The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Montana State & Local Government Finances by Level of Government:  1998-99   
(Dollar amounts are in thousands. Coefficients of variation (CV) are expressed as percents. For meaning
of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table.)
  Montana
  State & local State & local  State  Local  Local
Description government government government government government
  amount1 CV amount amount1 CV
  1 2 3 4 5
           
 Population (FY 1999, in thousands) 883 (X) 883 883 (X)
 Personal Income (Calendar year 1998, in millions)  18,755 (X) 18,755 18,755 (X)
           
 Revenue1 5,133,612 1.03 3,725,321 2,071,399 2.54
           
  General revenue1 4,458,050 1.17 3,120,522 2,000,636 2.60
           
Intergovernmental revenue1 1,253,326 0.30 1,151,940 764,494 0.54
     From Federal Government 1,253,326 0.30 1,134,012 119,314 3.15
     From State government 0 0.00 0 645,180 0.21
     From local governments1 0 0.00 17,928 0 0.00
           
General revenue from own sources   3,204,724 1.61 1,968,582 1,236,142 4.17
    Taxes   2,041,456 0.25 1,345,730 695,726 0.73
          Property 891,131 0.51 228,305 662,826 0.69
          Sales and gross receipts   308,100 0.16 304,341 3,759 13.36
               General sales   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
               Selective sales 308,100 0.16 304,341 3,759 13.36
                    Motor fuel 160,491 0.00 160,491 0 0.00
                    Alcoholic beverage 16,127 0.00 16,127 0 0.00
                    Tobacco products 14,083 0.00 14,083 0 0.00
                    Public utilities   16,545 0.00 16,545 0 0.00
                    Other selective sales   100,854 0.50 97,095 3,759 13.36
          Individual income   483,032 0.00 483,032 0 0.00
          Corporate income   89,624 0.00 89,624 0 0.00
          Motor vehicle license   63,917 0.63 50,819 13,098 3.07
          Other taxes   205,652 0.30 189,609 16,043 3.81
           
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   1,163,268 4.40 622,852 540,416 9.46
          Current charges   612,212 1.12 311,045 301,167 2.27
               Education   273,199 0.00 221,648 51,551 0.00
                    Institutions  of higher education   225,850 0.00 220,164 5,686 0.00
                    School lunch sales (gross) 13,824 0.00 0 13,824 0.00
               Hospitals   47,684 11.03 3,737 43,947 11.96
               Highways   1,852 4.01 306 1,546 4.80
               Air transportation (airports)   13,368 0.47 120 13,248 0.47
               Parking facilities   1,437 0.00 0 1,437 0.00
               Sea and inland port facilities   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
               Natural resources   25,180 6.79 18,846 6,334 27.00
               Parks and recreation   15,806 4.81 1,501 14,305 5.31
               Housing and community development   4,667 0.94 106 4,561 0.96
               Sewerage   44,149 7.72 0 44,149 7.72
               Solid waste management   41,612 2.10 0 41,612 2.10
               Other charges   143,258 1.42 64,781 78,477 2.59
           
          Miscellaneous general revenue   551,056 9.15 311,807 239,249 21.08
               Interest earnings   358,842 14.05 215,505 143,337 35.17
               Special assessments   43,280 3.18 0 43,280 3.18
               Sale of property   544 32.54 261 283 62.56
               Other general revenue   148,390 0.65 96,041 52,349 1.84
           
Utility revenue 70,763 4.53 0 70,763 4.53
     Water supply   68,465 4.68 0 68,465 4.68
     Electric power   787 0.00 0 787 0.00
     Gas supply   426 7.78 0 426 7.78
     Transit   1,085 0.14 0 1,085 0.14
           
Liquor store revenue   35,354 0.00 35,354 0 0.00
           
Insurance trust revenue   569,445 0.00 569,445 0 0.00
     Unemployment compensation   68,847 0.00 68,847 0 0.00
     Employee retirement   420,171 0.00 420,171 0 0.00
     Workers' compensation   80,427 0.00 80,427 0 0.00
     Other insurance trust revenue   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
 Expenditure1 4,738,881 0.20 3,511,965 1,938,700 0.50
           
By character and object:          
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 0 0.00 708,248 3,536 5.30
     Direct expenditure   4,738,881 0.20 2,803,717 1,935,164 0.50
          Current operations   3,494,125 0.20 1,807,393 1,686,732 0.42
          Capital outlay   608,077 0.86 446,292 161,785 3.22
               Construction   485,844 0.54 414,731 71,113 3.71
               Other capital outlay   122,233 3.07 31,561 90,672 4.14
           
          Assistance and subsidies   56,886 0.00 56,886 0 0.00
          Interest on debt   234,207 0.26 147,560 86,647 0.70
          Insurance benefits and repayments 345,586 0.00 345,586 0 0.00
          Exhibit: salaries & wages   1,550,648 0.38 564,144 986,504 0.60
           
Direct expenditure by function 4,738,881 0.20 2,803,717 1,935,164 0.50
Direct expenditure 4,292,607 0.22 2,427,417 1,865,190 0.50
     Direct general expenditure   604,636 0.86 446,292 158,344 3.29
          Capital outlay   3,687,971 0.19 1,981,125 1,706,846 0.41
          Other direct general expenditure             
           
