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Rhode Island State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and State:  1991-92
(Thousand dollars.  Detail may not add to total because of rounding)
  RHODE ISLAND
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
  1 2 3
     
Population (July 1, 1992, in thousands)                    1,005 1,005 1,005
Personal Income (Calendar year 1991, in millions)                     21,269 21,269 21,269
                       
               Revenue¹     5,102,693 3,750,394 1,767,971
          General revenue¹          4,246,456 3,024,544 1,671,029
Intergovernmental revenue¹                    1,044,742 988,262 505,597
     From Federal Government               1,044,742 943,046 101,696
     From State government               0 0 403,901
     From local governments¹               0 45,216 0
General revenue from own sources                    3,201,714 2,036,282 1,165,432
     Taxes               2,320,643 1,307,111 1,013,532
          Property          1,018,425 17,858 1,000,567
          Sales and gross receipts          668,110 667,169 941
               General     388,987 388,987 0
               Selective     279,123 278,182 941
                    Motor fuel 94,074 94,074 0
                    Alcoholic beverage 9,131 9,131 0
                    Tobacco products 36,545 36,545 0
                    Public utilities 60,673 60,673 0
                    Other 78,700 77,759 941
          Individual income          478,461 478,461 0
          Corporate income          48,502 48,502 0
          Motor vehicle license          50,787 50,787 0
          Other taxes          56,358 44,334 12,024
     Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 881,071 729,171 151,900
          Current charges               332,717 224,652 108,065
               Education          169,406 164,487 4,919
                    Institutions of higher education     151,438 151,438 0
                    School lunch sales (gross)     358 0 358
                    Hospitals          7,267 7,267 0
                    Highways          8,970 8,970 0
                    Airports          9,176 9,176 0
                    Parking facilities          285 0 285
                    Natural resources          1,448 1,400 48
                    Parks and recreation          11,438 2,917 8,521
                    Housing and community development           23,617 1,824 21,793
                    Sewerage          43,227 5,883 37,344
                    Solid waste management          6,986 2,065 4,921
                    Other charges          50,897 20,663 30,234
               Miscellaneous general revenue               548,354 504,519 43,835
                    Interest earnings          328,112 307,157 20,955
                    Special assessments          2,471 0 2,471
                    Sale of property          1,157 419 738
                    Other general revenue          216,614 196,943 19,671
                    Other than general revenue          856,237 725,850 96,942
Utility revenue                    81,062 6,658 74,404
     Water supply               69,949 0 69,949
     Electric power               4,455 0 4,455
     Gas supply               0 0 0
     Transit               6,658 6,658 0
Liquor store revenue                    0 0 0
Insurance trust revenue                    775,175 719,192 22,538
     Unemployment compensation               219,466 219,466 0
     Employee retirement               456,760 400,777 22,538
     Other insurance trust revenue               555,709 499,726 22,538
     
               Expenditure¹     5,511,068 4,174,717 1,822,541
By character and object:                       
     Intergovernmental expenditure¹               14,594 500,667 117
     Direct expenditure               5,496,474 3,674,050 1,822,424
          Current operation          3,879,314 2,261,533 1,617,781
          Capital outlay          452,686 352,347 100,339
               Construction     378,681 304,278 74,403
               Other     74,005 48,069 25,936
          Assistance and subsidies          178,643 157,622 21,021
          Interest on debt          355,644 305,894 49,750
          Insurance benefits and repayments          630,187 596,654 33,533
          Exhibit: Salaries and wages          1,428,921 586,047 842,874
Direct expenditure by function                    5,496,474 3,674,050 1,822,424
     Direct general expenditure               4,760,923 3,037,400 1,723,523
          Capital outlay          435,908 338,651 97,257
          Other direct general expenditure          4,325,015 2,698,749 1,626,266
          Education services:             
               Education     1,336,162 392,370 943,792
                    Elementary and secondary education 943,792 0 943,792
                    Other education 392,370 392,370 0
               Libraries     19,896 3,898 15,998
          Social services and income maintenance:             
               Public welfare     753,823 723,797 30,026
                    Cash assistance payments 152,076 131,055 21,021
                    Vendor payments 470,113 469,453 660
                    Other public welfare 131,634 123,289 8,345
               Hospitals     104,803 104,803 0
               Health     148,483 146,268 2,215
               Social insurance administration     28,236 28,236 0
               Veterans' services     0 0 0
          Transportation:             
               Highways     234,885 181,412 53,473
               Air transportation (airports)     17,930 17,930 0
               Parking facilities     67 0 67
               Water transport and terminals     3,337 2,124 1,213
               Transit subsidies     25,154 25,154 0
          Public safety:             
               Police protection     143,640 21,637 122,003
               Fire protection     117,689 0 117,689
               Correction     101,022 101,022 0
               Protective inspection and regulation     30,065 20,508 9,557
          Environment and housing:             
               Natural resources     23,177 23,109 68
               Parks and recreation     118,058 79,267 38,791
               Housing and community development     100,333 19,494 80,839
               Sewerage     101,573 48,994 52,579
               Solid waste management     55,029 23,974 31,055
          Governmental administration:             
               Financial administration     66,010 41,826 24,184
               Judicial 72,844 65,649 7,195
                Legislative 12,258 12,258 0
               General public buildings     28,185 14,644 13,541
               Other government administration     41,715 15,249 26,466
          Interest on general debt          349,734 305,880 43,854
          General expenditure, n.e.c             
               Miscellaneous commercial activities     2,540 2,540 0
               Other and unallocable     724,274 615,356 108,918
     Utilities               105,364 39,996 65,368
               Capital outlay     16,778 13,696 3,082
          Water supply          60,906 0 60,906
          Electric power          4,462 0 4,462
          Gas supply          0 0 0
          Transit          39,996 39,996 0
     Liquor store expenditure               0 0 0
     Insurance trust               630,187 596,654 33,533
          Unemployment compensation          310,849 310,849 0
          Employee retirement          244,400 210,867 33,533
          Other insurance trust          74,938 74,938 0
     
               Debt outstanding     5,954,090 5,150,733 803,357
Long-term                    5,822,955 5,067,269 755,686
     Full faith and credit               1,803,575 1,182,504 621,071
     Nonguaranteed               4,019,380 3,884,765 134,615
Short-term                    131,135 83,464 47,671
Long-term debt by purpose                       
     Education               316,788 179,811 136,977
     Utilities               86,376 0 86,376
     Other               5,550,926 4,970,922 580,004
Long-term debt issued                    1,619,149 1,430,553 188,596
Long-term debt retired                    727,893 579,867 148,026
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year                    707,050 683,997 23,053
     
               Cash and security holdings     6,745,949 6,279,401 466,548
Insurance trust funds                    2,756,136 2,582,642 173,494
     By purpose:                  
          Unemployment compensation          98,177 98,177 0
          Employee retirement          2,622,399 2,448,905 173,494
          Workers' compensation          11,614 11,614 0
          Miscellaneous          23,946 23,946 0
     By type (Employee retirement funds):                  
          Cash and deposits          48,743 36,283 12,460
          Securities          2,573,656 2,412,622 161,034
               Federal     1,549,004 1,502,514 46,490
               State and local government     0 0 0
               Nongovernment     1,024,652 910,108 114,544
Other than insurance trust funds                       
     By purpose               3,989,813 3,696,759 293,054
          Offsets to debt          3,167,502 3,143,568 23,934
          Bond funds          257,624 191,680 65,944
          Other          564,687 361,511 203,176
¹Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division


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