The U.S. Census Bureau
 
 
North Carolina 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)      
          NORTH CAROLINA
 
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
          1 2 3
       
Population (July 1, 1996, in thousands) 7,309 7,309 7,309
Personal Income (Calendar year 1996, in millions) 167,638 167,638 167,638
       
Revenue¹ 39,047,955 25,526,697 20,947,344
       
General revenue¹ 32,569,844 21,695,686 18,300,244
       
Intergovernmental revenue¹ 6,521,352 6,318,006 7,629,432
From Federal Government 6,521,352 5,869,356 651,996
From State government (¹) (X) 6,977,436
From local governments¹ (X) 448,650 (X)
       
General revenue from own sources 26,048,492 15,377,680 10,670,812
Taxes   17,740,952 12,678,199 5,062,753
Property 3,806,521 - 3,806,521
Sales and gross receipts 6,346,798 5,316,289 1,030,509
General 3,987,280 3,056,831 930,449
Selective 2,359,518 2,259,458 100,060
Motor fuel 997,217 997,217 -
Alcoholic beverage 177,050 170,985 6,065
Tobacco products 46,677 46,677 -
Public utilities 315,533 311,723 3,810
Other 823,041 732,856 90,185
Individual income 5,458,963 5,458,963 -
Corporate income 981,378 981,378 0
Motor vehicle license 368,123 345,984 22,139
Other taxes 779,169 575,585 203,584
       
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 8,307,540 2,699,481 5,608,059
Current charges 6,077,444 1,663,673 4,413,771
Education 1,549,199 1,195,560 353,639
Institutions of higher education 1,309,013 1,178,701 130,312
School lunch sales (gross) 180,770 - 180,770
Hospitals 2,488,022 223,200 2,264,822
Highways 5,298 5,298 -
Airports 137,802 - 137,802
Parking facilities 16,054 (X) 16,054
Water transport and terminals 28,938 28,938 -
       
Natural resources 41,996 27,125 14,871
Parks and recreation 87,818 6,388 81,430
Housing and community development 78,882 2,150 76,732
Sewerage 673,545 - 673,545
Solid waste management 297,158 221 296,937
Other charges 672,732 174,793 497,939
       
Miscellaneous general revenue 2,230,096 1,035,808 1,194,288
Interest earnings 1,483,333 708,243 775,090
Special assessments 15,006 - 15,006
Sale of property 12,809 2,453 10,356
Other general revenue 718,948 325,112 393,836
Other than general revenue 6,478,111 3,831,011 2,647,100
       
Utility revenue 2,323,995 - 2,323,995
Water supply 340,358 - 340,358
Electric power 1,857,295 - 1,857,295
Gas supply 101,053 - 101,053
Transit   25,289 - 25,289
       
Liquor store revenue 296,339 - 296,339
       
Insurance trust revenue 3,857,777 3,831,011 26,766
Unemployment compensation 406,135 406,135 -
Employee retirement 3,451,642 3,424,876 26,766
Other insurance trust revenue - - (X)
       
Expenditure¹ 36,258,374 22,864,451 21,017,855
       
By character and object:      
Intergovernmental expenditure¹ - 7,314,766 309,166
Direct expenditure 36,258,374 15,549,685 20,708,689
Current operation 27,647,354 10,910,123 16,737,231
Capital outlay 4,522,349 1,858,322 2,664,027
Construction 3,210,102 1,369,139 1,840,963
Other 1,312,247 489,183 823,064
       
Assistance and subsidies 799,628 574,277 225,351
Interest on debt 1,367,328 297,042 1,070,286
Insurance benefits and repayments 1,921,715 1,909,921 11,794
Exhibit: Salaries and wages 11,885,843 4,199,642 7,686,201
       
Direct expenditure by function 36,258,374 15,549,685 20,708,689
Direct general expenditure 31,222,171 13,639,764 17,582,407
Capital outlay 3,843,631 1,858,322 1,985,309
Other direct general expenditure 27,378,540 11,781,442 15,597,098
       
