The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Louisiana State & Local Government Finances by Level of Government:  1998-99   
(Dollar amounts are in thousands. Coefficients of variation (CV) are expressed as percents. For meaning
of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table.)
  Louisiana
  State & local State & local  State  Local  Local
Description government government government government government
  amount1 CV amount amount1 CV
  1 2 3 4 5
           
 Population (FY 1999, in thousands) 4,372 (X) 4,372 4,372 (X)
 Personal Income (Calendar year 1998, in millions)  97,516 (X) 97,516 97,516 (X)
           
 Revenue1 25,697,920 0.27 17,785,900 11,701,155 0.79
           
  General revenue1 21,639,467 0.33 14,602,645 10,825,957 0.86
           
Intergovernmental revenue1 4,855,716 0.74 4,588,811 4,056,040 1.14
     From Federal Government 4,855,716 0.74 4,529,930 325,786 10.99
     From State government 0 0.00 0 3,730,254 0.77
     From local governments1 0 0.00 58,881 0 0.00
           
General revenue from own sources   16,783,751 0.37 10,013,834 6,769,917 0.93
    Taxes   10,533,303 0.32 6,491,235 4,042,068 0.84
          Property 1,620,130 0.86 25,717 1,594,413 0.88
          Sales and gross receipts   5,964,960 0.24 3,688,584 2,276,376 0.63
               General sales   4,083,593 0.34 2,001,177 2,082,416 0.67
               Selective sales 1,881,367 0.13 1,687,407 193,960 1.22
                    Motor fuel 536,584 0.00 536,584 0 0.00
                    Alcoholic beverage 52,522 0.46 50,144 2,378 10.18
                    Tobacco products 85,694 0.17 85,441 253 56.48
                    Public utilities   141,275 1.18 13,833 127,442 1.31
                    Other selective sales   1,065,292 0.15 1,001,405 63,887 2.43
          Individual income   1,535,646 0.00 1,535,646 0 0.00
          Corporate income   286,323 0.00 286,323 0 0.00
          Motor vehicle license   107,315 0.00 103,613 3,702 0.00
          Other taxes   1,018,929 2.46 851,352 167,577 14.93
           
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   6,250,448 0.69 3,522,599 2,727,849 1.59
          Current charges   4,163,606 0.95 2,251,749 1,911,857 2.06
               Education   939,046 0.00 869,157 69,889 0.00
                    Institutions  of higher education   866,695 0.00 861,331 5,364 0.00
                    School lunch sales (gross) 43,547 0.00 0 43,547 0.00
               Hospitals   2,218,158 1.70 1,047,488 1,170,670 3.21
               Highways   40,221 0.01 37,949 2,272 0.09
               Air transportation (airports)   70,055 0.03 0 70,055 0.03
               Parking facilities   5,479 1.12 0 5,479 1.12
               Sea and inland port facilities   73,961 0.00 53,318 20,643 0.00
               Natural resources   18,703 0.00 18,702 1 0.00
               Parks and recreation   101,764 0.61 69,662 32,102 1.94
               Housing and community development   40,665 1.92 3,652 37,013 2.11
               Sewerage   194,087 2.15 0 194,087 2.15
               Solid waste management   105,735 1.94 0 105,735 1.94
               Other charges   355,732 1.37 151,821 203,911 2.40
           
          Miscellaneous general revenue   2,086,842 0.45 1,270,850 815,992 1.16
               Interest earnings   1,089,930 0.34 533,256 556,674 0.66
               Special assessments   6,835 4.85 0 6,835 4.85
               Sale of property   26,141 3.23 19,064 7,077 11.92
               Other general revenue   963,936 0.83 718,530 245,406 3.25
           
Utility revenue 734,079 0.60 5,906 728,173 0.60
     Water supply   258,641 1.05 2,822 255,819 1.06
     Electric power   348,369 0.43 3,084 345,285 0.44
     Gas supply   87,268 2.68 0 87,268 2.68
     Transit   39,801 0.02 0 39,801 0.02
           
Liquor store revenue   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
Insurance trust revenue   3,324,374 0.00 3,177,349 147,025 0.00
     Unemployment compensation   266,815 0.00 266,815 0 0.00
     Employee retirement   3,017,330 0.00 2,870,305 147,025 0.00
     Workers' compensation   40,229 0.00 40,229 0 0.00
     Other insurance trust revenue   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
 Expenditure1 23,810,474 0.40 15,705,909 11,752,993 0.81
           
By character and object:          
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 0 0.00 3,644,823 3,605 0.00
     Direct expenditure   23,810,474 0.40 12,061,086 11,749,388 0.81
          Current operations   17,750,686 0.42 8,346,471 9,404,215 0.79
          Capital outlay   2,924,417 1.72 1,279,606 1,644,811 3.06
               Construction   2,210,660 1.95 1,055,152 1,155,508 3.73
               Other capital outlay   713,757 2.48 224,454 489,303 3.61
           
          Assistance and subsidies   377,824 0.00 377,363 461 0.00
          Interest on debt   979,214 1.37 405,962 573,252 2.35
          Insurance benefits and repayments 1,778,333 0.00 1,651,684 126,649 0.00
          Exhibit: salaries & wages   8,331,652 0.36 3,343,800 4,987,852 0.59
           
Direct expenditure by function          
Direct expenditure 23,810,474 0.40 12,061,086 11,749,388 0.81
     Direct general expenditure   21,117,744 0.44 10,406,380 10,711,364 0.87
          Capital outlay   2,750,280 1.74 1,279,606 1,470,674 3.25
          Other direct general expenditure    18,367,464 0.42 9,126,774 9,240,690 0.82
           