          Education services: 1,603,029 0.00 569,958 1,033,071 0.00
               Education   161,252 0.00 90,693 70,559 0.00
                     Capital outlay   474,760 0.00 458,216 16,544 0.00
                   Higher education   91,243 0.00 90,589 654 0.00
                         Capital outlay   1,016,527 0.00 0 1,016,527 0.00
                   Elementary & secondary education   69,905 0.00 0 69,905 0.00
                         Capital outlay   111,742 0.00 111,742 0 0.00
                   Other education   16,216 2.41 2,747 13,469 2.90
               Libraries            
           
          Social services and income maintenance: 510,997 0.12 486,445 24,552 2.59
               Public welfare   24,843 0.00 24,843 0 0.00
                    Cash assistance payments 319,156 0.00 319,025 131 0.00
                    Vendor payments   166,998 0.38 142,577 24,421 2.60
                    Other public welfare   74,839 5.56 38,939 35,900 11.59
               Hospitals   7,402 1.68 7,134 268 46.32
                    Capital outlay   223,961 0.30 184,667 39,294 1.71
               Health   11,235 0.00 11,235 0 0.00
               Social insurance administration    650 0.00 650 0 0.00
               Veterans' services            
           
          Transportation: 481,117 0.43 385,700 95,417 2.16
               Highways   305,010 0.27 287,212 17,798 4.69
                    Capital outlay   20,397 12.14 1,025 19,372 12.78
               Air transportation (airports) 1,105 0.00 0 1,105 0.00
               Parking facilities   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
               Sea and inland port facilities   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
               Transit subsidies            
           
          Public safety: 121,339 1.38 24,860 96,479 1.73
               Police protection   39,774 11.09 0 39,774 11.09
               Fire protection   120,856 0.20 94,084 26,772 0.89
               Correction   21,412 0.01 8,525 12,887 0.02
                    Capital outlay   20,168 0.23 17,127 3,041 1.55
               Protective inspection and regulation            
           
          Environment and housing: 181,057 0.56 159,326 21,731 4.68
               Natural resources   13,193 0.30 12,284 909 4.34
                    Capital outlay   42,132 0.96 12,760 29,372 1.37
               Parks and recreation   8,118 1.06 6,913 1,205 7.16
                    Capital outlay   59,752 0.53 33,521 26,231 1.20
               Housing and community development    38,507 1.83 0 38,507 1.83
               Sewerage   1,893 6.79 0 1,893 6.79
                    Capital outlay   47,009 0.91 221 46,788 0.91
               Solid waste management   447 0.69 221 226 1.37
                    Capital outlay            
           
          Governmental administration: 159,849 0.27 126,874 32,975 1.30
               Financial administration   64,027 0.81 23,353 40,674 1.27
               Judicial and legal   17,932 2.87 3,404 14,528 3.54
               General public buildings 50,565 1.65 23,797 26,768 3.12
               Other governmental administration    226,332 0.26 147,560 78,772 0.73
          Interest on general debt            
           
          General expenditure, n.e.c. 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   159,762 2.42 79,164 80,598 4.79
               Other and unallocable            
  69,974 5.34 0 69,974 5.34
     Utility expenditure 3,441 4.14 0 3,441 4.14
               Capital outlay   61,251 6.10 0 61,251 6.10
          Water supply   1,639 0.00 0 1,639 0.00
          Electric power   532 0.00 0 532 0.00
          Gas supply   6,552 0.27 0 6,552 0.27
          Transit            
  30,714 0.00 30,714 0 0.00
     Liquor store expenditure            
  345,586 0.00 345,586 0 0.00
     Insurance trust expenditure 55,430 0.00 55,430 0 0.00
          Unemployment compensation   233,808 0.00 233,808 0 0.00
          Employee retirement   56,348 0.00 56,348 0 0.00
          Workers' compensation   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
          Other insurance trust            
  3,561,343 1.34 2,355,378 1,205,965 3.97
 Debt outstanding            
  23,401 14.65 14,619 8,782 39.03
Short-term    3,537,942 1.34 2,340,759 1,197,183 3.96
Long-term    548,944 5.15 202,409 346,535 8.16
     Full faith and credit   2,988,998 0.72 2,138,350 850,648 2.53
     Nonguaranteed            
           
Long-term debt by purpose 2,270,446 0.00 1,724,979 545,467 0.00
     Public debt for private purposes   441,719 0.00 219,945 221,774 0.00
     Education   134,743 15.40 0 134,743 15.40
     Utilities   691,034 4.12 395,835 295,199 9.63
     Other   309,206 4.82 238,907 70,299 21.22
Long-term debt issued   207,244 0.79 145,530 61,714 2.64
Long-term debt retired            
  9,235,388 0.28 7,568,492 1,666,896 1.55
 Cash and security holdings            
  3,975,644 0.00 3,975,644 0 0.00
Insurance trust funds   142,101 0.00 142,101 0 0.00
     Unemployment compensation    3,381,359 0.00 3,381,359 0 0.00
     Employee retirement   452,184 0.00 452,184 0 0.00
     Workers' compensation   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
     Miscellaneous            
  5,259,744 0.49 3,592,848 1,666,896 1.55
Other than insurance trust funds            
     By purpose 2,454,580 0.07 1,834,314 620,266 0.26
          Offsets to debt   198,695 0.75 86,696 111,999 1.34
          Bond funds   2,606,469 0.98 1,671,838 934,631 2.73
          Other   4,957,882 0.99 3,021,191 1,936,691 2.53
1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (NA)   not available;  (X)   not applicable
Population source: Internet table. Population Estimates Program, released December 31, 1999.
Personal income source: Survey of Current Business (October 2000) BEA, released September 12, 2000.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division


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