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North Carolina State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and State:  1991-92
(Thousand dollars.  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, 1992, in thousands)                    6,843 6,843 6,843
Personal Income (Calendar year 1991, in millions)                     130,627 130,627 130,627
                       
               Revenue¹     27,268,160 17,974,638 15,112,420
          General revenue¹          22,048,391 14,980,885 12,575,707
Intergovernmental revenue¹                    4,149,723 4,017,596 5,640,328
     From Federal Government               4,149,723 3,695,376 454,347
     From State government               0 0 5,185,981
     From local governments¹               0 322,220 0
General revenue from own sources                    17,898,668 10,963,289 6,935,379
     Taxes               12,709,452 9,009,742 3,699,710
          Property          2,806,010 112,183 2,693,827
          Sales and gross receipts          4,873,125 3,972,981 900,144
               General     3,026,509 2,171,041 855,468
               Selective     1,846,616 1,801,940 44,676
                    Motor fuel 861,487 861,487 0
                    Alcoholic beverage 159,486 155,515 3,971
                    Tobacco products 40,363 40,363 0
                    Public utilities 251,028 248,274 2,754
                    Other 534,252 496,301 37,951
          Individual income          3,583,018 3,583,018 0
          Corporate income          643,865 643,865 0
          Motor vehicle license          291,493 279,959 11,534
          Other taxes          511,941 417,736 94,205
     Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 5,189,216 1,953,547 3,235,669
          Current charges               3,575,958 1,194,139 2,381,819
               Education          1,074,241 804,414 269,827
                    Institutions of higher education     904,215 797,284 106,931
                    School lunch sales (gross)     139,863 0 139,863
                    Hospitals          1,400,584 211,786 1,188,798
                    Highways          3,371 3,371 0
                    Airports          101,099 0 101,099
                    Parking facilities          12,055 0 12,055
                    Natural resources          23,395 22,390 1,005
                    Parks and recreation          62,381 4,885 57,496
                    Housing and community development           60,692 1,564 59,128
                    Sewerage          293,868 0 293,868
                    Solid waste management          152,225 0 152,225
                    Other charges          392,047 145,729 246,318
               Miscellaneous general revenue               1,613,258 759,408 853,850
                    Interest earnings          868,124 333,942 534,182
                    Special assessments          16,197 7,229 8,968
                    Sale of property          8,307 0 8,307
                    Other general revenue          720,630 418,237 302,393
                    Other than general revenue          5,219,769 2,993,753 2,536,713
Utility revenue                    2,224,426 0 2,224,426
     Water supply               432,843 0 432,843
     Electric power               1,715,921 0 1,715,921
     Gas supply               58,979 0 58,979
     Transit               16,683 0 16,683
Liquor store revenue                    296,724 0 296,724
Insurance trust revenue                    2,698,619 2,993,753 15,563
     Unemployment compensation               426,115 426,115 0
     Employee retirement               2,272,504 2,567,638 15,563
     Other insurance trust revenue               2,272,504 2,567,638 15,563
     
