Government Finances United States Summary, State and Local Government Revenue and Expenditure by Level of Government: 1991-92 (For further information on sample methodology, see Appendix E in the "Government Finances: 1991-92" publication. For meaning of abbreviations, see table documentation.) (Amounts in thousands of dollars.) State State Local & Local Gov't Gov't Item ($000) ($000) ($000) Revenue, total 1185670425 744862741 647513667 General revenue 975170377 608621079 573255281 Intergovernmental rev, total 179209036 169928166 215986853 From Federal Government * 179209036 159067541 20141495 Education 27819853 25866723 1953130 Public welfare 91788077 91090998 697079 From State governments * ** 0 195845358 Education ** 0 123134817 Public welfare ** 0 25751776 From local governments ** 10860625 ** General rev from own sources 795961341 438692913 357268428 Taxes 558240028 331140920 227099108 Property 179091427 7368868 171722559 General sales 131844588 108733563 23111025 Motor fuel 22944113 22249711 694402 Motor vehicle license 11481458 10652964 828494 Income-individual and corp 139389131 126798518 12590613 Other taxes 73489311 55337296 18152015 Current charges, total * 136890325 52941024 83949301 Education 39092217 28900727 10191490 Hospitals 37752617 12729177 25023440 Miscellaneous revenue, total * 100830988 54610969 46220019 Interest earnings 55349323 26603022 28746301 Utility revenue 58922611 3511541 55411070 Liquor store revenue 3618036 3067026 551010 Insurance trust revenue, total * 147959401 129663095 18296306 Employee retirement 106201757 88003319 18198438 Expenditure, total 1150484727 701930822 655103418 By character and object: Intergovernmental, total 3632179 202826507 7355185 To Federal Government 3632179 3608911 23268 To State governments ** 0 7331917 To local governments ** 199217596 ** Current operation 781361247 323090144 458271103 Capital outlay 134702835 50125540 84577295 Construction 100725278 39000537 61724741 Equip, land, & existing struc 33977557 11125003 22852554 Assistance and subsidies 32956811 20511030 12445781 Interest on debt 64898115 25482343 39415772 Ins benefits & repayments 90275955 79895258 10380697 Exhibit-Expend, sal & wages 383097730 112685119 270412611 Direct expend by function, total 1146852548 499104315 647748233 General expenditure 972215362 409595787 562619575 Current expenditure 855310079 361689955 493620124 Capital outlay 116905283 47905832 68999451 Education services: Education 326274826 86376990 239897836 Elementary & secondary * 228694974 2221660 226473314 Capital outlay 21319172 410920 20908252 Higher education * 84328876 70904354 13424522 Capital outlay 9180317 8208218 972099 Other education *** 13250976 13250976 0 Libraries 4509905 288174 4221731 Soc. services & income main: Public welfare 154642359 125908339 28734020 Hospitals 58768317 26005299 32763018 Health 29344480 15638464 13706016 Employment security admin 3716776 3702371 14405 Veterans' services 170014 170014 0 Transportation: Highways * 66689085 40477769 26211316 Capital outlay 37031087 27757498 9273589 Air transportation 8112564 963205 7149359 Parking facilities 864823 0 864823 Water transport & terminals 1860995 504210 1356785 Transit subsidies 427328 189484 237844 Public safety: Police protection 34544772 4863131 29681641 Fire protection 14358088 0 14358088 Correction 28700793 18401186 10299607 Protective inspection & reg 6245545 4083156 2162389 Environment and housing: Natural resources 13048749 9921875 3126874 Parks and recreation 15727964 2687651 13040313 Housing and community dev 17066739 1605553 15461186 Sewerage * 20343726 908048 19435678 Capital outlay 8926065 533223 8392842 Solid waste management 12047880 1320858 10727022 Government administration: Financial administration 18090410 9649001 8441409 Judicial and legal 16352064 6326165 10025899 General public buildings 5973748 1369278 4604470 Other government admin 9917911 2531022 7386889 Interest on general debt 55255059 24621601 30633458 General expenditure, n.e.c. 49160442 21082943 28077499 Utility expenditure 81298200 7036147 74262053 Liquor store expenditure 3063031 2577123 485908 Insurance trust expend, total * 90275955 79895258 10380697 Employee retirement 46419151 36165128 10254023 ( Footnotes: * Includes amounts for categories not shown separately. ** Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded. *** Includes assistance and subsidies to individuals and private institutions for elementary, secondary, and higher education, as well as miscellaneous education expenditures.)