The U.S. Census Bureau
 
 
Idaho 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)      
          IDAHO
 
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
          1 2 3
       
Population (July 1, 1996, in thousands) 1,186 1,186 1,186
Personal Income (Calendar year 1996, in millions) 24,173 24,173 24,173
       
Revenue¹ 5,965,502 4,289,183 2,761,767
       
General revenue¹ 4,947,396 3,401,851 2,630,993
       
Intergovernmental revenue¹ 907,129 849,475 1,143,102
From Federal Government 907,129 839,338 67,791
From State government (¹) (X) 1,075,311
From local governments¹ (X) 10,137 (X)
       
General revenue from own sources 4,040,267 2,552,376 1,487,891
Taxes   2,719,000 1,960,515 758,485
Property 711,346 - 711,346
Sales and gross receipts 935,980 923,985 11,995
General 622,250 622,192 58
Selective 313,730 301,793 11,937
Motor fuel 211,528 211,528 -
Alcoholic beverage 5,372 5,372 -
Tobacco products 30,729 30,729 -
Public utilities 11,651 2,974 8,677
Other 54,450 51,190 3,260
Individual income 711,662 711,657 5
Corporate income 138,277 138,277 0
Motor vehicle license 81,752 77,588 4,164
Other taxes 139,983 109,008 30,975
       
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 1,321,267 591,861 729,406
Current charges 861,876 291,299 570,577
Education 216,068 174,799 41,269
Institutions of higher education 193,214 173,458 19,756
School lunch sales (gross) 19,007 - 19,007
Hospitals 248,809 6,293 242,516
Highways 11,118 8,680 2,438
Airports 14,980 30 14,950
Parking facilities 1,860 (X) 1,860
Water transport and terminals 550 - 550
       
Natural resources 76,134 63,310 12,824
Parks and recreation 17,034 569 16,465
Housing and community development 5,843 2,144 3,699
Sewerage 76,258 - 76,258
Solid waste management 70,171 - 70,171
Other charges 123,051 35,474 87,577
       
Miscellaneous general revenue 459,391 300,562 158,829
Interest earnings 264,880 192,599 72,281
Special assessments 8,986 - 8,986
Sale of property 1,911 642 1,269
Other general revenue 183,614 107,321 76,293
Other than general revenue 1,018,106 887,332 130,774
       
Utility revenue 130,091 - 130,091
Water supply 71,136 - 71,136
Electric power 57,972 - 57,972
Gas supply - - -
Transit   983 - 983
       
Liquor store revenue 48,112 48,112 -
       
Insurance trust revenue 839,903 839,220 683
Unemployment compensation 169,290 169,290 -
Employee retirement 516,136 515,453 683
Other insurance trust revenue 154,477 154,477 (X)
       
Expenditure¹ 5,423,612 3,674,210 2,821,824
       
By character and object:      
Intergovernmental expenditure¹ - 1,067,190 5,232
Direct expenditure 5,423,612 2,607,020 2,816,592
Current operation 4,083,491 1,746,045 2,337,446
Capital outlay 714,619 296,889 417,730
Construction 503,334 220,963 282,371
Other 211,285 75,926 135,359
       
Assistance and subsidies 76,836 76,800 36
Interest on debt 162,475 102,251 60,224
Insurance benefits and repayments 386,191 385,035 1,156
Exhibit: Salaries and wages 1,787,454 580,651 1,206,803
       
Direct expenditure by function 5,423,612 2,607,020 2,816,592
Direct general expenditure 4,872,759 2,183,373 2,689,386
Capital outlay 698,105 296,889 401,216
Other direct general expenditure 4,174,654 1,886,484 2,288,170
       
Education services:      
Education 1,846,215 521,112 1,325,103
Higher education 514,735 453,453 61,282
Elementary and secondary education 1,263,821 - 1,263,821
Other education 67,659 67,659 (X)
Libraries 26,094 2,424 23,670
     
Social services and income maintenance:      
Public welfare 633,238 599,005 34,233
Cash assistance payments 58,956 58,920 36
Vendor payments 414,812 401,541 13,271
Other public welfare 159,470 138,544 20,926
Hospitals 262,606 37,764 224,842
Health 124,650 82,237 42,413
Social insurance administration 24,585 24,585 -
Veterans' services - - (X)
     
Transportation:      
Highways 492,601 297,530 195,071
Air transportation (airports) 28,612 1,890 26,722
Parking facilities 2,033 (X) 2,033
Water transport and terminals 657 - 657
Transit subsidies - - -
     
Public safety:      
Police protection 167,159 30,724 136,435
Fire protection 65,880 - 65,880
Correction 132,669 102,262 30,407
Protective inspection and regulation 34,683 27,201 7,482
     
Environment and housing:      
Natural resources 146,034 115,729 30,305
Parks and recreation 62,020 17,476 44,544
Housing and community development 23,293 3,951 19,342
Sewerage 121,432 22,315 99,117
Solid waste management 70,451 380 70,071
     
Governmental administration:      
Financial administration 99,809 44,066 55,743
Judicial and legal 88,653 44,031 44,622
General public buildings 30,025 17,321 12,704
Other government administration 50,369 13,201 37,168
Interest on general debt 155,171 102,251 52,920
     
General expenditure, n.e.c      
Miscellaneous commercial activities 4,255 4,255 -
Other and unallocable 179,565 71,663 107,902
     
Utilities 126,050 - 126,050
Capital outlay 16,514 - 16,514
Water supply 66,853 - 66,853
Electric power 53,562 - 53,562
Gas supply - - -
Transit 5,635 - 5,635
     
Liquor store expenditure 38,612 38,612 -
     
Insurance trust 386,191 385,035 1,156
Unemployment compensation 122,683 122,683 -
Employee retirement 190,110 188,954 1,156
Other insurance trust 73,398 73,398 (X)
     
Debt outstanding 2,639,203 1,598,125 1,041,078
     
Long-term 2,627,889 1,598,025 1,029,864
Full faith and credit 674,071 - 674,071
Nonguaranteed 1,953,818 1,598,025 355,793
Short-term 11,314 100 11,214
     
Long-term debt by purpose      
Education 638,056 135,061 502,995
Utilities 134,237 - 134,237
Other 1,855,596 1,462,964 392,632
     
Long-term debt issued 460,318 304,232 156,086
Long-term debt retired 261,577 159,667 101,910
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year 166,869 144,570 22,299
     
Cash and security holdings 8,364,585 7,294,362 1,070,223
     
Insurance trust funds 4,513,624 4,502,358 11,266
By purpose:      
Unemployment compensation 255,741 255,741 -
Employee retirement 3,863,183 3,851,917 11,266
Workers' compensation 394,700 394,700 (X)
Miscellaneous - - (X)
     
By type (Employee retirement funds):      
Cash and deposits 197,967 192,234 5,733
Securities 3,665,216 3,659,683 5,533
Federal 589,124 585,951 3,173
State and local government - - -
Nongovernment 3,076,092 3,073,732 2,360
     
Other than insurance trust funds 3,850,961 2,792,004 1,058,957
By purpose      
Offsets to debt 1,552,340 1,412,036 140,304
Bond funds 165,059 22,826 142,233
    Other   2,133,562 1,357,142 776,420
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