               Expenditure¹     25,910,592 16,045,514 15,608,908
By character and object:                       
     Intergovernmental expenditure¹               0 5,523,219 220,611
     Direct expenditure               25,910,592 10,522,295 15,388,297
          Current operation          19,427,775 7,241,610 12,186,165
          Capital outlay          3,254,739 1,123,760 2,130,979
               Construction     2,351,461 924,074 1,427,387
               Other     903,278 199,686 703,592
          Assistance and subsidies          644,956 509,146 135,810
          Interest on debt          1,201,594 273,409 928,185
          Insurance benefits and repayments          1,381,528 1,374,370 7,158
          Exhibit: Salaries and wages          9,057,761 2,707,150 6,350,611
Direct expenditure by function                    25,910,592 10,522,295 15,388,297
     Direct general expenditure               21,702,686 9,147,925 12,554,761
          Capital outlay          2,827,865 1,123,760 1,704,105
          Other direct general expenditure          18,874,821 8,024,165 10,850,656
          Education services:             
               Education     8,281,110 2,283,928 5,997,182
                    Elementary and secondary education 5,465,771 33,234 5,432,537
                    Other education 2,815,339 2,250,694 564,645
               Libraries     96,906 4,663 92,243
          Social services and income maintenance:             
               Public welfare     3,064,399 2,580,403 483,996
                    Cash assistance payments 568,103 432,293 135,810
                    Vendor payments 2,025,246 2,000,206 25,040
                    Other public welfare 471,050 147,904 323,146
               Hospitals     1,799,929 638,842 1,161,087
               Health     894,544 199,661 694,883
               Social insurance administration     66,693 66,693 0
               Veterans' services     2,663 2,663 0
          Transportation:             
               Highways     1,587,350 1,310,008 277,342
               Air transportation (airports)     120,226 1,155 119,071
               Parking facilities     14,531 0 14,531
               Water transport and terminals     21,924 21,924 0
               Transit subsidies     97 0 97
          Public safety:             
               Police protection     725,412 148,706 576,706
               Fire protection     264,110 0 264,110
               Correction     667,946 540,383 127,563
               Protective inspection and regulation     94,413 48,108 46,305
          Environment and housing:             
               Natural resources     313,435 274,508 38,927
               Parks and recreation     369,004 42,894 326,110
               Housing and community development     303,466 32,347 271,119
               Sewerage     240,072 188 239,884
               Solid waste management     300,951 19,486 281,465
          Governmental administration:             
               Financial administration     299,457 138,008 161,449
               Judicial 265,132 232,648 32,484
                Legislative 17,133 17,133 0
               General public buildings     149,722 35,687 114,035
               Other government administration     248,159 24,846 223,313
          Interest on general debt          732,247 273,409 458,838
          General expenditure, n.e.c             
               Miscellaneous commercial activities     375 321 54
               Other and unallocable     761,280 209,313 551,967
     Utilities               2,569,529 0 2,569,529
               Capital outlay     426,874 0 426,874
          Water supply          676,952 0 676,952
          Electric power          1,776,130 0 1,776,130
          Gas supply          51,663 0 51,663
          Transit          64,784 0 64,784
     Liquor store expenditure               256,849 0 256,849
     Insurance trust               1,381,528 1,374,370 7,158
          Unemployment compensation          534,146 534,146 0
          Employee retirement          847,382 840,224 7,158
          Other insurance trust          0 0 0
     
               Debt outstanding     17,863,452 3,819,102 14,044,350
Long-term                    17,669,123 3,819,102 13,850,021
     Full faith and credit               4,795,951 668,124 4,127,827
     Nonguaranteed               12,873,172 3,150,978 9,722,194
Short-term                    194,329 0 194,329
Long-term debt by purpose                       
     Education               1,782,242 464,833 1,317,409
     Utilities               6,554,473 0 6,554,473
     Other               9,526,737 3,354,269 6,172,468
Long-term debt issued                    2,636,687 782,377 1,854,310
Long-term debt retired                    1,638,222 461,795 1,176,427
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year                    947,237 320,582 626,655
     
               Cash and security holdings     34,349,085 26,019,047 8,330,038
Insurance trust funds                    20,682,540 20,560,646 121,894
     By purpose:                  
          Unemployment compensation          1,282,997 1,282,997 0
          Employee retirement          19,399,543 19,277,649 121,894
          Workers' compensation          0 0 0
          Miscellaneous          0 0 0
     By type (Employee retirement funds):                  
          Cash and deposits          5,458,375 5,453,109 5,266
          Securities          13,941,168 13,824,540 116,628
               Federal     5,531,684 5,523,715 7,969
               State and local government     0 0 0
               Nongovernment     8,409,484 8,300,825 108,659
Other than insurance trust funds                       
     By purpose               13,666,545 5,458,401 8,208,144
          Offsets to debt          4,932,258 2,781,923 2,150,335
          Bond funds          1,276,058 196,514 1,079,544
          Other          7,458,229 2,479,964 4,978,265
¹Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division


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