The U.S. Census Bureau
 
 
Washington 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)      
          WASHINGTON
 
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
          1 2 3
       
Population (July 1, 1996, in thousands) 5,519 5,519 5,519
Personal Income (Calendar year 1996, in millions) 139,328 139,328 139,328
       
Revenue¹ 40,032,443 26,841,468 19,363,535
       
General revenue¹ 28,179,034 18,212,938 16,138,656
       
Intergovernmental revenue¹ 4,565,138 4,112,300 6,625,398
From Federal Government 4,565,138 4,051,773 513,365
From State government (¹) (X) 6,112,033
From local governments¹ (X) 60,527 (X)
       
General revenue from own sources 23,613,896 14,100,638 9,513,258
Taxes   16,369,783 11,202,296 5,167,487
Property 5,209,236 1,926,666 3,282,570
Sales and gross receipts 9,726,057 8,289,331 1,436,726
General 7,539,155 6,572,213 966,942
Selective 2,186,902 1,717,118 469,784
Motor fuel 685,647 685,238 409
Alcoholic beverage 139,090 139,090 -
Tobacco products 277,595 277,595 -
Public utilities 501,698 241,342 260,356
Other 582,872 373,853 209,019
Individual income - - -
Corporate income 0 0 0
Motor vehicle license 342,609 244,433 98,176
Other taxes 1,091,881 741,866 350,015
       
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 7,244,113 2,898,342 4,345,771
Current charges 4,959,890 1,810,357 3,149,533
Education 1,326,310 1,126,833 199,477
Institutions of higher education 1,124,766 1,124,766 -
School lunch sales (gross) 78,767 - 78,767
Hospitals 1,063,797 284,563 779,234
Highways 93,776 87,283 6,493
Airports 160,701 2 160,699
Parking facilities 10,791 (X) 10,791
Water transport and terminals 206,546 - 206,546
       
Natural resources 259,535 219,386 40,149
Parks and recreation 128,735 1,441 127,294
Housing and community development 98,635 7,854 90,781
Sewerage 738,570 - 738,570
Solid waste management 425,825 5,213 420,612
Other charges 446,669 77,782 368,887
       
Miscellaneous general revenue 2,284,223 1,087,985 1,196,238
Interest earnings 1,110,442 524,859 585,583
Special assessments 70,208 - 70,208
Sale of property 77,630 2,364 75,266
Other general revenue 1,025,943 560,762 465,181
Other than general revenue 11,853,409 8,628,530 3,224,879
       
Utility revenue 3,009,532 - 3,009,532
Water supply 469,176 - 469,176
Electric power 2,433,393 - 2,433,393
Gas supply 4,342 - 4,342
Transit   102,621 - 102,621
       
Liquor store revenue 271,001 271,001 -
       
Insurance trust revenue 8,572,876 8,357,529 215,347
Unemployment compensation 1,187,688 1,187,688 -
Employee retirement 6,206,615 5,991,268 215,347
Other insurance trust revenue 1,178,573 1,178,573 (X)
       
Expenditure¹ 36,118,090 22,206,885 19,596,162
       
By character and object:      
Intergovernmental expenditure¹ 31,874 5,681,708 35,123
Direct expenditure 36,086,216 16,525,177 19,561,039
Current operation 24,435,186 10,076,673 14,358,513
Capital outlay 5,660,854 1,871,716 3,789,138
Construction 3,954,002 1,571,869 2,382,133
Other 1,706,852 299,847 1,407,005
       
Assistance and subsidies 867,256 866,745 511
Interest on debt 1,848,592 536,156 1,312,436
Insurance benefits and repayments 3,274,328 3,173,887 100,441
Exhibit: Salaries and wages 10,997,339 3,633,267 7,364,072
       
Direct expenditure by function 36,086,216 16,525,177 19,561,039
Direct general expenditure 28,850,580 13,120,853 15,729,727
Capital outlay 4,898,696 1,871,716 3,026,980
Other direct general expenditure 23,951,884 11,249,137 12,702,747
       
