The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Table 1.  State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and by State: 1999-2000
(Dollar amounts are in thousands. Coefficients of variation (CV) are expressed as percents. For meaning
of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table.)
Description Rhode Island
State & local State & local  State  Local  Local
government government government government government
amount1 CV amount amount1 CV
1 2 3 4 5
         
 Population (April 1, 2000, in thousands) 1,048 (X) 1,048 1,048 (X)
         
 Revenue1 7,427,400 0.34 5,589,130 2,485,994 1.30
         
  General revenue1 5,747,638 0.43 4,105,718 2,289,644 1.41
         
Intergovernmental revenue1 1,196,383 0.38 1,162,862 681,245 1.50
     From Federal Government 1,196,383 0.38 1,090,523 105,860 4.25
     From State government (1) 0.00 - 575,385 1.81
     From local governments1 (1) 0.00 72,339 (1) 0.00
         
General revenue from own sources   4,551,255 0.58 2,942,856 1,608,399 1.64
    Taxes   3,412,355 0.75 2,034,909 1,377,446 1.86
          Property 1,359,523 1.83 948 1,358,575 1.83
          Sales and gross receipts   1,004,473 0.00 1,002,948 1,525 0.00
               General sales   621,066 0.00 621,066 - 0.00
               Selective sales 383,407 0.00 381,882 1,525 0.00
                    Motor fuel 130,974 0.00 130,974 - 0.00
                    Alcoholic beverage 9,567 0.00 9,567 - 0.00
                    Tobacco products 59,737 0.00 59,737 - 0.00
                    Public utilities   73,011 0.00 73,011 - 0.00
                    Other selective sales   110,118 0.00 108,593 1,525 0.00
          Individual income   828,983 0.00 828,983 - 0.00
          Corporate income   74,825 0.00 74,825 - 0.00
          Motor vehicle license   51,450 0.00 51,450 - 0.00
          Other taxes   93,101 0.90 75,755 17,346 4.82
         
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   1,138,900 0.09 907,947 230,953 0.42
          Current charges   487,371 0.13 334,349 153,022 0.41
               Education   228,706 0.00 210,913 17,793 0.00
                    Institutions  of higher education   203,266 0.00 203,266 - 0.00
                    School lunch sales (gross) 13,998 0.00 - 13,998 0.00
               Hospitals   4,082 0.00 4,082 - 0.00
               Highways   11,221 0.00 11,221 - 0.00
               Air transportation (airports)   40,185 0.00 40,185 - 0.00
               Parking facilities   1,084 0.00 - 1,084 0.00
               Sea and inland port facilities   1,175 0.00 67 1,108 0.00
               Natural resources   913 0.00 913 - 0.00
               Parks and recreation   12,080 0.55 2,563 9,517 0.69
               Housing and community development   29,860 0.00 5,159 24,701 0.00
               Sewerage   54,064 0.00 2,222 51,842 0.00
               Solid waste management   7,157 0.00 4,176 2,981 0.00
               Other charges   96,844 0.64 52,848 43,996 1.42
         
          Miscellaneous general revenue   651,529 0.15 573,598 77,931 1.26
               Interest earnings   319,221 0.29 281,135 38,086 2.40
               Special assessments   2,731 0.00 - 2,731 0.00
               Sale of property   272 0.00 163 109 0.00
               Other general revenue   329,305 0.19 292,300 37,005 1.71
         
Utility revenue 114,815 0.00 11,439 103,376 0.00
     Water supply   99,227 0.00 - 99,227 0.00
     Electric power   4,149 0.00 - 4,149 0.00
     Gas supply   - 0.00 - - 0.00
     Transit   11,439 0.00 11,439 - 0.00
         
Liquor store revenue   - 0.00 - - 0.00
         
Insurance trust revenue   1,564,947 0.00 1,471,973 92,974 0.00
     Unemployment compensation   171,524 0.00 171,524 - 0.00
     Employee retirement   1,250,624 0.00 1,157,650 92,974 0.00
     Workers' compensation   12,618 0.00 12,618 - 0.00
     Other insurance trust revenue   130,181 0.00 130,181 - 0.00
         
 Expenditure1 6,432,385 0.41 4,648,008 2,437,526 1.07
         
By character and object:        
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 25,989 0.00 677,552 1,586 0.00
     Direct expenditure   6,406,396 0.41 3,970,456 2,435,940 1.07
          Current operations   4,762,885 0.40 2,593,859 2,169,026 0.88
          Capital outlay   418,300 1.68 310,253 108,047 6.52
               Construction   344,856 2.00 260,642 84,214 8.20
               Other capital outlay   73,444 0.52 49,611 23,833 1.59
          Assistance and subsidies   189,159 0.00 187,532 1,627 0.00
          Interest on debt   342,208 0.23 277,164 65,044 1.23
          Insurance benefits and repayments 693,844 0.00 601,648 92,196 0.00
          Exhibit: Salaries and wages   1,973,627 0.58 819,491 1,154,136 1.00
         
Direct expenditure by function 6,406,396 0.41 3,970,456 2,435,940 1.07
     Direct general expenditure   5,560,094 0.47 3,309,830 2,250,264 1.16
          Capital outlay   388,711 1.81 294,533 94,178 7.48
          Other direct general expenditure    5,171,383 0.38 3,015,297 2,156,086 0.92
         