Education services:      
Education 11,017,475 3,379,751 7,637,724
Higher education 3,636,142 2,841,886 794,256
Elementary and secondary education 6,942,293 98,825 6,843,468
Other education 439,040 439,040 (X)
Libraries 135,141 5,612 129,529
     
Social services and income maintenance:      
Public welfare 4,956,365 4,209,629 746,736
Cash assistance payments 616,798 391,447 225,351
Vendor payments 3,461,046 3,430,535 30,511
Other public welfare 878,521 387,647 490,874
Hospitals 3,063,427 781,210 2,282,217
Health 1,396,498 406,759 989,739
Social insurance administration 75,296 75,296 -
Veterans' services 5,405 5,405 (X)
     
Transportation:      
Highways 2,096,539 1,760,992 335,547
Air transportation (airports) 154,601 3,116 151,485
Parking facilities 10,249 (X) 10,249
Water transport and terminals 29,922 29,922 -
Transit subsidies 1,939 - 1,939
     
Public safety:      
Police protection 1,029,038 201,385 827,653
Fire protection 357,861 - 357,861
Correction 1,088,339 902,328 186,011
Protective inspection and regulation 165,167 96,317 68,850
     
Environment and housing:      
Natural resources 596,995 405,544 191,451
Parks and recreation 414,545 88,918 325,627
Housing and community development 395,166 49,438 345,728
Sewerage 457,221 273 456,948
Solid waste management 490,140 15,271 474,869
     
Governmental administration:      
Financial administration 382,407 194,374 188,033
Judicial and legal 372,020 315,652 56,368
General public buildings 150,983 22,254 128,729
Other government administration 354,146 54,663 299,483
Interest on general debt 936,157 297,042 639,115
     
General expenditure, n.e.c      
Miscellaneous commercial activities 10,064 534 9,530
Other and unallocable 1,079,065 338,079 740,986
     
Utilities 2,854,462 - 2,854,462
Capital outlay 677,678 - 677,678
Water supply 844,435 - 844,435
Electric power 1,813,369 - 1,813,369
Gas supply 94,108 - 94,108
Transit 102,550 - 102,550
     
Liquor store expenditure 260,026 - 260,026
     
Insurance trust 1,921,715 1,909,921 11,794
Unemployment compensation 520,694 520,694 -
Employee retirement 1,401,021 1,389,227 11,794
Other insurance trust - - (X)
     
Debt outstanding 23,905,829 5,677,453 18,228,376
     
Long-term 23,454,497 5,677,453 17,777,044
Full faith and credit 7,916,931 1,514,477 6,402,454
Nonguaranteed 15,537,566 4,162,976 11,374,590
Short-term 451,332 - 451,332
     
Long-term debt by purpose      
Education 3,254,410 667,016 2,587,394
Utilities 7,153,588 - 7,153,588
Other 13,046,499 5,010,437 8,036,062
     
Long-term debt issued 3,991,657 1,696,821 2,294,836
Long-term debt retired 2,168,418 532,716 1,635,702
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year 1,811,603 1,164,105 647,498
     
Cash and security holdings 54,112,982 42,723,338 11,389,644
     
Insurance trust funds 31,897,784 31,717,210 180,574
By purpose:      
Unemployment compensation 1,274,412 1,274,412 -
Employee retirement 30,623,372 30,442,798 180,574
Workers' compensation - - (X)
Miscellaneous - - (X)
     
By type (Employee retirement funds):      
Cash and deposits 9,794,234 9,782,464 11,770
Securities 20,829,138 20,660,334 168,804
Federal 21,390 - 21,390
State and local government - - -
Nongovernment 20,807,748 20,660,334 147,414
     
Other than insurance trust funds 22,215,198 11,006,128 11,209,070
By purpose      
Offsets to debt 5,801,574 3,570,652 2,230,922
Bond funds 1,723,647 712,489 1,011,158
    Other   14,689,977 6,722,987 7,966,990
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