Table 2. Local Government Finances by Type of Government and State: 2001 - 02 | |||||
(Dollar amounts are in thousands. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table. Revised October 2005) | |||||
Description | Arkansas | ||||
County | Municipal | Township | Special District | School District | |
government | government | government | government | government | |
amount | amount | amount | amount | amount | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Revenue1 | 920,974 | 2,119,825 | - | 370,904 | 3,079,576 |
General revenue1 | 920,974 | 1,588,809 | - | 309,407 | 3,079,576 |
Intergovernmental revenue1 | 207,878 | 395,909 | - | 165,091 | 2,619,699 |
From federal government | 53,850 | 37,994 | - | 125,433 | 18,026 |
From state government | 144,846 | 177,091 | X | 24,550 | 2,597,989 |
From local government1 | 9,182 | 180,824 | X | 15,108 | 3,684 |
General revenue from own sources | 713,096 | 1,192,900 | - | 144,316 | 459,877 |
Taxes | 460,330 | 503,314 | - | 44,042 | 227,119 |
Property | 163,895 | 86,443 | - | 43,640 | 223,036 |
Sales and gross receipts | 296,119 | 394,794 | - | - | 534 |
General sales | 295,831 | 297,653 | - | - | 534 |
Selective sales | 288 | 97,141 | - | - | - |
Motor fuel | - | - | - | - | - |
Alcoholic beverage | 100 | 1,841 | - | - | - |
Tobacco products | - | - | - | - | - |
Public utilities | 85 | 86,833 | - | - | - |
Other selective sales | 103 | 8,467 | - | - | - |
Individual income | - | - | - | - | 2,631 |
Corporate income | - | - | - | - | - |
License taxes | 20 | 3 | - | - | - |
Motor vehicle license | 20 | 3 | - | - | - |
Other taxes | 296 | 22,074 | - | 402 | 918 |
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue | 252,766 | 689,586 | - | 100,274 | 232,758 |
Current charges | 116,927 | 453,236 | - | 74,564 | 137,864 |
Education | - | - | - | - | 137,864 |
Institutions of higher education | - | - | - | - | - |
School lunch sales (gross) | - | - | - | - | 51,360 |
Hospitals | 52,206 | 134,246 | - | - | - |
Highways | - | 398 | - | 6 | - |
Air transportation (airports) | 148 | 27,899 | - | 9,184 | - |
Parking facilities | 22 | 1,780 | - | 382 | - |
Sea and inland port facilities | - | 1,550 | - | 74 | - |
Natural resources | - | - | - | 2,997 | - |
Parks and recreation | 944 | 12,465 | - | 2,404 | - |
Housing and community development | - | - | - | 24,918 | - |
Sewerage | - | 151,434 | - | 19,115 | - |
Solid waste management | 15,916 | 73,453 | - | 7,841 | - |
Other charges | 47,691 | 50,011 | - | 7,643 | - |
Miscellaneous general revenue | 135,839 | 236,350 | - | 25,710 | 94,894 |
Interest earnings | 78,210 | 158,514 | - | 12,492 | 37,643 |
Special assessments | 221 | 804 | - | 7,426 | - |
Sale of property | 301 | 1,456 | - | 46 | - |
Other general revenue | 57,107 | 75,576 | - | 5,746 | 57,251 |
Other than general revenue | - | 531,016 | - | 61,497 | - |
Utility revenue | - | 533,172 | - | 61,497 | - |
Water supply | - | 194,158 | - | 57,644 | - |
Electric power | - | 335,194 | - | - | - |
Gas supply | - | 3,124 | - | 578 | - |
Transit | - | 696 | - | 3,275 | - |
Liquor store revenue | - | - | - | - | - |
Insurance trust revenue | - | -2,156 | - | - | - |
Unemployment compensation | - | - | - | - | - |
Employee retirement | - | -2,156 | - | - | - |
Workers' compensation | - | - | - | - | - |
Other insurance trust revenue | - | - | - | - | - |
Expenditure1 | 931,261 | 2,011,323 | - | 351,535 | 3,017,761 |
Intergovernmental expenditure1 | 177,703 | 9,588 | - | 3,438 | 744 |
Direct expenditure | 753,558 | 2,001,735 | - | 348,097 | 3,017,017 |
Current operations | 607,019 | 1,520,859 | - | 251,568 | 2,716,109 |
Capital outlay | 79,243 | 294,777 | - | 73,622 | 234,862 |
Construction | 21,309 | 206,749 | - | 49,331 | 55,939 |
Other capital outlay | 57,934 | 88,028 | - | 24,291 | 178,923 |
Assistance and subsidies | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Interest on debt | 67,295 | 164,489 | - | 22,907 | 66,046 |
Insurance benefits and repayments | - | 21,610 | - | - | - |
Exhibit: Salaries and wages | 240,394 | 511,007 | - | 73,583 | 1,775,964 |
Direct expenditure by function | 753,558 | 2,001,735 | - | 348,097 | 3,017,017 |
Direct general expenditure | 753,558 | 1,468,661 | - | 265,807 | 3,017,017 |
Capital outlay | 79,243 | 222,742 | - | 44,324 | 234,862 |
Other direct general expenditure | 674,315 | 1,245,919 | - | 221,483 | 2,782,155 |
Education services: | |||||
Education | 32 | 4 | - | - | 2,950,971 |
Capital outlay | - | - | - | - | 234,862 |
