The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Nebraska 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.)
  Nebraska
  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) 1,666 (X) 1,666 1,666 (X)
 Personal Income (Calendar year 1998, in millions)  42,949 (X) 42,949 42,949 (X)
           
 Revenue1 10,946,839 0.63 5,575,535 6,697,355 1.06
           
  General revenue1 8,304,462 0.83 5,088,969 4,541,544 1.56
           
Intergovernmental revenue1 1,548,575 0.51 1,420,373 1,454,253 0.99
     From Federal Government 1,548,575 0.51 1,400,002 148,573 5.32
     From State government 0 0.00 0 1,305,680 0.93
     From local governments1 0 0.00 20,371 0 0.00
           
General revenue from own sources   6,755,887 1.02 3,668,596 3,087,291 2.23
    Taxes   4,623,913 0.24 2,662,103 1,961,810 0.57
          Property 1,567,009 0.50 4,739 1,562,270 0.50
          Sales and gross receipts   1,477,907 0.17 1,251,741 226,166 1.14
               General sales   1,028,498 0.16 855,409 173,089 0.92
               Selective sales 449,409 0.38 396,332 53,077 3.22
                    Motor fuel 264,944 0.00 263,648 1,296 0.00
                    Alcoholic beverage 17,252 0.00 16,792 460 0.00
                    Tobacco products 47,075 0.00 46,922 153 0.69
                    Public utilities   44,446 2.95 2,785 41,661 3.15
                    Other selective sales   75,692 1.41 66,185 9,507 11.23
          Individual income   1,071,881 0.00 1,071,876 5 0.00
          Corporate income   135,034 0.00 135,034 0 0.00
          Motor vehicle license   94,352 0.67 79,211 15,141 4.15
          Other taxes   277,730 3.37 119,502 158,228 5.92
           
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   2,131,974 3.22 1,006,493 1,125,481 6.10
          Current charges   1,277,092 5.18 513,718 763,374 8.67
               Education   518,695 0.00 357,812 160,883 0.00
                    Institutions  of higher education   416,708 0.00 354,979 61,729 0.00
                    School lunch sales (gross) 42,082 0.00 0 42,082 0.00
               Hospitals   332,220 19.57 85,763 246,457 26.38
               Highways   4,137 3.90 1,487 2,650 6.09
               Air transportation (airports)   33,138 1.37 711 32,427 1.40
               Parking facilities   5,787 0.00 0 5,787 0.00
               Sea and inland port facilities   97 0.00 0 97 0.00
               Natural resources   19,748 3.86 15,604 4,144 18.37
               Parks and recreation   27,670 4.77 7,005 20,665 6.39
               Housing and community development   18,457 21.79 819 17,638 22.80
               Sewerage   100,375 4.52 0 100,375 4.52
               Solid waste management   56,776 5.94 0 56,776 5.94
               Other charges   159,992 6.11 44,517 115,475 8.47
           
          Miscellaneous general revenue   854,882 1.31 492,775 362,107 3.09
               Interest earnings   413,505 1.37 223,053 190,452 2.98
               Special assessments   35,456 20.03 0 35,456 20.03
               Sale of property   6,262 16.61 3,927 2,335 44.55
               Other general revenue   399,659 1.54 265,795 133,864 4.61
           
Utility revenue 2,000,978 0.14 0 2,000,978 0.14
     Water supply   128,981 1.03 0 128,981 1.03
     Electric power   1,729,388 0.13 0 1,729,388 0.13
     Gas supply   137,178 0.04 0 137,178 0.04
     Transit   5,431 0.00 0 5,431 0.00
           
Liquor store revenue   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
Insurance trust revenue   641,399 0.00 486,566 154,833 0.00
     Unemployment compensation   42,394 0.00 42,394 0 0.00
     Employee retirement   598,944 0.00 444,111 154,833 0.00
     Workers' compensation   61 0.00 61 0 0.00
     Other insurance trust revenue   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
 Expenditure1 9,982,599 0.70 5,183,613 6,285,600 1.11
           
By character and object:          
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 9,627 0.00 1,487,295 8,946 1.77
     Direct expenditure   9,972,972 0.70 3,696,318 6,276,654 1.12
          Current operations   7,754,629 0.79 2,736,312 5,018,317 1.22
          Capital outlay   1,456,974 1.76 536,546 920,428 2.78
               Construction   1,012,567 1.42 453,644 558,923 2.57
               Other capital outlay   444,407 4.81 82,902 361,505 5.92
           
          Assistance and subsidies   95,804 0.16 95,201 603 25.27
          Interest on debt   365,354 0.34 106,354 259,000 0.48
          Insurance benefits and repayments 300,211 0.00 221,905 78,306 0.00
          Exhibit: salaries & wages   3,261,702 1.16 1,043,884 2,217,818 1.70
           
Direct expenditure by function          
Direct expenditure 9,972,972 0.70 3,696,318 6,276,654 1.12
     Direct general expenditure   7,716,026 0.90 3,474,413 4,241,613 1.63
          Capital outlay   1,136,523 1.98 536,546 599,977 3.75
          Other direct general expenditure    6,579,503 0.93 2,937,867 3,641,636 1.67
           
