The U.S. Census Bureau
 
 
Montana 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)      
          MONTANA
 
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
          1 2 3
       
Population (July 1, 1996, in thousands) 877 877 877
Personal Income (Calendar year 1996, in millions) 16,992 16,992 16,992
       
Revenue¹ 4,770,140 3,523,812 1,895,830
       
General revenue¹ 4,051,067 2,878,900 1,821,669
       
Intergovernmental revenue¹ 1,033,729 959,197 724,034
From Federal Government 1,033,729 942,088 91,641
From State government (¹) (X) 632,393
From local governments¹ (X) 17,109 (X)
       
General revenue from own sources 3,017,338 1,919,703 1,097,635
Taxes   1,931,092 1,308,855 622,237
Property 825,083 234,906 590,177
Sales and gross receipts 276,807 274,367 2,440
General - - -
Selective 276,807 274,367 2,440
Motor fuel 175,418 175,418 -
Alcoholic beverage 16,311 16,311 -
Tobacco products 14,949 14,949 -
Public utilities 18,779 18,779 -
Other 51,350 48,910 2,440
Individual income 406,276 406,276 -
Corporate income 81,999 81,999 0
Motor vehicle license 58,803 49,406 9,397
Other taxes 282,124 261,901 20,223
       
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 1,086,246 610,848 475,398
Current charges 586,913 275,423 311,490
Education 243,905 195,819 48,086
Institutions of higher education 198,784 193,606 5,178
School lunch sales (gross) 13,128 - 13,128
Hospitals 59,255 3,904 55,351
Highways 2,800 207 2,593
Airports 14,731 107 14,624
Parking facilities 1,403 (X) 1,403
Water transport and terminals - - -
       
Natural resources 28,862 21,492 7,370
Parks and recreation 14,096 1,188 12,908
Housing and community development 4,463 166 4,297
Sewerage 37,790 - 37,790
Solid waste management 40,534 - 40,534
Other charges 139,074 52,540 86,534
       
Miscellaneous general revenue 499,333 335,425 163,908
Interest earnings 317,931 233,648 84,283
Special assessments 32,681 - 32,681
Sale of property 220 96 124
Other general revenue 148,501 101,681 46,820
Other than general revenue 719,073 644,912 74,161
       
Utility revenue 74,106 - 74,106
Water supply 70,242 - 70,242
Electric power 1,029 - 1,029
Gas supply 514 - 514
Transit   2,321 - 2,321
       
Liquor store revenue 32,526 32,526 -
       
Insurance trust revenue 612,441 612,386 55
Unemployment compensation 94,996 94,996 -
Employee retirement 404,753 404,698 55
Other insurance trust revenue 112,692 112,692 (X)
       
Expenditure¹ 4,354,961 3,203,897 1,869,516
       
By character and object:      
Intergovernmental expenditure¹ - 714,924 3,528
Direct expenditure 4,354,961 2,488,973 1,865,988
Current operation 3,227,203 1,596,989 1,630,214
Capital outlay 512,095 346,100 165,995
Construction 364,523 303,629 60,894
Other 147,572 42,471 105,101
       
Assistance and subsidies 65,991 65,991 -
Interest on debt 200,554 130,989 69,565
Insurance benefits and repayments 349,118 348,904 214
Exhibit: Salaries and wages 1,413,626 518,166 895,460
       
Direct expenditure by function 4,354,961 2,488,973 1,865,988
Direct general expenditure 3,910,230 2,110,822 1,799,408
Capital outlay 508,433 346,100 162,333
Other direct general expenditure 3,401,797 1,764,722 1,637,075
       
Education services:      
Education 1,450,956 480,703 970,253
Higher education 412,572 396,463 16,109
Elementary and secondary education 954,144 - 954,144
Other education 84,240 84,240 (X)
Libraries 13,303 2,565 10,738
     
Social services and income maintenance:      
Public welfare 518,874 490,228 28,646
Cash assistance payments 39,343 39,343 -
Vendor payments 317,748 317,694 54
Other public welfare 161,783 133,191 28,592
Hospitals 80,500 28,715 51,785
Health 178,702 136,188 42,514
Social insurance administration 5,955 5,955 -
Veterans' services 605 605 (X)
     
Transportation:      
Highways 412,536 327,021 85,515
Air transportation (airports) 18,713 817 17,896
Parking facilities 1,674 (X) 1,674
Water transport and terminals - - -
Transit subsidies - - -
     
Public safety:      
Police protection 111,796 23,360 88,436
Fire protection 39,520 - 39,520
Correction 85,844 73,189 12,655
Protective inspection and regulation 16,692 14,485 2,207
     
Environment and housing:      
Natural resources 172,621 144,821 27,800
Parks and recreation 36,377 5,651 30,726
Housing and community development 69,369 27,915 41,454
Sewerage 40,265 - 40,265
Solid waste management 44,120 - 44,120
     
Governmental administration:      
Financial administration 115,450 87,803 27,647
Judicial and legal 59,467 22,057 37,410
General public buildings 18,176 4,469 13,707
Other government administration 40,872 20,878 19,994
Interest on general debt 192,161 130,989 61,172
     
General expenditure, n.e.c      
Miscellaneous commercial activities - - -
Other and unallocable 185,682 82,408 103,274
     
Utilities 66,366 - 66,366
Capital outlay 3,662 - 3,662
Water supply 54,684 - 54,684
Electric power 902 - 902
Gas supply 494 - 494
Transit 10,286 - 10,286
     
Liquor store expenditure 29,247 29,247 -
     
Insurance trust 349,118 348,904 214
Unemployment compensation 76,481 76,481 -
Employee retirement 207,169 206,955 214
Other insurance trust 65,468 65,468 (X)
     
Debt outstanding 3,270,163 2,055,644 1,214,519
     
Long-term 3,260,087 2,048,979 1,211,108
Full faith and credit 440,648 103,640 337,008
Nonguaranteed 2,819,439 1,945,339 874,100
Short-term 10,076 6,665 3,411
     
Long-term debt by purpose      
Education 410,448 197,711 212,737
Utilities 141,836 - 141,836
Other 2,707,803 1,851,268 856,535
     
Long-term debt issued 491,574 369,804 121,770
Long-term debt retired 534,699 456,580 78,119
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year -43,021 -87,261 44,240
     
Cash and security holdings 8,161,860 6,728,009 1,433,851
     
Insurance trust funds 3,583,326 3,582,684 642
By purpose:      
Unemployment compensation 116,553 116,553 -
Employee retirement 2,996,779 2,996,137 642
Workers' compensation 469,994 469,994 (X)
Miscellaneous - - (X)
     
By type (Employee retirement funds):      
Cash and deposits 126,260 126,045 215
Securities 2,870,519 2,870,092 427
Federal 634,521 634,094 427
State and local government - - -
Nongovernment 2,235,998 2,235,998 -
     
Other than insurance trust funds 4,578,534 3,145,325 1,433,209
By purpose      
Offsets to debt 2,261,130 1,640,974 620,156
Bond funds 216,496 88,109 128,387
    Other   2,100,908 1,416,242 684,666
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