Government Finances Rhode Island 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 4841784 3639510 1647793 General revenue 3985088 2880215 1550392 Intergovernmental rev, total 1012702 988262 469959 From Federal Government * 1012702 943046 69656 Education 112515 101985 10530 Public welfare 589282 589282 0 From State governments * ** 0 400303 Education ** 0 331705 Public welfare ** 0 26524 From local governments ** 45216 ** General rev from own sources 2972386 1891953 1080433 Taxes 2244870 1307111 937759 Property 944183 17858 926325 General sales 388987 388987 0 Motor fuel 94074 94074 0 Motor vehicle license 50787 50787 0 Income-individual and corp 526963 526963 0 Other taxes 239876 228442 11434 Current charges, total * 325501 224652 100849 Education 168660 164487 4173 Hospitals 7267 7267 0 Miscellaneous revenue, total * 402015 360190 41825 Interest earnings 329083 308193 20890 Utility revenue 76977 6658 70319 Liquor store revenue 0 0 0 Insurance trust revenue, total * 779719 752637 27082 Employee retirement 461304 434222 27082 Expenditure, total 5145891 3967895 1664187 By character and object: Intergovernmental, total 14594 500667 118 To Federal Government 14594 14594 0 To State governments ** 0 118 To local governments ** 486073 ** Current operation 3453427 2054330 1399097 Capital outlay 449261 352347 96914 Construction 374720 304278 70442 Equip, land, & existing struc 74541 48069 26472 Assistance and subsidies 178787 157622 21165 Interest on debt 349843 306275 43568 Ins benefits & repayments 632454 596654 35800 Exhibit-Expend, sal & wages 1361698 586047 775651 Direct expend by function, total 5131297 3467228 1664069 General expenditure 4397420 2830578 1566842 Current expenditure 3964938 2491927 1473011 Capital outlay 432482 338651 93831 Education services: Education 1261021 392370 868651 Elementary & secondary * 868651 0 868651 Capital outlay 33552 0 33552 Higher education * 288397 288397 0 Capital outlay 18302 18302 0 Other education *** 103973 103973 0 Libraries 17966 3898 14068 Soc. services & income main: Public welfare 752060 723797 28263 Hospitals 104803 104803 0 Health 148095 146268 1827 Employment security admin 28236 28236 0 Veterans' services 1 1 0 Transportation: Highways * 226999 181412 45587 Capital outlay 165121 160501 4620 Air transportation 17930 17930 0 Parking facilities 67 0 67 Water transport & terminals 3318 2124 1194 Transit subsidies 25154 25154 0 Public safety: Police protection 129221 21637 107584 Fire protection 104933 0 104933 Correction 101022 101022 0 Protective inspection & reg 28662 20508 8154 Environment and housing: Natural resources 23149 23109 40 Parks and recreation 115868 79267 36601 Housing and community dev 97736 19494 78242 Sewerage * 93183 48994 44189 Capital outlay 44687 30133 14554 Solid waste management 50346 23974 26372 Government administration: Financial administration 63484 41826 21658 Judicial and legal 72372 65649 6723 General public buildings 27046 14644 12402 Other government admin 50729 27507 23222 Interest on general debt 344444 306261 38183 General expenditure, n.e.c. 509575 410693 98882 Utility expenditure 101423 39996 61427 Liquor store expenditure 0 0 0 Insurance trust expend, total * 632454 596654 35800 Employee retirement 246667 210867 35800 ( 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.)