          Education services:          
               Education   6,869,663 0.06 2,242,456 4,627,207 0.09
                     Capital outlay   588,832 0.00 170,070 418,762 0.00
                   Higher education   1,804,680 0.00 1,789,394 15,286 0.00
                         Capital outlay   157,044 0.00 157,044 0 0.00
                   Elementary & secondary education   4,611,921 0.09 0 4,611,921 0.09
                         Capital outlay   418,762 0.00 0 418,762 0.00
                   Other education   453,062 0.00 453,062 0 0.00
               Libraries   109,288 4.14 9,018 100,270 4.51
           
          Social services and income maintenance:          
               Public welfare   2,982,062 0.09 2,929,956 52,106 5.34
                    Cash assistance payments 208,568 0.00 208,107 461 0.00
                    Vendor payments   2,164,159 0.01 2,160,643 3,516 8.53
                    Other public welfare   609,335 0.46 561,206 48,129 5.79
               Hospitals   2,614,399 1.77 1,282,421 1,331,978 3.48
                    Capital outlay   170,913 2.09 48,386 122,527 2.91
               Health   463,470 0.18 383,029 80,441 1.05
               Social insurance administration    68,798 0.00 68,798 0 0.00
               Veterans' services   12,997 0.00 12,997 0 0.00
           
          Transportation:          
               Highways   1,548,177 0.92 966,905 581,272 2.46
                    Capital outlay   899,741 1.40 655,229 244,512 5.15
               Air transportation (airports) 103,839 1.55 944 102,895 1.56
               Parking facilities   6,509 0.00 0 6,509 0.00
               Sea and inland port facilities   115,241 0.00 74,583 40,658 0.00
               Transit subsidies   4,117 0.00 0 4,117 0.00
           
          Public safety:          
               Police protection   819,511 1.71 177,339 642,172 2.19
               Fire protection   271,093 1.25 0 271,093 1.25
               Correction   675,511 2.11 381,011 294,500 4.84
                    Capital outlay   65,741 17.74 20,089 45,652 25.55
               Protective inspection and regulation   73,676 1.12 35,179 38,497 2.15
           
          Environment and housing:          
               Natural resources   424,675 0.61 334,354 90,321 2.88
                    Capital outlay   92,811 0.28 56,163 36,648 0.71
               Parks and recreation   435,603 1.20 257,574 178,029 2.93
                    Capital outlay   202,973 1.23 154,271 48,702 5.11
               Housing and community development    254,302 6.83 2,924 251,378 6.91
               Sewerage   275,977 5.27 0 275,977 5.27
                    Capital outlay   92,303 13.66 0 92,303 13.66
               Solid waste management   254,901 1.96 40,416 214,485 2.33
                    Capital outlay   31,705 0.04 257 31,448 0.04
           
          Governmental administration:          
               Financial administration   380,508 1.01 161,100 219,408 1.75
               Judicial and legal   340,803 1.65 117,620 223,183 2.51
               General public buildings 147,155 2.48 58,313 88,842 4.11
               Other governmental administration    249,339 1.79 115,255 134,084 3.32
          Interest on general debt   932,814 1.44 405,962 526,852 2.56
           
          General expenditure, n.e.c.          
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
               Other and unallocable   683,316 5.45 348,226 335,090 11.12
           
     Utility expenditure 914,397 1.03 3,022 911,375 1.03
               Capital outlay   174,137 4.52 0 174,137 4.52
          Water supply   337,508 2.74 2,027 335,481 2.76
          Electric power   314,713 0.22 995 313,718 0.22
          Gas supply   82,139 1.59 0 82,139 1.59
          Transit   180,037 0.33 0 180,037 0.33
           
     Liquor store expenditure   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
     Insurance trust expenditure 1,778,333 0.00 1,651,684 126,649 0.00
          Unemployment compensation   166,569 0.00 166,569 0 0.00
          Employee retirement   1,611,764 0.00 1,485,115 126,649 0.00
          Workers' compensation   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
          Other insurance trust   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
 Debt outstanding   17,316,223 1.34 7,152,457 10,163,766 2.28
           
Short-term    24,432 0.00 1,831 22,601 0.00
Long-term    17,291,791 1.34 7,150,626 10,141,165 2.29
     Full faith and credit   5,896,600 1.06 2,018,935 3,877,665 1.61
     Nonguaranteed   11,395,191 1.94 5,131,691 6,263,500 3.53
           
Long-term debt by purpose          
     Public debt for private purposes   6,221,949 0.09 3,462,910 2,759,039 0.21
     Education   2,206,669 0.00 164,360 2,042,309 0.00
     Utilities   773,000 3.77 0 773,000 3.77
     Other   8,090,173 2.91 3,523,356 4,566,817 5.15
Long-term debt issued   2,323,207 2.32 670,198 1,653,009 3.26
Long-term debt retired   1,879,964 0.90 611,698 1,268,266 1.33
           
 Cash and security holdings   43,389,962 0.22 32,707,293 10,682,669 0.89
           
Insurance trust funds   26,167,366 0.00 24,768,025 1,399,341 0.00
     Unemployment compensation    1,437,827 0.00 1,437,827 0 0.00
     Employee retirement   24,633,666 0.00 23,234,325 1,399,341 0.00
     Workers' compensation   95,873 0.00 95,873 0 0.00
     Miscellaneous   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
Other than insurance trust funds            
     By purpose 17,222,596 0.55 7,939,268 9,283,328 1.03
          Offsets to debt   7,948,490 0.19 4,568,639 3,379,851 0.44
          Bond funds   1,582,685 3.41 143,039 1,439,646 3.75
          Other   7,691,421 0.86 3,227,590 4,463,831 1.48
1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (NA)   not available;  (X)   not applicable
Population source: Internet table. Population Estimates Program, released December 31, 1999.
Personal income source: Survey of Current Business (October 2000) BEA, released September 12, 2000.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division


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