Government Finances North Carolina State and Local Government Revenue and Expenditure by Level of Government: 1991-92 (For further information on sample methodology, see Appendix E in the "Government Finances: 1991-92" publication. For meaning of abbreviations, see table documentation.) (Amounts in thousands of dollars. ) State State Local & Local Gov't Gov't Item ($000) ($000) ($000) Revenue, total 26765057 17663941 14289397 General revenue 21650097 14980885 11857493 Intergovernmental rev, total 4111927 4017596 5282612 From Federal Government * 4111927 3695376 416551 Education 743388 701072 42316 Public welfare 1971968 1970554 1414 From State governments * ** 0 4866061 Education ** 0 3692203 Public welfare ** 0 272276 From local governments ** 322220 ** General rev from own sources 17538170 10963289 6574881 Taxes 12397236 9009742 3387494 Property 2556370 112183 2444187 General sales 2971303 2171041 800262 Motor fuel 861487 861487 0 Motor vehicle license 291467 279959 11508 Income-individual and corp 4226883 4226883 0 Other taxes 1489726 1358189 131537 Current charges, total * 3538790 1194139 2344651 Education 1074241 804414 269827 Hospitals 1355819 211786 1144033 Miscellaneous revenue, total * 1602144 759408 842736 Interest earnings 853628 333942 519686 Utility revenue 2153292 0 2153292 Liquor store revenue 263049 0 263049 Insurance trust revenue, total * 2698619 2683056 15563 Employee retirement 2272504 2256941 15563 Expenditure, total 25374105 16045514 15056705 By character and object: Intergovernmental, total 0 5523219 204895 To Federal Government 0 0 0 To State governments ** 0 204895 To local governments ** 5523219 ** Current operation 17989260 7241610 10747650 Capital outlay 3160654 1123760 2036894 Construction 2254227 924074 1330153 Equip, land, & existing struc 906427 199686 706741 Assistance and subsidies 617259 509146 108113 Interest on debt 1173109 273409 899700 Ins benefits & repayments 1381528 1374370 7158 Exhibit-Expend, sal & wages 8686834 2707150 5979684 Direct expend by function, total 25374105 10522295 14851810 General expenditure 21266617 9147925 12118692 Current expenditure 18538200 8024165 10514035 Capital outlay 2728417 1123760 1604657 Education services: Education 8212867 2283928 5928939 Elementary & secondary * 5397528 33234 5364294 Capital outlay 782732 8538 774194 Higher education * 2555980 1991335 564645 Capital outlay 217227 187359 29868 Other education *** 259359 259359 0 Libraries 85071 4663 80408 Soc. services & income main: Public welfare 2991150 2580403 410747 Hospitals 1755164 638842 1116322 Health 823251 199661 623590 Employment security admin 66693 66693 0 Veterans' services 2663 2663 0 Transportation: Highways * 1583224 1310008 273216 Capital outlay 810914 701958 108956 Air transportation 118076 1155 116921 Parking facilities 14496 0 14496 Water transport & terminals 21924 21924 0 Transit subsidies 92 0 92 Public safety: Police protection 701642 148706 552936 Fire protection 259535 0 259535 Correction 648727 540383 108344 Protective inspection & reg 86635 48108 38527 Environment and housing: Natural resources 305914 274508 31406 Parks and recreation 360839 42894 317945 Housing and community dev 291566 32347 259219 Sewerage * 268507 188 268319 Capital outlay 41616 5 41611 Solid waste management 283463 19486 263977 Government administration: Financial administration 289967 138008 151959 Judicial and legal 258953 232648 26305 General public buildings 138781 35687 103094 Other government admin 249352 41979 207373 Interest on general debt 711421 273409 438012 General expenditure, n.e.c. 736644 209634 527010 Utility expenditure 2498645 0 2498645 Liquor store expenditure 227315 0 227315 Insurance trust expend, total * 1381528 1374370 7158 Employee retirement 847382 840224 7158 ( Footnotes: * Includes amounts for categories not shown separately. ** Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded. *** Includes assistance and subsidies to individuals and private institutions for elementary, secondary, and higher education, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures.)