Maine 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.)
	Maine
	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)	1,253	(X)	1,253	1,253	(X)
Personal Income (Calendar year 1998, in millions)	29,353	(X)	29,353	29,353	(X)
Revenue1	8,095,785	0.37	5,887,528	3,094,803	0.97
General revenue1	6,968,309	0.43	4,856,625	2,998,230	1.00
Intergovernmental revenue1	1,532,929	0.26	1,439,937	979,538	0.92
From Federal Government	1,532,929	0.26	1,430,158	102,771	3.85
From State government	0	0.00	0	876,767	0.95
From local governments1	0	0.00	9,779	0	0.00
General revenue from own sources	5,435,380	0.54	3,416,688	2,018,692	1.46
Taxes	4,082,369	0.66	2,540,581	1,541,788	1.74
Property	1,546,856	1.75	42,691	1,504,165	1.80
Sales and gross receipts	1,162,549	0.15	1,159,661	2,888	60.24
General sales	828,635	0.00	828,635	0	0.00
Selective sales	333,914	0.52	331,026	2,888	60.24
Motor fuel	172,975	0.00	172,975	0	0.00
Alcoholic beverage	32,658	0.00	32,658	0	0.00
Tobacco products	78,359	0.00	78,359	0	0.00
Public utilities	615	3.04	497	118	15.82
Other selective sales	49,307	3.53	46,537	2,770	62.80
Individual income	1,020,009	0.00	1,020,009	0	0.00
Corporate income	147,489	0.00	147,489	0	0.00
Motor vehicle license	82,268	2.50	62,920	19,348	10.64
Other taxes	123,198	1.22	107,811	15,387	9.78
Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue	1,353,011	0.74	876,107	476,904	2.11
Current charges	685,725	1.41	343,296	342,429	2.82
Education	229,821	0.55	209,369	20,452	6.17
Institutions  of higher education	207,790	0.00	207,790	0	0.00
School lunch sales (gross)	14,286	8.82	0	14,286	8.82
Hospitals	52,216	0.00	2,942	49,274	0.00
Highways	49,414	0.00	49,388	26	0.00
Air transportation (airports)	25,757	0.00	90	25,667	0.00
Parking facilities	2,777	8.00	0	2,777	8.00
Sea and inland port facilities	10,681	74.71	0	10,681	74.71
Natural resources	9,972	0.00	9,574	398	0.00
Parks and recreation	12,826	5.81	3,214	9,612	7.76
Housing and community development	17,401	2.77	1,745	15,656	3.08
Sewerage	112,033	2.20	0	112,033	2.20
Solid waste management	42,818	0.63	14,982	27,836	0.96
Other charges	120,009	4.21	51,992	68,017	7.43
Miscellaneous general revenue	667,286	0.40	532,811	134,475	1.96
Interest earnings	265,775	0.39	202,053	63,722	1.64
Special assessments	1,983	27.79	0	1,983	27.79
Sale of property	2,485	5.93	464	2,021	7.29
Other general revenue	397,043	0.54	330,294	66,749	3.23
Utility revenue	96,573	0.65	0	96,573	0.65
Water supply	78,676	0.80	0	78,676	0.80
Electric power	14,481	0.00	0	14,481	0.00
Gas supply	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Transit	3,416	0.00	0	3,416	0.00
Liquor store revenue	72,465	0.00	72,465	0	0.00
Insurance trust revenue	958,438	0.00	958,438	0	0.00
Unemployment compensation	134,321	0.00	134,321	0	0.00
Employee retirement	816,929	0.00	816,929	0	0.00
Workers' compensation	7,188	0.00	7,188	0	0.00
Other insurance trust revenue	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Expenditure1	6,962,829	0.39	4,864,878	2,948,752	0.93
By character and object:
Intergovernmental expenditure1	8,471	0.00	858,131	1,141	6.85
Direct expenditure	6,954,358	0.39	4,006,747	2,947,611	0.93
Current operations	5,590,387	0.37	3,001,362	2,589,025	0.80
Capital outlay	490,649	3.55	230,171	260,478	6.69
Construction	327,879	2.31	193,037	134,842	5.62
Other capital outlay	162,770	9.58	37,134	125,636	12.41
Assistance and subsidies	169,389	0.02	169,356	33	90.39
Interest on debt	276,121	0.64	178,046	98,075	1.79
Insurance benefits and repayments	427,812	0.00	427,812	0	0.00
Exhibit: salaries & wages	1,987,485	0.59	649,541	1,337,944	0.88
Direct expenditure by function
Direct expenditure	6,954,358	0.39	4,006,747	2,947,611	0.93
Direct general expenditure	6,388,075	0.43	3,528,366	2,859,709	0.96
Capital outlay	483,203	3.61	230,171	253,032	6.90
Other direct general expenditure	5,904,872	0.36	3,298,195	2,606,677	0.81
Education services:
Education	2,067,665	1.15	547,340	1,520,325	1.56
Capital outlay	139,295	10.82	42,384	96,911	15.55
Higher education	446,452	0.00	446,452	0	0.00
Capital outlay	41,508	0.00	41,508	0	0.00