          Education services:          
               Education   3,124,335 0.03 949,241 2,175,094 0.04
                     Capital outlay   343,157 0.00 81,560 261,597 0.00
                   Higher education   1,052,198 0.00 845,437 206,761 0.00
                         Capital outlay   96,046 0.00 77,167 18,879 0.00
                   Elementary & secondary education   1,968,333 0.05 0 1,968,333 0.05
                         Capital outlay   242,718 0.01 0 242,718 0.01
                   Other education   103,804 0.00 103,804 0 0.00
               Libraries   40,524 2.68 2,545 37,979 2.86
           
          Social services and income maintenance:          
               Public welfare   1,129,780 0.28 1,106,186 23,594 13.52
                    Cash assistance payments 53,705 0.28 53,102 603 25.27
                    Vendor payments   760,903 0.02 759,337 1,566 7.95
                    Other public welfare   315,172 1.01 293,747 21,425 14.87
               Hospitals   412,951 15.15 154,532 258,419 24.22
                    Capital outlay   25,812 28.53 11,087 14,725 50.00
               Health   129,626 0.92 80,970 48,656 2.45
               Social insurance administration    32,103 0.00 32,103 0 0.00
               Veterans' services   1,908 0.00 1,908 0 0.00
           
          Transportation:          
               Highways   801,552 1.92 484,723 316,829 4.85
                    Capital outlay   507,195 2.74 404,794 102,401 13.59
               Air transportation (airports) 47,638 0.34 2,598 45,040 0.36
               Parking facilities   7,605 0.00 0 7,605 0.00
               Sea and inland port facilities   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
               Transit subsidies   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
          Public safety:          
               Police protection   220,340 1.09 45,764 174,576 1.38
               Fire protection   123,254 8.36 0 123,254 8.36
               Correction   172,626 1.33 124,459 48,167 4.78
                    Capital outlay   11,102 1.05 9,758 1,344 8.65
               Protective inspection and regulation   42,174 0.56 37,376 4,798 4.95
           
          Environment and housing:          
               Natural resources   184,933 3.12 126,129 58,804 9.80
                    Capital outlay   13,714 33.06 6,548 7,166 63.27
               Parks and recreation   119,399 2.20 25,651 93,748 2.80
                    Capital outlay   19,132 9.04 3,191 15,941 10.85
               Housing and community development    88,714 4.31 1,698 87,016 4.39
               Sewerage   117,516 11.71 11 117,505 11.71
                    Capital outlay   46,114 21.52 0 46,114 21.52
               Solid waste management   66,800 5.17 0 66,800 5.17
                    Capital outlay   5,720 52.04 0 5,720 52.04
           
          Governmental administration:          
               Financial administration   156,348 1.29 80,673 75,675 2.66
               Judicial and legal   92,949 1.13 38,533 54,416 1.94
               General public buildings 25,799 7.26 5,665 20,134 9.31
               Other governmental administration    82,867 2.55 17,481 65,386 3.23
          Interest on general debt   211,881 0.55 106,354 105,527 1.11
           
          General expenditure, n.e.c.          
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
               Other and unallocable   282,404 2.92 49,813 232,591 3.55
           
     Utility expenditure 1,956,735 0.44 0 1,956,735 0.44
               Capital outlay   320,451 2.23 0 320,451 2.23
          Water supply   145,592 5.00 0 145,592 5.00
          Electric power   1,644,287 0.25 0 1,644,287 0.25
          Gas supply   144,648 0.00 0 144,648 0.00
          Transit   22,208 0.00 0 22,208 0.00
           
     Liquor store expenditure   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
     Insurance trust expenditure 300,211 0.00 221,905 78,306 0.00
          Unemployment compensation   46,192 0.00 46,192 0 0.00
          Employee retirement   253,227 0.00 174,921 78,306 0.00
          Workers' compensation   792 0.00 792 0 0.00
          Other insurance trust   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
 Debt outstanding   6,290,435 0.72 1,820,130 4,470,305 1.02
           
Short-term    17,605 18.74 0 17,605 18.74
Long-term    6,272,830 0.72 1,820,130 4,452,700 1.02
     Full faith and credit   1,431,097 2.35 2,938 1,428,159 2.36
     Nonguaranteed   4,841,733 0.54 1,817,192 3,024,541 0.86
           
Long-term debt by purpose          
     Public debt for private purposes   1,713,690 0.98 1,600,230 113,460 14.81
     Education   913,713 0.00 170,250 743,463 0.00
     Utilities   2,763,218 0.32 0 2,763,218 0.32
     Other   882,209 4.78 49,650 832,559 5.07
Long-term debt issued   1,632,403 0.90 82,505 1,549,898 0.95
Long-term debt retired   1,768,375 0.49 170,624 1,597,751 0.54
           
 Cash and security holdings   13,766,235 0.19 8,625,308 5,140,927 0.51
           
Insurance trust funds   6,877,782 0.00 5,305,738 1,572,044 0.00
     Unemployment compensation    187,714 0.00 187,714 0 0.00
     Employee retirement   6,689,440 0.00 5,117,396 1,572,044 0.00
     Workers' compensation   628 0.00 628 0 0.00
     Miscellaneous   0 0.00 0 0 0.00
           
Other than insurance trust funds   6,888,453 0.38 3,319,570 3,568,883 0.73
     By purpose          
          Offsets to debt   2,179,463 0.37 1,624,951 554,512 1.44
          Bond funds   369,360 1.28 13,193 356,167 1.33
          Other   4,339,630 0.54 1,681,426 2,658,204 0.88
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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