The U.S. Census Bureau
 
 
New Mexico 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)      
          NEW MEXICO
 
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
          1 2 3
       
Population (July 1, 1996, in thousands) 1,708 1,708 1,708
Personal Income (Calendar year 1996, in millions) 33,232 33,232 33,232
       
Revenue¹ 10,338,783 8,229,333 4,116,814
       
General revenue¹ 8,847,289 7,004,279 3,850,374
       
Intergovernmental revenue¹ 2,139,020 1,973,080 2,173,304
From Federal Government 2,139,020 1,926,207 212,813
From State government (¹) (X) 1,960,491
From local governments¹ (X) 46,873 (X)
       
General revenue from own sources 6,708,269 5,031,199 1,677,070
Taxes   4,244,527 3,363,571 880,956
Property 524,806 39,600 485,206
Sales and gross receipts 2,165,582 1,806,403 359,179
General 1,656,499 1,345,759 310,740
Selective 509,083 460,644 48,439
Motor fuel 237,185 236,696 489
Alcoholic beverage 34,662 34,660 2
Tobacco products 25,078 25,037 41
Public utilities 34,280 7,037 27,243
Other 177,878 157,214 20,664
Individual income 747,970 747,814 156
Corporate income 173,205 173,205 0
Motor vehicle license 124,480 123,162 1,318
Other taxes 508,484 473,387 35,097
       
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 2,463,742 1,667,628 796,114
Current charges 1,147,364 622,336 525,028
Education 368,779 308,839 59,940
Institutions of higher education 308,461 283,580 24,881
School lunch sales (gross) 20,402 - 20,402
Hospitals 419,790 261,810 157,980
Highways 8,501 4,635 3,866
Airports 55,469 - 55,469
Parking facilities 5,593 (X) 5,593
Water transport and terminals - - -
       
Natural resources 23,003 15,677 7,326
Parks and recreation 20,246 1,975 18,271
Housing and community development 10,389 3,684 6,705
Sewerage 86,076 - 86,076
Solid waste management 75,310 - 75,310
Other charges 74,208 25,716 48,492
       
Miscellaneous general revenue 1,316,378 1,045,292 271,086
Interest earnings 704,591 528,357 176,234
Special assessments 13,942 - 13,942
Sale of property 4,592 1,902 2,690
Other general revenue 593,253 515,033 78,220
Other than general revenue 1,491,494 1,225,054 266,440
       
Utility revenue 266,440 - 266,440
Water supply 144,213 - 144,213
Electric power 97,264 - 97,264
Gas supply 21,216 - 21,216
Transit   3,747 - 3,747
       
Liquor store revenue - - -
       
Insurance trust revenue 1,225,054 1,225,054 -
Unemployment compensation 164,672 164,672 -
Employee retirement 1,060,379 1,060,379 -
Other insurance trust revenue 3 3 (X)
       
Expenditure¹ 9,313,310 7,058,693 4,352,846
       
By character and object:      
Intergovernmental expenditure¹ - 2,075,053 23,176
Direct expenditure 9,313,310 4,983,640 4,329,670
Current operation 7,080,891 3,754,132 3,326,759
Capital outlay 1,125,834 336,186 789,648
Construction 810,125 230,236 579,889
Other 315,709 105,950 209,759
       
Assistance and subsidies 199,006 197,242 1,764
Interest on debt 335,297 123,798 211,499
Insurance benefits and repayments 572,282 572,282 -
Exhibit: Salaries and wages 3,059,700 1,261,303 1,798,397
       
Direct expenditure by function 9,313,310 4,983,640 4,329,670
Direct general expenditure 8,377,324 4,411,358 3,965,966
Capital outlay 1,016,056 336,186 679,870
Other direct general expenditure 7,361,268 4,075,172 3,286,096
       
Education services:      
Education 2,968,963 1,026,488 1,942,475
Higher education 1,069,769 914,853 154,916
Elementary and secondary education 1,787,559 - 1,787,559
Other education 111,635 111,635 (X)
Libraries 28,678 3,337 25,341
     
Social services and income maintenance:      
Public welfare 1,295,199 1,253,017 42,182
Cash assistance payments 156,246 154,482 1,764
Vendor payments 917,514 904,932 12,582
Other public welfare 221,439 193,603 27,836
Hospitals 495,958 320,578 175,380
Health 296,293 269,733 26,560
Social insurance administration 37,431 37,431 -
Veterans' services 1,264 1,264 (X)
     
Transportation:      
Highways 847,383 628,514 218,869
Air transportation (airports) 65,972 1,314 64,658
Parking facilities 5,873 (X) 5,873
Water transport and terminals - - -
Transit subsidies - - -
     
Public safety:      
Police protection 297,668 57,658 240,010
Fire protection 111,442 - 111,442
Correction 257,714 185,300 72,414
Protective inspection and regulation 47,697 36,750 10,947
     
Environment and housing:      
Natural resources 119,433 84,076 35,357
Parks and recreation 206,987 41,563 165,424
Housing and community development 68,647 9,556 59,091
Sewerage 105,612 6,155 99,457
Solid waste management 90,968 3,083 87,885
     
Governmental administration:      
Financial administration 188,490 105,891 82,599
Judicial and legal 136,028 116,911 19,117
General public buildings 41,083 9,554 31,529
Other government administration 104,138 24,892 79,246
Interest on general debt 287,096 123,798 163,298
     
General expenditure, n.e.c      
Miscellaneous commercial activities - - -
Other and unallocable 271,307 64,495 206,812
     
Utilities 363,704 - 363,704
Capital outlay 109,778 - 109,778
Water supply 221,243 - 221,243
Electric power 76,948 - 76,948
Gas supply 20,075 - 20,075
Transit 45,438 - 45,438
     
Liquor store expenditure - - -
     
Insurance trust 572,282 572,282 -
Unemployment compensation 100,676 100,676 -
Employee retirement 463,224 463,224 -
Other insurance trust 8,382 8,382 (X)
     
Debt outstanding 6,334,205 2,458,248 3,875,957
     
Long-term 6,276,632 2,419,231 3,857,401
Full faith and credit 1,286,788 347,138 939,650
Nonguaranteed 4,989,844 2,072,093 2,917,751
Short-term 57,573 39,017 18,556
     
Long-term debt by purpose      
Education 1,024,877 445,047 579,830
Utilities 695,271 - 695,271
Other 4,556,484 1,974,184 2,582,300
     
Long-term debt issued 1,382,962 634,602 748,360
Long-term debt retired 696,381 316,601 379,780
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year 714,874 329,891 384,983
     
Cash and security holdings 21,871,755 18,667,530 3,204,225
     
Insurance trust funds 8,450,449 8,450,449 -
By purpose:      
Unemployment compensation 404,893 404,893 -
Employee retirement 8,042,783 8,042,783 -
Workers' compensation 2,773 2,773 (X)
Miscellaneous - - (X)
     
By type (Employee retirement funds):      
Cash and deposits 432,255 432,255 -
Securities 7,610,528 7,610,528 -
Federal 2,966,039 2,966,039 -
State and local government - - -
Nongovernment 4,644,489 4,644,489 -
     
Other than insurance trust funds 13,421,306 10,217,081 3,204,225
By purpose      
Offsets to debt 3,154,006 1,578,197 1,575,809
Bond funds 652,555 175,454 477,101
    Other   9,614,745 8,463,430 1,151,315
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