Louisiana State & Local Government Finances by Level of Government: 1997-98 | |||||
(Dollar amounts are in thousands. Coefficients of variation (CV) are expressed as percents. For meaning | |||||
of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table.) | |||||
Louisiana | |||||
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 1998, in thousands) | 4,369 | (X) | 4,369 | 4,369 | (X) |
Personal Income (Calendar year 1997, in millions) | 92,290 | (X) | 92,290 | 92,290 | (X) |
Revenue1 | 25,395,910 | 0.15 | 17,605,336 | 11,242,153 | 0.40 |
General revenue1 | 20,524,827 | 0.18 | 13,648,882 | 10,327,524 | 0.43 |
Intergovernmental revenue1 | 4,247,550 | 0.09 | 4,026,348 | 3,672,781 | 0.61 |
From Federal Government | 4,247,550 | 0.09 | 3,972,738 | 274,812 | 1.38 |
From State government | (1) | (X) | - | 3,397,969 | 0.63 |
From local governments1 | (1) | (X) | 53,610 | (1) | (X) |
General revenue from own sources | 16,277,277 | 0.22 | 9,622,534 | 6,654,743 | 0.54 |
Taxes | 10,061,798 | 0.31 | 6,082,026 | 3,979,772 | 0.78 |
Property | 1,536,788 | 0.56 | 22,805 | 1,513,983 | 0.57 |
Sales and gross receipts | 5,449,577 | 0.19 | 3,199,028 | 2,250,549 | 0.47 |
General sales | 4,046,242 | 0.26 | 1,981,231 | 2,065,011 | 0.51 |
Selective sales | 1,403,335 | 0.14 | 1,217,797 | 185,538 | 1.04 |
Motor fuel | 530,943 | 0.00 | 530,943 | - | 0.00 |
Alcoholic beverage | 54,114 | 0.41 | 52,304 | 1,810 | 12.36 |
Tobacco products | 87,455 | 0.16 | 87,209 | 246 | 58.09 |
Public utilities | 135,345 | 0.99 | 13,120 | 122,225 | 1.10 |
Other selective sales | 595,478 | 0.23 | 534,221 | 61,257 | 2.27 |
Individual income | 1,450,814 | 0.00 | 1,450,814 | - | 0.00 |
Corporate income | 359,510 | 0.00 | 359,510 | - | 0.00 |
Motor vehicle license | 104,617 | 0.00 | 100,999 | 3,618 | 0.00 |
Other taxes | 1,160,492 | 2.37 | 948,870 | 211,622 | 12.98 |
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue | 6,215,479 | 0.36 | 3,540,508 | 2,674,971 | 0.84 |
Current charges | 4,069,237 | 0.50 | 2,123,337 | 1,945,900 | 1.05 |
Education | 890,978 | 0.00 | 823,095 | 67,883 | 0.00 |
Institutions of higher education | 815,370 | 0.00 | 815,370 | - | 0.00 |
School lunch sales (gross) | 44,689 | 0.00 | - | 44,689 | 0.00 |
Hospitals | 2,190,758 | 0.92 | 971,577 | 1,219,181 | 1.65 |
Highways | 40,477 | 0.01 | 38,410 | 2,067 | 0.10 |
Air transportation (airports) | 71,979 | 0.04 | - | 71,979 | 0.04 |
Parking facilities | 4,976 | 0.10 | - | 4,976 | 0.10 |
Sea and inland port facilities | 68,379 | 0.00 | 49,381 | 18,998 | 0.00 |
Natural resources | 27,349 | 0.00 | 27,347 | 2 | 0.00 |
Parks and recreation | 102,053 | 0.43 | 65,569 | 36,484 | 1.19 |
Housing and community development | 36,378 | 1.28 | 2,765 | 33,613 | 1.38 |
Sewerage | 183,601 | 1.87 | - | 183,601 | 1.87 |
Solid waste management | 98,156 | 1.71 | - | 98,156 | 1.71 |
Other charges | 354,153 | 1.11 | 145,193 | 208,960 | 1.88 |
Miscellaneous general revenue | 2,146,242 | 0.38 | 1,417,171 | 729,071 | 1.13 |
Interest earnings | 1,037,119 | 0.27 | 531,053 | 506,066 | 0.55 |
Special assessments | 2,752 | 11.93 | - | 2,752 | 11.93 |
Sale of property | 56,802 | 0.69 | 50,483 | 6,319 | 6.17 |
Other general revenue | 1,049,569 | 0.65 | 835,635 | 213,934 | 3.18 |
Utility revenue | 750,694 | 0.29 | 6,248 | 744,446 | 0.29 |
Water supply | 244,233 | 0.79 | 2,605 | 241,628 | 0.80 |
Electric power | 375,598 | 0.23 | 3,643 | 371,955 | 0.23 |
Gas supply | 91,287 | 0.17 | - | 91,287 | 0.17 |
