The U.S. Census Bureau
 
 
Wyoming State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government:  1996-97
(Thousand dollars. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text. 
Detail may not add to total because of rounding)      
          WYOMING
 
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
          1 2 3
       
Population (July 1, 1996, in thousands) 480 480 480
Personal Income (Calendar year 1996, in millions) 10,609 10,609 10,609
       
Revenue¹ 3,729,258 2,652,155 1,709,386
       
General revenue¹ 3,175,855 2,188,515 1,619,623
       
Intergovernmental revenue¹ 868,710 851,332 649,661
From Federal Government 868,710 832,756 35,954
From State government (¹) (X) 613,707
From local governments¹ (X) 18,576 (X)
       
General revenue from own sources 2,307,145 1,337,183 969,962
Taxes   1,240,534 755,442 485,092
Property 463,924 85,571 378,353
Sales and gross receipts 457,400 374,898 82,502
General 380,732 307,907 72,825
Selective 76,668 66,991 9,677
Motor fuel 47,209 47,209 -
Alcoholic beverage 1,107 1,107 -
Tobacco products 5,390 5,390 -
Public utilities 7,546 - 7,546
Other 15,416 13,285 2,131
Individual income - - -
Corporate income 0 0 0
Motor vehicle license 54,662 44,558 10,104
Other taxes 264,548 250,415 14,133
       
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 1,066,611 581,741 484,870
Current charges 459,539 102,738 356,801
Education 105,776 68,181 37,595
Institutions of higher education 92,478 66,978 25,500
School lunch sales (gross) 11,340 - 11,340
Hospitals 225,559 9,967 215,592
Highways 1,869 1,701 168
Airports 7,814 376 7,438
Parking facilities 226 (X) 226
Water transport and terminals - - -
       
Natural resources 7,201 1,887 5,314
Parks and recreation 8,581 18 8,563
Housing and community development 1,419 1,196 223
Sewerage 26,929 - 26,929
Solid waste management 21,679 65 21,614
Other charges 52,486 19,347 33,139
       
Miscellaneous general revenue 607,072 479,003 128,069
Interest earnings 495,564 402,148 93,416
Special assessments 8,069 - 8,069
Sale of property 2,524 1,425 1,099
Other general revenue 100,915 75,430 25,485
Other than general revenue 553,403 463,640 89,763
       
Utility revenue 83,284 - 83,284
Water supply 50,893 - 50,893
Electric power 32,391 - 32,391
Gas supply - - -
Transit   - - -
       
Liquor store revenue 36,271 36,271 -
       
Insurance trust revenue 433,848 427,369 6,479
Unemployment compensation 54,177 54,177 -
Employee retirement 363,207 356,728 6,479
Other insurance trust revenue 16,464 16,464 (X)
       
Expenditure¹ 3,151,478 2,126,805 1,727,588
       
By character and object:      
Intergovernmental expenditure¹ 775 702,317 1,373
Direct expenditure 3,150,703 1,424,488 1,726,215
Current operation 2,224,868 836,648 1,388,220
Capital outlay 535,451 278,358 257,093
Construction 420,883 242,159 178,724
Other 114,568 36,199 78,369
       
Assistance and subsidies 33,695 33,695 -
Interest on debt 135,523 56,971 78,552
Insurance benefits and repayments 221,166 218,816 2,350
Exhibit: Salaries and wages 1,072,895 324,058 748,837
       
Direct expenditure by function 3,150,703 1,424,488 1,726,215
Direct general expenditure 2,797,618 1,174,977 1,622,641
Capital outlay 502,616 278,358 224,258
Other direct general expenditure 2,295,002 896,619 1,398,383
       
Education services:      
Education 994,619 222,262 772,357
Higher education 274,976 179,397 95,579
Elementary and secondary education 676,778 - 676,778
Other education 42,865 42,865 (X)
Libraries 12,087 1,987 10,100
     
Social services and income maintenance:      
Public welfare 262,911 256,804 6,107
Cash assistance payments 14,242 14,242 -
Vendor payments 198,683 198,683 -
Other public welfare 49,986 43,879 6,107
Hospitals 260,499 28,416 232,083
Health 68,991 50,953 18,038
Social insurance administration 15,862 15,862 -
Veterans' services - - (X)
     
Transportation:      
Highways 328,000 262,022 65,978
Air transportation (airports) 19,734 - 19,734
Parking facilities 256 (X) 256
Water transport and terminals - - -
Transit subsidies - - -
     
Public safety:      
Police protection 78,799 10,507 68,292
Fire protection 29,085 - 29,085
Correction 53,309 37,059 16,250
Protective inspection and regulation 14,441 10,771 3,670
     
Environment and housing:      
Natural resources 119,512 95,901 23,611
Parks and recreation 51,724 16,232 35,492
Housing and community development 9,233 4,754 4,479
Sewerage 39,021 - 39,021
Solid waste management 22,370 - 22,370
     
Governmental administration:      
Financial administration 66,639 42,565 24,074
Judicial and legal 43,301 25,827 17,474
General public buildings 19,154 6,186 12,968
Other government administration 66,501 12,100 54,401
Interest on general debt 128,075 56,971 71,104
     
General expenditure, n.e.c      
Miscellaneous commercial activities - - -
Other and unallocable 93,495 17,798 75,697
     
Utilities 101,224 - 101,224
Capital outlay 32,835 - 32,835
Water supply 70,735 - 70,735
Electric power 30,489 - 30,489
Gas supply - - -
Transit - - -
     
Liquor store expenditure 30,695 30,695 -
     
Insurance trust 221,166 218,816 2,350
Unemployment compensation 35,807 35,807 -
Employee retirement 117,460 115,110 2,350
Other insurance trust 67,899 67,899 (X)
     
Debt outstanding 2,100,678 871,948 1,228,730
     
Long-term 2,096,090 871,948 1,224,142
Full faith and credit 352,944 - 352,944
Nonguaranteed 1,743,146 871,948 871,198
Short-term 4,588 - 4,588
     
Long-term debt by purpose      
Education 275,081 34,650 240,431
Utilities 144,539 - 144,539
Other 1,676,470 837,298 839,172
     
Long-term debt issued 317,989 213,079 104,910
Long-term debt retired 236,057 140,148 95,909
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year 83,204 72,931 10,273
     
Cash and security holdings 8,488,146 6,955,103 1,533,043
     
Insurance trust funds 2,982,194 2,937,173 45,021
By purpose:      
Unemployment compensation 146,050 146,050 -
Employee retirement 2,647,549 2,602,528 45,021
Workers' compensation 188,595 188,595 (X)
Miscellaneous - - (X)
     
By type (Employee retirement funds):      
Cash and deposits 153,470 152,710 760
Securities 2,494,079 2,449,818 44,261
Federal 1,038,347 1,021,605 16,742
State and local government - - -
Nongovernment 1,455,732 1,428,213 27,519
     
Other than insurance trust funds 5,505,952 4,017,930 1,488,022
By purpose      
Offsets to debt 1,477,670 778,803 698,867
Bond funds 101,469 38,249 63,220
    Other   3,926,813 3,200,878 725,935
¹Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded; see text.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: January 18, 2001
Last revised: March 09 2001