Elementary & secondary education	1,528,585	1.55	8,260	1,520,325	1.56
Capital outlay	97,153	15.51	242	96,911	15.55
Other education	92,628	0.00	92,628	0	0.00
Libraries	23,668	0.60	3,418	20,250	0.70
Social services and income maintenance:
Public welfare	1,422,355	0.04	1,393,643	28,712	2.19
Cash assistance payments	135,268	0.02	135,235	33	90.39
Vendor payments	1,020,024	0.04	1,018,316	1,708	21.57
Other public welfare	267,063	0.23	240,092	26,971	2.32
Hospitals	101,098	0.01	44,171	56,927	0.02
Capital outlay	1,276	0.00	170	1,106	0.00
Health	292,313	0.73	278,012	14,301	14.84
Social insurance administration	28,416	0.00	28,416	0	0.00
Veterans' services	1,345	0.00	1,345	0	0.00
Transportation:
Highways	512,325	1.08	338,477	173,848	3.19
Capital outlay	171,369	0.79	149,921	21,448	6.30
Air transportation (airports)	23,763	0.03	1,498	22,265	0.03
Parking facilities	948	0.00	0	948	0.00
Sea and inland port facilities	49,743	7.79	7,249	42,494	9.11
Transit subsidies	47	0.00	0	47	0.00
Public safety:
Police protection	156,210	1.11	43,057	113,153	1.53
Fire protection	74,641	3.02	0	74,641	3.02
Correction	107,056	0.79	78,446	28,610	2.95
Capital outlay	760	6.66	388	372	13.60
Protective inspection and regulation	34,078	0.95	29,204	4,874	6.67
Environment and housing:
Natural resources	121,888	0.08	120,279	1,609	5.90
Capital outlay	5,990	0.00	5,990	0	0.00
Parks and recreation	57,336	12.52	9,850	47,486	15.12
Capital outlay	11,309	63.77	339	10,970	65.75
Housing and community development	84,337	0.56	12,672	71,665	0.65
Sewerage	106,767	2.70	345	106,422	2.71
Capital outlay	23,974	6.26	0	23,974	6.26
Solid waste management	95,096	1.82	11,222	83,874	2.07
Capital outlay	3,209	26.12	8	3,201	26.18
Governmental administration:
Financial administration	153,056	2.49	75,764	77,292	4.93
Judicial and legal	64,873	0.17	55,376	9,497	1.18
General public buildings	58,955	0.94	30,790	28,165	1.97
Other governmental administration	62,430	3.62	27,748	34,682	6.52
Interest on general debt	262,812	0.66	178,046	84,766	2.06
General expenditure, n.e.c.
Miscellaneous commercial activities	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Other and unallocable	424,854	2.12	211,998	212,856	4.23
Utility expenditure	87,902	1.90	0	87,902	1.90
Capital outlay	7,446	11.62	0	7,446	11.62
Water supply	67,546	2.47	0	67,546	2.47
Electric power	14,397	0.00	0	14,397	0.00
Gas supply	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Transit	5,959	0.00	0	5,959	0.00
Liquor store expenditure	50,569	0.00	50,569	0	0.00
Insurance trust expenditure	427,812	0.00	427,812	0	0.00
Unemployment compensation	82,666	0.00	82,666	0	0.00
Employee retirement	345,146	0.00	345,146	0	0.00
Workers' compensation	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Other insurance trust	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Debt outstanding	5,584,533	1.00	3,875,088	1,709,445	3.25
Short-term	6,817	18.96	312	6,505	19.87
Long-term	5,577,716	1.00	3,874,776	1,702,940	3.27
Full faith and credit	1,731,052	2.61	469,540	1,261,512	3.58
Nonguaranteed	3,846,664	0.85	3,405,236	441,428	7.39
Long-term debt by purpose
Public debt for private purposes	2,369,162	0.00	2,257,735	111,427	0.00
Education	587,635	5.01	62,616	525,019	5.60
Utilities	226,740	13.90	0	226,740	13.90
Other	2,394,179	1.40	1,554,425	839,754	3.99
Long-term debt issued	897,095	1.55	757,305	139,790	9.97
Long-term debt retired	638,352	0.72	472,812	165,540	2.79
Cash and security holdings	12,348,918	0.22	11,239,538	1,109,380	2.46
Insurance trust funds	7,122,632	0.00	7,122,632	0	0.00
Unemployment compensation	213,730	0.00	213,730	0	0.00
Employee retirement	6,901,936	0.00	6,901,936	0	0.00
Workers' compensation	6,966	0.00	6,966	0	0.00
Miscellaneous	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Other than insurance trust funds
By purpose	5,226,286	0.52	4,116,906	1,109,380	2.46
Offsets to debt	3,355,184	0.06	3,196,067	159,117	1.27
Bond funds	223,529	4.69	85,597	137,932	7.60
Other	1,647,573	1.55	835,242	812,331	3.14
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.