The U.S. Census Bureau
 
 
Missouri 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)      
          MISSOURI
 
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
          1 2 3
       
Population (July 1, 1996, in thousands) 5,369 5,369 5,369
Personal Income (Calendar year 1996, in millions) 123,992 123,992 123,992
       
Revenue¹ 25,823,519 16,600,626 12,836,512
       
General revenue¹ 21,551,561 13,773,787 11,391,393
       
Intergovernmental revenue¹ 4,106,291 3,719,819 4,000,091
From Federal Government 4,106,291 3,696,605 409,686
From State government (¹) (X) 3,590,405
From local governments¹ (X) 23,214 (X)
       
General revenue from own sources 17,445,270 10,053,968 7,391,302
Taxes   12,595,398 7,815,966 4,779,432
Property 2,804,713 15,532 2,789,181
Sales and gross receipts 5,196,942 3,704,566 1,492,376
General 3,643,786 2,592,460 1,051,326
Selective 1,553,156 1,112,106 441,050
Motor fuel 650,184 648,619 1,565
Alcoholic beverage 23,514 23,514 -
Tobacco products 132,365 114,032 18,333
Public utilities 312,132 300 311,832
Other 434,961 325,641 109,320
Individual income 3,305,576 3,038,167 267,409
Corporate income 411,045 411,045 0
Motor vehicle license 248,069 237,057 11,012
Other taxes 629,053 409,599 219,454
       
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 4,849,872 2,238,002 2,611,870
Current charges 3,028,047 1,154,041 1,874,006
Education 1,133,295 784,809 348,486
Institutions of higher education 890,222 782,388 107,834
School lunch sales (gross) 99,166 - 99,166
Hospitals 788,536 254,740 533,796
Highways 18,933 7,514 11,419
Airports 218,017 - 218,017
Parking facilities 12,472 (X) 12,472
Water transport and terminals 1,143 - 1,143
       
Natural resources 27,964 26,456 1,508
Parks and recreation 62,758 2,156 60,602
Housing and community development 42,324 5,428 36,896
Sewerage 356,061 - 356,061
Solid waste management 55,513 - 55,513
Other charges 311,031 72,938 238,093
       
Miscellaneous general revenue 1,821,825 1,083,961 737,864
Interest earnings 1,082,710 623,958 458,752
Special assessments 16,185 - 16,185
Sale of property 7,124 1,786 5,338
Other general revenue 715,806 458,217 257,589
Other than general revenue 4,271,958 2,826,839 1,445,119
       
Utility revenue 1,063,256 - 1,063,256
Water supply 414,273 - 414,273
Electric power 526,639 - 526,639
Gas supply 83,142 - 83,142
Transit   39,202 - 39,202
       
Liquor store revenue - - -
       
Insurance trust revenue 3,208,702 2,826,839 381,863
Unemployment compensation 515,366 515,366 -
Employee retirement 2,689,421 2,307,558 381,863
Other insurance trust revenue 3,915 3,915 (X)
       
Expenditure¹ 23,014,589 14,229,714 12,731,089
       
By character and object:      
Intergovernmental expenditure¹ - 3,944,195 2,019
Direct expenditure 23,014,589 10,285,519 12,729,070
Current operation 17,170,888 6,932,243 10,238,645
Capital outlay 3,232,933 1,332,136 1,900,797
Construction 2,371,265 961,327 1,409,938
Other 861,668 370,809 490,859
       
Assistance and subsidies 430,474 430,471 3
Interest on debt 881,761 442,955 438,806
Insurance benefits and repayments 1,298,533 1,147,714 150,819
Exhibit: Salaries and wages 8,029,129 2,423,225 5,605,904
       
Direct expenditure by function 23,014,589 10,285,519 12,729,070
Direct general expenditure 20,452,394 9,137,805 11,314,589
Capital outlay 2,978,603 1,332,136 1,646,467
Other direct general expenditure 17,473,791 7,805,669 9,668,122
       