Higher education | - | - | - | - | - |
Capital outlay | - | - | - | - | - |
Elementary & secondary | 32 | 4 | - | - | 2,950,971 |
Capital outlay | - | - | - | - | 234,862 |
Other education | - | - | - | - | - |
Libraries | 21,125 | 13,129 | - | 17,647 | - |
Social services and income maintenance: | |||||
Public welfare | 13,790 | 1,239 | - | - | - |
Cash assistance payments | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Vendor payments | 49 | 85 | - | - | - |
Other public welfare | 13,740 | 1,154 | - | - | - |
Hospitals | 53,964 | 117,611 | - | - | - |
Capital outlay | 643 | 680 | - | - | - |
Health | 6,855 | 14,915 | - | - | - |
Social insurance administration | - | - | - | - | - |
Veterans' services | - | - | - | - | - |
Transportation: | |||||
Highways | 197,516 | 163,547 | - | 3,635 | - |
Capital outlay | 43,756 | 37,078 | - | 88 | - |
Air transportation (airports) | 3,052 | 29,717 | - | 12,679 | - |
Parking facilities | 3 | 2,243 | - | 379 | - |
Sea and inland port facilities | - | 1,302 | - | 338 | - |
Transit subsidies | - | 127 | - | - | - |
Public safety: | |||||
Police protection | 96,839 | 234,622 | - | - | - |
Fire protection | 4,626 | 128,145 | - | 15,076 | - |
Correction | 82,736 | 2,453 | - | - | - |
Capital outlay | 9,181 | - | - | - | - |
Protective inspection and regulation | 552 | 9,013 | - | - | - |
Environment and housing: | |||||
Natural resources | 1,930 | - | - | 17,087 | - |
Capital outlay | 65 | - | - | 3,858 | - |
Parks and recreation | 5,431 | 78,211 | - | 4,601 | - |
Capital outlay | 253 | 15,686 | - | 489 | - |
Housing and community development | 1,761 | 17,292 | - | 135,851 | - |
Sewerage | 90 | 155,199 | - | 21,474 | - |
Capital outlay | 2 | 43,345 | - | 7,560 | - |
Solid waste management | 30,041 | 87,506 | - | 16,760 | - |
Capital outlay | 3,205 | 9,281 | - | 2,522 | - |
Governmental administration: | |||||
Financial administration | 42,068 | 52,415 | - | - | - |
Judicial and legal | 41,920 | 20,610 | - | - | - |
General public buildings | 17,028 | 22,186 | - | - | - |
Other governmental administration | 37,325 | 32,667 | - | - | - |
Interest on general debt | 67,295 | 130,122 | - | 14,420 | 66,046 |
General expenditure, n.e.c.: | |||||
Miscellaneous commercial activities | - | - | - | - | - |
Other and unallocable | 27,579 | 154,386 | - | 5,860 | - |
Utility expenditure | - | 511,464 | - | 82,290 | - |
Capital outlay | - | 72,035 | - | 29,298 | - |
Water supply | - | 221,517 | - | 68,646 | - |
Electric power | - | 284,228 | - | 4 | - |
Gas supply | - | 2,995 | - | 275 | - |
Transit | - | 2,724 | - | 13,365 | - |
Liquor store expenditure | - | - | - | - | - |
Insurance trust expenditure | - | 21,610 | - | - | - |
Unemployment compensation | - | - | - | - | - |
Employee retirement | - | 21,610 | - | - | - |
Workers' compensation | - | - | - | - | - |
Other insurance trust | - | - | - | - | - |
Debt outstanding | 940,373 | 2,876,433 | - | 388,597 | 1,546,256 |
Short-term | 60 | 3,720 | - | 2,496 | 16,958 |
Long-term | 940,313 | 2,872,713 | - | 386,101 | 1,529,298 |
Full faith and credit | 15,426 | 236,981 | - | 91,582 | 1,529,298 |
Nonguaranteed | 924,887 | 2,635,732 | - | 294,519 | - |
Long-term debt by purpose: | |||||
Public debt for private purposes | 891,922 | 1,574,787 | - | - | - |
Education | - | - | - | - | 1,529,298 |
Utilities | - | 608,167 | - | 149,898 | - |
Other | 48,391 | 689,759 | - | 236,203 | - |
Long-term debt issued | 49,000 | 275,356 | - | 36,589 | 357,415 |
Long-term debt retired | 86,738 | 221,296 | - | 35,195 | 255,786 |
Cash and security holdings | 1,212,403 | 3,082,312 | - | 298,833 | 997,243 |
Insurance trust funds | - | 297,509 | - | - | - |
Unemployment compensation | - | - | - | - | - |
Employee retirement | - | 297,509 | - | - | - |
Workers' compensation | - | - | - | - | - |
Miscellaneous | - | - | - | - | - |
Other than insurance trust funds | 1,212,403 | 2,784,803 | - | 298,833 | 997,243 |
By purpose: | |||||
Offsets to debt | 893,819 | 1,634,262 | - | 42,615 | 6,923 |
Bond funds | 4,824 | 132,432 | - | 33,043 | 381,280 |
Other | 313,760 | 1,018,109 | - | 223,175 | 609,040 |
1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded. | |||||
Abbreviations and symbols: - zero or rounds to zero; (NA) not available; (X) not applicable | |||||
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division Created: December 09 2005 Last Revised: December 09 2005
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