Transit | 39,576 | 0.02 | - | 39,576 | 0.02 |
Liquor store revenue | - | 0.00 | - | - | 0.00 |
Insurance trust revenue | 4,120,389 | 0.00 | 3,950,206 | 170,183 | 0.00 |
Unemployment compensation | 275,978 | 0.00 | 275,978 | - | 0.00 |
Employee retirement | 3,804,511 | 0.00 | 3,634,328 | 170,183 | 0.00 |
Workers' compensation | 39,900 | 0.00 | 39,900 | - | 0.00 |
Other insurance trust revenue | - | 0.00 | - | - | 0.00 |
Expenditure1 | 22,325,514 | 0.35 | 14,918,718 | 10,861,803 | 0.71 |
By character and object: | |||||
Intergovernmental expenditure1 | - | 0.00 | 3,451,053 | 3,954 | 0.00 |
Direct expenditure | 22,325,514 | 0.35 | 11,467,665 | 10,857,849 | 0.71 |
Current operations | 16,959,897 | 0.16 | 8,084,666 | 8,875,231 | 0.31 |
Capital outlay | 2,476,031 | 2.71 | 1,196,247 | 1,279,784 | 5.25 |
Construction | 1,813,503 | 3.62 | 970,990 | 842,513 | 7.79 |
Other capital outlay | 662,528 | 1.42 | 225,257 | 437,271 | 2.16 |
Assistance and subsidies | 270,216 | 0.00 | 269,767 | 449 | 0.00 |
Interest on debt | 999,625 | 1.37 | 424,507 | 575,118 | 2.38 |
Insurance benefits and repayments | 1,619,745 | 0.00 | 1,492,478 | 127,267 | 0.00 |
Exhibit: salaries & wages | 7,838,438 | 0.25 | 3,158,727 | 4,679,711 | 0.42 |
Direct expenditure by function | 22,325,514 | 0.35 | 11,467,665 | 10,857,849 | 0.71 |
Direct general expenditure | 19,863,705 | 0.26 | 9,972,274 | 9,891,431 | 0.53 |
Capital outlay | 2,357,963 | 1.63 | 1,196,247 | 1,161,716 | 3.30 |
Other direct general expenditure | 17,505,742 | 0.16 | 8,776,027 | 8,729,715 | 0.33 |
Education services: | |||||
Education | 6,336,252 | 0.00 | 2,049,597 | 4,286,655 | 0.00 |
Capital outlay | 452,453 | 0.00 | 142,337 | 310,116 | 0.00 |
Higher education | 1,696,515 | 0.00 | 1,696,515 | - | 0.00 |
Capital outlay | 133,406 | 0.00 | 133,406 | - | 0.00 |
Elementary & secondary education | 4,286,655 | 0.00 | - | 4,286,655 | 0.00 |
Capital outlay | 310,116 | 0.00 | - | 310,116 | 0.00 |
Other education | 353,082 | 0.00 | 353,082 | - | 0.00 |
Libraries | 82,504 | 2.14 | 8,180 | 74,324 | 2.38 |
Social services and income maintenance: | |||||
Public welfare | 2,936,314 | 0.09 | 2,881,971 | 54,343 | 4.74 |
Cash assistance payments | 171,765 | 0.00 | 171,316 | 449 | 0.00 |
Vendor payments | 2,156,184 | 0.01 | 2,152,603 | 3,581 | 8.78 |
Other public welfare | 608,365 | 0.42 | 558,052 | 50,313 | 5.12 |
Hospitals | 2,505,871 | 0.68 | 1,212,424 | 1,293,447 | 1.31 |
Capital outlay | 164,351 | 0.98 | 33,448 | 130,903 | 1.24 |
Health | 446,554 | 0.29 | 375,805 | 70,749 | 1.86 |
Social insurance administration | 63,083 | 0.00 | 63,083 | - | 0.00 |
Veterans' services | 11,398 | 0.00 | 11,398 | - | 0.00 |
Transportation: | |||||
Highways | 1,405,192 | 1.41 | 928,370 | 476,822 | 4.14 |
Capital outlay | 773,401 | 2.36 | 612,094 | 161,307 | 11.34 |
Air transportation (airports) | 88,051 | 0.07 | 286 | 87,765 | 0.07 |
Parking facilities | 8,231 | 0.00 | - | 8,231 | 0.00 |
Sea and inland port facilities | 104,455 | 0.00 | 60,290 | 44,165 | 0.00 |
Transit subsidies | 17,971 | 0.00 | - | 17,971 | 0.00 |
Public safety: | |||||
Police protection | 768,841 | 1.46 | 165,820 | 603,021 | 1.86 |
Fire protection | 253,367 | 1.85 | - | 253,367 | 1.85 |
Correction | 541,402 | 0.63 | 355,687 | 185,715 | 1.83 |
Capital outlay | 36,233 | 2.99 | 16,189 | 20,044 | 5.40 |
Protective inspection and regulation | 63,034 | 0.77 | 34,453 | 28,581 | 1.69 |
Environment and housing: | |||||
