033 Long-term debt issued 9,198,004 3,573,356 5,624,648 Long-term debt retired 4,800,483 1,645,641 3,154,842 Cash and security holdings 90,871,570 64,491,284 26,380,286 Insurance trust funds 50,514,499 44,415,056 6,099,443 Unemployment compensation 615,795 615,795 0 Employee retirement 47,807,657 41,708,214 6,099,443 Workers' compensation 1,938,279 1,938,279 0 Miscellaneous 152,768 152,768 0 Other than insurance trust funds 40,357,071 20,076,228 20,280,843 By purpose: Offsets to debt 15,350,480 11,733,841 3,616,639 Bond funds 4,285,500 634,490 3,651,010 Other 20,721,091 7,707,897 13,013,194 1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded. Abbreviations and symbols: - zero or rounds to zero; (X) not applicable n.e.c. = "not elsewhere classified"