VERMONT 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 6,328,910 5,428,546 2,277,590 General revenue1 5,453,821 4,776,583 2,054,464 Intergovernmental revenue1 1,421,776 1,367,224 1,431,778 From Federal Government 1,421,776 1,362,418 59,358 From State government1 (1) - 1,372,420 From local governments1 (1) 4,806 (1) General revenue from own sources 4,032,045 3,409,359 622,686 Taxes 2,925,905 2,563,506 362,399 Property 1,230,932 889,022 341,910 Sales and gross receipts 856,211 844,977 11,234 General sales 339,903 334,413 5,490 Selective sales 516,308 510,564 5,744 Motor fuel 87,370 87,370 - Alcoholic beverage 19,204 19,204 - Tobacco products 64,300 64,300 - Public utilities 12,219 10,310 1,909 Other selective sales 333,215 329,380 3,835 Individual income 581,189 581,189 - Corporate income 83,362 83,362 - Motor vehicle license 75,868 75,831 37 Other taxes 98,343 89,125 9,218 Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 1,106,140 845,853 260,287 Current charges 614,782 456,830 157,952 Education 433,688 410,479 23,209 Institutions of higher education 410,384 410,384 - School lunch sales (gross) 17,437 - 17,437 Hospitals 215 215 - Highways 705 35 670 Air transportation (airports) 13,828 257 13,571 Parking facilities 5,529 - 5,529 Sea and inland port facilities 109 - 109 Natural resources 1,542 797 745 Parks and recreation 16,710 6,542 10,168 Housing and community development 9,302 2,466 6,836 Sewerage 50,221 4 50,217 Solid waste management 21,312 654 20,658 Other charges 61,621 35,381 26,240 Miscellaneous general revenue 491,358 389,023 102,335 Interest earnings 210,407 173,828 36,579 Special assessments 3,768 - 3,768 Sale of property 2,080 180 1,900 Other general revenue 275,103 215,015 60,088 Utility revenue 196,003 - 196,003 Water supply 58,061 - 58,061 Electric power 133,521 - 133,521 Gas supply - - - Transit 4,421 - 4,421 Liquor store revenue 41,123 41,123 - Insurance trust revenue 637,963 610,840 27,123 Unemployment compensation 65,820 65,820 - Employee retirement 572,143 545,020 27,123 Workers' compensation - - - Other insurance trust revenue - - - Expenditure1 5,751,564 4,949,961 2,215,244 By character and object: Intergovernmental expenditure1 19,244 1,432,210 675 Direct expenditure 5,732,320 3,517,751 2,214,569 Current operations 4,640,917 2,702,087 1,938,830 Capital outlay 520,870 293,599 227,271 Construction 425,017 260,520 164,497 Other capital outlay 95,853 33,079 62,774 Assistance and subsidies 121,286 121,286 - Interest on debt 202,148 159,856 42,292 Insurance benefits and repayments 247,099 240,923 6,176 Exhibit: Salaries and wages 1,660,178 703,493 956,685 Direct expenditure by function 5,732,320 3,517,751 2,214,569 Direct general expenditure 5,209,208 3,210,725 1,998,483 Capital outlay 492,268 293,205 199,063 Other direct general expenditure 4,716,940 2,917,520 1,799,420 Education services: Education 2,154,403 840,300 1,314,103 Capital outlay 209,157 138,530 70,627 Higher education 711,271 711,271 - Capital outlay 138,424 138,424 - Elementary & secondary 1,314,103 - 1,314,103 Capital outlay 70,627 - 70,627 Other education 129,029 129,029 - Libraries 16,432 3,373 13,059 Social services and income maintenance: Public welfare 1,184,482 1,183,456 1,026 Cash assistance payments 60,151 60,151 - Vendor payments 936,079 935,881 198 Other public welfare 188,252 187,424 828 Hospitals 18,162 18,162 - Capital outlay 12 12 - Health 146,603 137,772 8,831 Employment security administration 17,169 17,169 - Veterans' services 140 140 - Transportation: Highways 437,572 276,417 161,155 Capital outlay 172,682 133,136 39,546 Air transportation (airports) 25,220 9,615 15,605 Parking facilities 5,398 - 5,398 Sea and inland port facilities 122 - 122 Public safety: Police protection 141,263 71,423 69,840 Fire protection 41,526 - 41,526 Correction 113,549 113,487 62 Capital outlay 543 543 - Protective inspection and regulation 17,134 16,413 721 Environment and housing: Natural resources 41,269 38,414 2,855 Capital outlay 1,992 1,254 738 Parks and recreation 35,557 13,529 22,028 Capital outlay 2,280 1,897 383 Housing and community development 118,812 73,044 45,768 Sewerage 76,671 10,794 65,877 Capital outlay 19,573 124 19,449 Solid waste management 38,294 9,832 28,462 Capital outlay 1,563 16 1,547 Governmental administration: Financial administration 80,215 50,642 29,573 Judicial and legal 60,292 54,135 6,157 General public buildings 42,351 32,020 10,331 Other governmental administration 58,383 21,166 37,217 Interest on general debt 190,604 159,856 30,748 General expenditure, n.e.c.: Miscellaneous commercial activities 15,607 - 15,607 Other and unallocable 131,978 59,566 72,412 Utility expenditure 234,587 24,677 209,910 Capital outlay 28,602 394 28,208 Water supply 70,209 - 70,209 Electric power 125,105 - 125,105 Gas supply - - - Transit 39,273 24,677 14,596 Liquor store expenditure 41,426 41,426 - Insurance trust expenditure 247,099 240,923 6,176 Unemployment compensation 82,144 82,144 - Employee retirement 164,955 158,779 6,176 Workers' compensation - - - Other insurance trust - - - Debt outstanding 4,018,536 3,052,469 966,067 Short-term 99,127 73,301 25,826 Long-term 3,919,409 2,979,168 940,241 Public debt for private purposes 1,709,181 1,708,393 788 Long-term debt issued 308,168 208,280 99,888 Long-term debt retired 200,119 120,691 79,428 - - - Cash and security holdings 7,787,568 7,242,759 544,809 Insurance trust funds 3,791,490 3,669,650 121,840 Unemployment compensation 183,544 183,544 - Employee retirement 3,607,946 3,486,106 121,840 Workers' compensation - - - Miscellaneous - - - Other than insurance trust funds 3,996,078 3,573,109 422,969 By purpose: Offsets to debt 2,237,734 2,218,654 19,080 Bond funds 87,303 35,184 52,119 Other 1,671,041 1,319,271 351,770 1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded. Abbreviations and symbols: - zero or rounds to zero; (X) not applicable n.e.c. = "not elsewhere classified"