Natural resources | 425,847 | 0.59 | 358,478 | 67,369 | 3.74 |
Capital outlay | 96,324 | 0.26 | 80,143 | 16,181 | 1.56 |
Parks and recreation | 419,271 | 1.26 | 255,089 | 164,182 | 3.23 |
Capital outlay | 188,536 | 1.35 | 160,400 | 28,136 | 9.02 |
Housing and community development | 219,657 | 1.43 | 3,202 | 216,455 | 1.45 |
Sewerage | 302,286 | 7.73 | - | 302,286 | 7.73 |
Capital outlay | 116,485 | 18.37 | - | 116,485 | 18.37 |
Solid waste management | 225,882 | 2.20 | 38,185 | 187,697 | 2.65 |
Capital outlay | 12,730 | 12.49 | 459 | 12,271 | 12.96 |
Governmental administration: | |||||
Financial administration | 339,847 | 1.01 | 158,640 | 181,207 | 1.90 |
Judicial and legal | 321,140 | 1.23 | 119,165 | 201,975 | 1.95 |
General public buildings | 115,644 | 2.08 | 35,268 | 80,376 | 2.99 |
Other governmental administration | 227,244 | 1.64 | 110,093 | 117,151 | 3.19 |
Interest on general debt | 950,804 | 1.44 | 424,507 | 526,297 | 2.61 |
General expenditure, n.e.c. | |||||
Miscellaneous commercial activities | - | 0.00 | - | - | 0.00 |
Other and unallocable | 683,563 | 2.88 | 322,283 | 361,280 | 5.44 |
Utility expenditure | 842,064 | 4.09 | 2,913 | 839,151 | 4.10 |
Capital outlay | 118,068 | 28.38 | - | 118,068 | 28.38 |
Water supply | 298,718 | 4.52 | 1,954 | 296,764 | 4.55 |
Electric power | 316,607 | 0.41 | 959 | 315,648 | 0.41 |
Gas supply | 107,998 | 21.97 | - | 107,998 | 21.97 |
Transit | 118,741 | 0.49 | - | 118,741 | 0.49 |
Liquor store expenditure | - | 0.00 | - | - | 0.00 |
Insurance trust expenditure | 1,619,745 | 0.00 | 1,492,478 | 127,267 | 0.00 |
Unemployment compensation | 123,511 | 0.00 | 123,511 | - | 0.00 |
Employee retirement | 1,470,443 | 0.00 | 1,343,176 | 127,267 | 0.00 |
Workers' compensation | 25,791 | 0.00 | 25,791 | - | 0.00 |
Other insurance trust | - | 0.00 | - | - | 0.00 |
Debt outstanding | 16,666,617 | 1.41 | 7,093,467 | 9,573,150 | 2.46 |
Short-term | 3,895 | 1.44 | 1,341 | 2,554 | 2.20 |
Long-term | 16,662,722 | 1.41 | 7,092,126 | 9,570,596 | 2.46 |
Full faith and credit | 5,935,575 | 0.89 | 2,155,922 | 3,779,653 | 1.39 |
Nonguaranteed | 10,727,147 | 2.05 | 4,936,204 | 5,790,943 | 3.80 |
Long-term debt by purpose | |||||
Public debt for private purposes | 6,231,374 | 0.10 | 3,333,201 | 2,898,173 | 0.22 |
Education | 1,979,293 | 0.00 | 138,527 | 1,840,766 | 0.00 |
Utilities | 726,767 | 4.15 | - | 726,767 | 4.15 |
Other | 7,725,288 | 3.08 | 3,620,398 | 4,104,890 | 5.80 |
Long-term debt issued | 2,257,131 | 1.31 | 1,266,768 | 990,363 | 2.98 |
Long-term debt retired | 2,030,896 | 1.01 | 1,158,383 | 872,513 | 2.36 |
Cash and security holdings | 39,879,748 | 0.13 | 29,631,424 | 10,248,324 | 0.49 |
Insurance trust funds | 22,795,280 | 0.00 | 21,413,189 | 1,382,091 | 0.00 |
Unemployment compensation | 1,347,590 | 0.00 | 1,347,590 | - | 0.00 |
Employee retirement | 21,342,131 | 0.00 | 19,960,040 | 1,382,091 | 0.00 |
Workers' compensation | 105,559 | 0.00 | 105,559 | - | 0.00 |
Miscellaneous | - | 0.00 | - | - | 0.00 |
Other than insurance trust funds | 17,084,468 | 0.30 | 8,218,235 | 8,866,233 | 0.57 |
By purpose | |||||
Offsets to debt | 8,311,971 | 0.13 | 4,373,958 | 3,938,013 | 0.28 |
Bond funds | 1,443,393 | 1.62 | 177,517 | 1,265,876 | 1.85 |
Other | 7,329,104 | 0.69 | 3,666,760 | 3,662,344 | 1.38 |
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, 1998. | |||||
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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