LOUISIANA 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 46,769,584 33,363,105 18,814,791 General revenue1 39,371,982 27,488,371 17,291,923 Intergovernmental revenue1 13,270,446 12,390,278 6,288,480 From Federal Government 13,270,446 12,300,518 969,928 From State government1 (1) - 5,318,552 From local governments1 (1) 89,760 (1) General revenue from own sources 26,101,536 15,098,093 11,003,443 Taxes 17,582,281 10,973,115 6,609,166 Property 2,608,178 38,757 2,569,421 Sales and gross receipts 9,332,240 5,481,652 3,850,588 General sales 7,037,988 3,481,242 3,556,746 Selective sales 2,294,252 2,000,410 293,842 Motor fuel 616,636 616,636 - Alcoholic beverage 57,147 53,881 3,266 Tobacco products 147,262 147,262 - Public utilities 201,885 17,607 184,278 Other selective sales 1,271,322 1,165,024 106,298 Individual income 3,214,163 3,214,163 - Corporate income 752,773 752,773 - Motor vehicle license 113,388 110,997 2,391 Other taxes 1,561,539 1,374,773 186,766 Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 8,519,255 4,124,978 4,394,277 Current charges 4,816,064 1,835,361 2,980,703 Education 1,119,112 1,056,845 62,267 Institutions of higher education 1,032,541 1,032,541 - School lunch sales (gross) 46,575 - 46,575 Hospitals 2,057,341 393,225 1,664,116 Highways 53,593 42,669 10,924 Air transportation (airports) 109,156 1,275 107,881 Parking facilities 4,087 - 4,087 Sea and inland port facilities 118,581 55,623 62,958 Natural resources 3,151 2,601 550 Parks and recreation 149,270 58,026 91,244 Housing and community development 73,629 13,476 60,153 Sewerage 324,675 - 324,675 Solid waste management 151,548 - 151,548 Other charges 651,921 211,621 440,300 Miscellaneous general revenue 3,703,191 2,289,617 1,413,574 Interest earnings 1,634,570 916,447 718,123 Special assessments 37,810 - 37,810 Sale of property 83,006 61,857 21,149 Other general revenue 1,947,805 1,311,313 636,492 Utility revenue 1,211,026 4,515 1,206,511 Water supply 353,638 3,046 350,592 Electric power 673,212 1,469 671,743 Gas supply 172,028 - 172,028 Transit 12,148 - 12,148 Liquor store revenue - - - Insurance trust revenue 6,186,576 5,870,219 316,357 Unemployment compensation 260,581 260,581 - Employee retirement 5,824,852 5,508,495 316,357 Workers' compensation 42,713 42,713 - Other insurance trust revenue 58,430 58,430 - Expenditure1 38,675,772 27,507,729 17,435,802 By character and object: Intergovernmental expenditure1 72,866 6,327,965 12,660 Direct expenditure 38,602,906 21,179,764 17,423,142 Current operations 29,342,630 14,995,648 14,346,982 Capital outlay 4,207,568 1,934,732 2,272,836 Construction 3,315,092 1,622,928 1,692,164 Other capital outlay 892,476 311,804 580,672 Assistance and subsidies 562,001 561,968 33 Interest on debt 1,470,491 852,184 618,307 Insurance benefits and repayments 3,020,216 2,835,232 184,984 Exhibit: Salaries and wages 10,414,739 3,807,032 6,607,707 Direct expenditure by function 38,602,906 21,179,764 17,423,142 Direct general expenditure 34,170,051 18,340,221 15,829,830 Capital outlay 3,976,095 1,934,617 2,041,478 Other direct general expenditure 30,193,956 16,405,604 13,788,352 Education services: Education 10,039,985 3,680,669 6,359,316 Capital outlay 724,117 181,247 542,870 Higher education 2,691,405 2,691,405 - Capital outlay 161,209 161,209 - Elementary & secondary 6,556,970 197,654 6,359,316 Capital outlay 542,870 - 542,870 Other education 791,610 791,610 - Libraries 154,779 7,942 146,837 Social services and income maintenance: Public welfare 4,782,806 4,749,732 33,074 Cash assistance payments 236,089 236,056 33 Vendor payments 4,054,155 4,052,934 1,221 Other public welfare 492,562 460,742 31,820 Hospitals 2,851,114 843,835 2,007,279 Capital outlay 197,290 17,703 179,587 Health 588,941 432,499 156,442 Employment security administration 58,296 58,296 - Veterans' services 10,417 10,417 - Transportation: Highways 2,212,969 1,563,679 649,290 Capital outlay 1,397,486 1,133,626 263,860 Air transportation (airports) 203,196 17,627 185,569 Parking facilities 2,788 - 2,788 Sea and inland port facilities 205,888 107,245 98,643 Public safety: Police protection 1,211,657 210,567 1,001,090 Fire protection 476,363 - 476,363 Correction 1,064,639 521,879 542,760 Capital outlay 74,962 20,260 54,702 Protective inspection and regulation 131,716 58,059 73,657 Environment and housing: Natural resources 460,105 284,981 175,124 Capital outlay 139,885 73,579 66,306 Parks and recreation 624,818 288,855 335,963 Capital outlay 218,496 137,318 81,178 Housing and community development 3,296,331 2,912,099 384,232 Sewerage 499,782 - 499,782 Capital outlay 171,669 - 171,669 Solid waste management 291,503 - 291,503 Capital outlay 12,286 - 12,286 Governmental administration: Financial administration 575,552 286,198 289,354 Judicial and legal 558,314 186,371 371,943 General public buildings 289,681 210,087 79,594 Other governmental administration 364,822 92,895 271,927 Interest on general debt 1,414,717 852,184 562,533 General expenditure, n.e.c.: Miscellaneous commercial activities 3,178 - 3,178 Other and unallocable 1,795,694 964,105 831,589 Utility expenditure 1,412,639 4,311 1,408,328 Capital outlay 231,473 115 231,358 Water supply 474,903 1,970 472,933 Electric power 613,912 1,445 612,467 Gas supply 171,582 - 171,582 Transit 152,242 896 151,346 Liquor store expenditure - - - Insurance trust expenditure 3,020,216 2,835,232 184,984 Unemployment compensation 129,286 129,286 - Employee retirement 2,803,194 2,618,210 184,984 Workers' compensation - - - Other insurance trust 87,736 87,736 - Debt outstanding 27,842,954 14,251,968 13,590,986 Short-term 46,227 9,036 37,191 Long-term 27,796,727 14,242,932 13,553,795 Public debt for private purposes 7,300,883 4,092,531 3,208,352 Long-term debt issued 5,164,538 3,414,381 1,750,157 Long-term debt retired 2,222,031 891,664 1,330,367 Cash and security holdings 76,461,205 59,460,193 17,001,012 Insurance trust funds 41,317,348 38,793,172 2,524,176 Unemployment compensation 1,436,287 1,436,287 - Employee retirement 39,680,427 37,156,251 2,524,176 Workers' compensation 135,149 135,149 - Miscellaneous 65,485 65,485 - Other than insurance trust funds 35,143,857 20,667,021 14,476,836 By purpose: Offsets to debt 11,725,159 7,202,519 4,522,640 Bond funds 3,803,380 1,830,816 1,972,564 Other 19,615,318 11,633,686 7,981,632 1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded. Abbreviations and symbols: - zero or rounds to zero; (X) not applicable n.e.c. = "not elsewhere classified"