Education services:      
Education 7,513,907 1,821,036 5,692,871
Higher education 1,863,197 1,507,534 355,663
Elementary and secondary education 5,337,208 - 5,337,208
Other education 313,502 313,502 (X)
Libraries 106,038 2,379 103,659
     
Social services and income maintenance:      
Public welfare 3,139,430 3,038,905 100,525
Cash assistance payments 291,565 291,562 3
Vendor payments 2,318,966 2,318,656 310
Other public welfare 528,899 428,687 100,212
Hospitals 1,000,644 438,462 562,182
Health 754,876 554,062 200,814
Social insurance administration 69,007 69,007 -
Veterans' services 22,386 22,386 (X)
     
Transportation:      
Highways 1,703,723 998,387 705,336
Air transportation (airports) 251,385 11 251,374
Parking facilities 9,734 (X) 9,734
Water transport and terminals 2,601 244 2,357
Transit subsidies 148 - 148
     
Public safety:      
Police protection 762,310 119,084 643,226
Fire protection 337,650 - 337,650
Correction 503,566 364,571 138,995
Protective inspection and regulation 127,029 92,847 34,182
     
Environment and housing:      
Natural resources 263,330 254,811 8,519
Parks and recreation 327,787 37,655 290,132
Housing and community development 307,551 60,900 246,651
Sewerage 447,355 157 447,198
Solid waste management 103,434 3,839 99,595
     
Governmental administration:      
Financial administration 337,522 182,639 154,883
Judicial and legal 314,730 129,570 185,160
General public buildings 319,136 237,780 81,356
Other government administration 245,301 46,786 198,515
Interest on general debt 816,047 442,955 373,092
     
General expenditure, n.e.c      
Miscellaneous commercial activities - - -
Other and unallocable 665,767 219,332 446,435
     
Utilities 1,263,662 - 1,263,662
Capital outlay 254,330 - 254,330
Water supply 449,373 - 449,373
Electric power 510,551 - 510,551
Gas supply 87,713 - 87,713
Transit 216,025 - 216,025
     
Liquor store expenditure - - -
     
Insurance trust 1,298,533 1,147,714 150,819
Unemployment compensation 364,773 364,773 -
Employee retirement 910,695 759,876 150,819
Other insurance trust 23,065 23,065 (X)
     
Debt outstanding 15,127,716 7,579,129 7,548,587
     
Long-term 15,092,389 7,573,629 7,518,760
Full faith and credit 4,083,610 1,017,490 3,066,120
Nonguaranteed 11,008,779 6,556,139 4,452,640
Short-term 35,327 5,500 29,827
     
Long-term debt by purpose      
Education 3,236,701 1,172,807 2,063,894
Utilities 1,246,169 - 1,246,169
Other 10,609,519 6,400,822 4,208,697
     
Long-term debt issued 2,116,831 928,922 1,187,909
Long-term debt retired 1,126,581 477,590 648,991
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year 1,003,519 450,752 552,767
     
Cash and security holdings 42,576,484 32,269,547 10,306,937
     
Insurance trust funds 24,045,941 21,144,414 2,901,527
By purpose:      
Unemployment compensation 381,248 381,248 -
Employee retirement 23,648,733 20,747,206 2,901,527
Workers' compensation 15,960 15,960 (X)
Miscellaneous - - (X)
     
By type (Employee retirement funds):      
Cash and deposits 1,050,917 929,410 121,507
Securities 22,597,816 19,817,796 2,780,020
Federal 4,698,914 4,027,005 671,909
State and local government - - -
Nongovernment 17,898,902 15,790,791 2,108,111
     
Other than insurance trust funds 18,530,543 11,125,133 7,405,410
By purpose      
Offsets to debt 7,891,857 6,307,812 1,584,045
Bond funds 1,184,523 345,393 839,130
    Other   9,454,163 4,471,928 4,982,235
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