          Education services:        
               Education   1,856,613 0.88 569,346 1,287,267 1.26
                       Capital outlay   66,845 0.36 32,193 34,652 0.69
                   Higher education   400,866 0.00 400,866 - 0.00
                        Capital outlay   24,796 0.00 24,796 - 0.00
                   Elementary & secondary   1,346,401 1.21 59,134 1,287,267 1.26
                        Capital outlay   34,652 0.69 - 34,652 0.69
                   Other education   109,346 0.00 109,346 - 0.00
               Libraries   22,630 1.55 696 21,934 1.60
         
          Social services and income maintenance:        
               Public welfare   1,143,940 0.00 1,135,249 8,691 0.05
                    Cash assistance payments 153,410 0.00 151,783 1,627 0.00
                    Vendor payments   731,507 0.00 730,965 542 0.00
                    Other public welfare   259,023 0.00 252,501 6,522 0.07
               Hospitals   121,570 0.00 121,570 - 0.00
                    Capital outlay   1,564 0.00 1,564 - 0.00
               Health   156,085 0.03 152,274 3,811 1.33
               Social insurance administration    42,694 0.00 42,694 - 0.00
               Veterans' services   594 0.00 594 - 0.00
         
          Transportation:        
               Highways   285,687 0.43 220,434 65,253 1.87
                    Capital outlay   173,477 0.09 168,576 4,901 3.25
               Air transportation (airports) 45,447 0.00 45,447 - 0.00
               Parking facilities   275 0.00 - 275 0.00
               Sea and inland port facilities   2,323 0.00 1,454 869 0.00
               Transit subsidies   25,479 0.00 25,479 - 0.00
         
          Public safety:        
               Police protection   211,195 4.12 36,159 175,036 4.98
               Fire protection   151,577 3.59 - 151,577 3.59
               Correction   139,225 0.00 139,225 - 0.00
                    Capital outlay   4,055 0.00 4,055 - 0.00
               Protective inspection and regulation   34,689 0.31 26,980 7,709 1.41
         
          Environment and housing:        
               Natural resources   41,252 0.00 41,252 - 0.00
                    Capital outlay   3,598 0.00 3,598 - 0.00
               Parks and recreation   45,663 0.80 12,639 33,024 1.11
                    Capital outlay   6,592 0.00 4,689 1,903 0.00
               Housing and community development    128,262 3.69 15,260 113,002 4.19
               Sewerage   93,974 0.00 36,188 57,786 0.00
                    Capital outlay   9,987 0.00 3,241 6,746 0.00
               Solid waste management   70,891 0.58 41,764 29,127 1.42
                    Capital outlay   12,472 0.00 11,798 674 0.00
         
          Governmental administration:        
               Financial administration   131,896 0.53 100,358 31,538 2.22
               Judicial and legal   105,158 0.01 95,527 9,631 0.16
               General public buildings 33,821 0.06 19,965 13,856 0.14
               Other governmental administration    68,806 1.02 40,151 28,655 2.46
          Interest on general debt   334,897 0.24 277,159 57,738 1.39
         
          General expenditure, n.e.c.        
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   3,921 0.00 3,921 - 0.00
               Other and unallocable   261,530 0.31 108,045 153,485 0.53
         
     Utility expenditure 152,458 0.01 58,978 93,480 0.01
               Capital outlay   29,589 0.00 15,720 13,869 0.00
          Water supply   89,251 0.01 - 89,251 0.01
          Electric power   4,229 0.00 - 4,229 0.00
          Gas supply   - 0.00 - - 0.00
          Transit   58,978 0.00 58,978 - 0.00
         
     Liquor store expenditure   - 0.00 - - 0.00
    0.00     0.00
     Insurance trust expenditure 693,844 0.00 601,648 92,196 0.00
          Unemployment compensation   142,992 0.00 142,992 - 0.00
          Employee retirement   428,807 0.00 336,611 92,196 0.00
          Workers' compensation   2,584 0.00 2,584 - 0.00
          Other insurance trust   119,461 0.00 119,461 - 0.00
         
 Debt outstanding   6,877,850 0.29 5,681,091 1,196,759 1.70
         
Short-term    51,920 0.00 5,087 46,833 0.00
Long-term    6,825,930 0.30 5,676,004 1,149,926 1.76
     Full faith and credit   1,867,221 1.09 922,717 944,504 2.15
     Nonguaranteed   4,958,709 0.00 4,753,287 205,422 0.09
         
Long-term debt by purpose        
     Public debt for private purposes   3,497,970 0.00 3,496,326 1,644 0.00
     Education   415,052 1.98 66,251 348,801 2.35
     Utilities   119,254 0.00 - 119,254 0.00
     Other   2,793,654 0.44 2,113,427 680,227 1.79
Long-term debt issued   808,404 0.00 761,981 46,423 0.00
Long-term debt retired   659,799 0.24 540,204 119,595 1.34
  - 0.00 - - 0.00
 Cash and security holdings   12,642,400 0.11 11,457,852 1,184,548 1.13
         
Insurance trust funds   7,648,371 0.00 6,943,306 705,065 0.00
     Unemployment compensation    279,506 0.00 279,506 - 0.00
     Employee retirement   7,250,709 0.00 6,545,644 705,065 0.00
     Workers' compensation   62,000 0.00 62,000 - 0.00
     Miscellaneous   56,156 0.00 56,156 - 0.00
         
Other than insurance trust funds   4,994,029 0.27 4,514,546 479,483 2.80
     By purpose        
          Offsets to debt   3,522,741 0.00 3,517,097 5,644 0.00
          Bond funds   494,182 0.00 449,356 44,826 0.00
          Other   977,106 1.37 548,093 429,013 3.13
1 Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded.
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (NA)   not available;  (X)   not applicable
Population source: U. S. Census Bureau, Population Division, released December 28, 2000

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: November 25 2002
Last Revised: December 12 2002