DELAWARE 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 9,212,198 7,417,189 3,073,948 General revenue1 7,618,474 6,297,500 2,599,913 Intergovernmental revenue1 1,248,938 1,227,003 1,300,874 From Federal Government 1,248,938 1,181,333 67,605 From State government1 (1) 0 1,233,269 From local governments1 (1) 45,670 (1) General revenue from own sources 6,369,536 5,070,497 1,299,039 Taxes 3,658,798 2,905,905 752,893 Property 568,971 0 568,971 Sales and gross receipts 467,660 459,209 8,451 General sales 0 0 0 Selective sales 467,660 459,209 8,451 Motor fuel 117,484 117,484 0 Alcoholic beverage 14,802 14,802 0 Tobacco products 88,085 88,085 0 Public utilities 50,746 47,665 3,081 Other selective sales 196,543 191,173 5,370 Individual income 1,073,253 1,025,416 47,837 Corporate income 302,226 302,222 4 Motor vehicle license 34,783 34,783 0 Other taxes 1,211,905 1,084,275 127,630 Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 2,710,738 2,164,592 546,146 Current charges 1,264,869 933,757 331,112 Education 559,608 541,997 17,611 Institutions of higher education 541,997 541,997 0 School lunch sales (gross) 16,744 0 16,744 Hospitals 15,815 15,815 0 Highways 220,280 132,144 88,136 Air transportation (airports) 5,559 0 5,559 Parking facilities 11,986 0 11,986 Sea and inland port facilities 30,621 30,621 0 Natural resources 6,664 6,044 620 Parks and recreation 10,857 7,283 3,574 Housing and community development 8,223 3,970 4,253 Sewerage 143,621 0 143,621 Solid waste management 74,129 64,414 9,715 Other charges 177,506 131,469 46,037 Miscellaneous general revenue 1,445,869 1,230,835 215,034 Interest earnings 321,255 259,197 62,058 Special assessments 433,941 403,197 30,744 Sale of property 2,902 801 2,101 Other general revenue 687,771 567,640 120,131 Utility revenue 382,526 11,919 370,607 Water supply 58,429 0 58,429 Electric power 312,156 0 312,156 Gas supply 0 0 0 Transit 11,941 11,919 22 Liquor store revenue 0 0 0 Insurance trust revenue 1,211,198 1,107,770 103,428 Unemployment compensation 88,090 88,090 0 Employee retirement 1,116,499 1,013,071 103,428 Workers' compensation 6,609 6,609 0 Other insurance trust revenue 0 0 0 Expenditure1 8,641,142 6,674,771 3,123,599 By character and object: Intergovernmental expenditure1 14,069 1,170,711 586 Direct expenditure 8,627,073 5,504,060 3,123,013 Current operations 6,638,618 4,147,860 2,490,758 Capital outlay 1,081,319 558,708 522,611 Construction 881,999 419,704 462,295 Other capital outlay 199,320 139,004 60,316 Assistance and subsidies 111,453 111,453 0 Interest on debt 324,234 252,565 71,669 Insurance benefits and repayments 471,449 433,474 37,975 Exhibit: Salaries and wages 3,271,633 2,162,325 1,109,308 Direct expenditure by function 8,627,073 5,504,060 3,123,013 Direct general expenditure 7,675,850 4,981,953 2,693,897 Capital outlay 1,014,008 547,868 466,140 Other direct general expenditure 6,661,842 4,434,085 2,227,757 Education services: Education 2,710,088 1,089,292 1,620,796 Capital outlay 341,628 95,871 245,757 Higher education 861,741 861,741 0 Capital outlay 94,489 94,489 0 Elementary & secondary 1,669,343 48,547 1,620,796 Capital outlay 245,757 0 245,757 Other education 179,004 179,004 0 Libraries 40,830 8,450 32,380 Social services and income maintenance: Public welfare 1,302,765 1,302,459 306 Cash assistance payments 28,847 28,847 0 Vendor payments 939,359 939,359 0 Other public welfare 334,559 334,253 306 Hospitals 63,217 63,217 0 Capital outlay 3,318 3,318 0 Health 355,580 319,168 36,412 Employment security administration 13,792 13,792 0 Veterans' services 0 0 0 Transportation: Highways 480,887 398,422 82,465 Capital outlay 272,774 256,260 16,514 Air transportation (airports) 15,374 0 15,374 Parking facilities 6,114 0 6,114 Sea and inland port facilities 32,759 32,759 0 Public safety: Police protection 309,291 102,672 206,619 Fire protection 35,883 0 35,883 Correction 265,937 265,937 0 Capital outlay 2,075 2,075 0 Protective inspection and regulation 69,079 52,522 16,557 Environment and housing: Natural resources 102,046 84,423 17,623 Capital outlay 18,928 8,344 10,584 Parks and recreation 95,170 56,931 38,239 Capital outlay 26,103 14,630 11,473 Housing and community development 117,982 55,838 62,144 Sewerage 189,785 0 189,785 Capital outlay 71,715 0 71,715 Solid waste management 126,773 110,475 16,298 Capital outlay 63,377 61,220 2,157 Governmental administration: Financial administration 275,046 240,753 34,293 Judicial and legal 155,767 139,647 16,120 General public buildings 128,850 66,826 62,024 Other governmental administration 103,735 31,712 72,023 Interest on general debt 315,665 252,565 63,100 General expenditure, n.e.c.: Miscellaneous commercial activities 4,947 0 4,947 Other and unallocable 358,488 294,093 64,395 Utility expenditure 479,774 88,633 391,141 Capital outlay 67,311 10,840 56,471 Water supply 93,411 0 93,411 Electric power 297,664 0 297,664 Gas supply 0 0 0 Transit 88,699 88,633 66 Liquor store expenditure 0 0 0 Insurance trust expenditure 471,449 433,474 37,975 Unemployment compensation 92,450 92,450 0 Employee retirement 373,105 335,130 37,975 Workers' compensation 5,894 5,894 0 Other insurance trust 0 0 0 Debt outstanding 7,372,297 5,390,504 1,981,793 Short-term 1,167 0 1,167 Long-term 7,371,130 5,390,504 1,980,626 Public debt for private purposes 3,068,685 2,670,159 398,526 Long-term debt issued 1,696,283 1,537,356 158,927 Long-term debt retired 500,870 379,995 120,875 Cash and security holdings 16,281,750 14,162,049 2,119,701 Insurance trust funds 7,747,574 7,148,386 599,188 Unemployment compensation 193,871 193,871 0 Employee retirement 7,552,988 6,953,800 599,188 Workers' compensation 715 715 0 Miscellaneous 0 0 0 Other than insurance trust funds 8,534,176 7,013,663 1,520,513 By purpose: Offsets to debt 3,270,546 2,753,102 517,444 Bond funds 579,291 444,449 134,842 Other 4,684,339 3,816,112 868,227 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.