Education services:      
Education 9,811,547 3,383,592 6,427,955
Higher education 2,723,308 2,723,308 -
Elementary and secondary education 6,640,379 212,424 6,427,955
Other education 447,860 447,860 (X)
Libraries 182,856 8,046 174,810
     
Social services and income maintenance:      
Public welfare 4,051,517 4,024,033 27,484
Cash assistance payments 606,958 606,447 511
Vendor payments 2,508,500 2,508,262 238
Other public welfare 936,059 909,324 26,735
Hospitals 1,382,974 564,674 818,300
Health 1,465,933 933,529 532,404
Social insurance administration 161,055 161,055 -
Veterans' services 3,808 3,808 (X)
     
Transportation:      
Highways 2,088,533 1,127,485 961,048
Air transportation (airports) 209,085 1,526 207,559
Parking facilities 4,254 (X) 4,254
Water transport and terminals 385,010 - 385,010
Transit subsidies 30 - 30
     
Public safety:      
Police protection 866,316 129,404 736,912
Fire protection 515,960 - 515,960
Correction 848,304 562,335 285,969
Protective inspection and regulation 311,807 233,759 78,048
     
Environment and housing:      
Natural resources 565,161 412,128 153,033
Parks and recreation 576,383 59,078 517,305
Housing and community development 560,686 121,015 439,671
Sewerage 653,007 - 653,007
Solid waste management 400,567 38,808 361,759
     
Governmental administration:      
Financial administration 530,438 276,500 253,938
Judicial and legal 531,234 65,600 465,634
General public buildings 74,377 24,873 49,504
Other government administration 320,691 82,964 237,727
Interest on general debt 1,209,596 536,156 673,440
     
General expenditure, n.e.c      
Miscellaneous commercial activities - - -
Other and unallocable 1,139,451 370,485 768,966
     
Utilities 3,730,871 - 3,730,871
Capital outlay 762,158 - 762,158
Water supply 545,739 - 545,739
Electric power 2,638,811 - 2,638,811
Gas supply 3,629 - 3,629
Transit 542,692 - 542,692
     
Liquor store expenditure 230,437 230,437 -
     
Insurance trust 3,274,328 3,173,887 100,441
Unemployment compensation 1,033,472 1,033,472 -
Employee retirement 1,281,463 1,181,022 100,441
Other insurance trust 959,393 959,393 (X)
     
Debt outstanding 33,563,827 9,493,472 24,070,355
     
Long-term 33,403,354 9,493,398 23,909,956
Full faith and credit 14,478,646 6,191,859 8,286,787
Nonguaranteed 18,924,708 3,301,539 15,623,169
Short-term 160,473 74 160,399
     
Long-term debt by purpose      
Education 5,288,056 664,064 4,623,992
Utilities 12,290,121 - 12,290,121
Other 15,825,177 8,829,334 6,995,843
     
Long-term debt issued 4,057,042 1,092,923 2,964,119
Long-term debt retired 2,766,834 589,974 2,176,860
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year 1,367,690 502,955 864,735
     
Cash and security holdings 58,911,656 47,229,933 11,681,723
     
Insurance trust funds 41,487,662 39,776,285 1,711,377
By purpose:      
Unemployment compensation 1,331,365 1,331,365 -
Employee retirement 32,980,584 31,269,207 1,711,377
Workers' compensation 7,175,713 7,175,713 (X)
Miscellaneous - - (X)
     
By type (Employee retirement funds):      
Cash and deposits 815,270 673,743 141,527
Securities 32,165,314 30,595,464 1,569,850
Federal 9,656,979 9,415,795 241,184
State and local government - - -
Nongovernment 22,508,335 21,179,669 1,328,666
     
Other than insurance trust funds 17,423,994 7,453,648 9,970,346
By purpose      
Offsets to debt 4,353,247 3,150,553 1,202,694
Bond funds 3,052,393 124,149 2,928,244
    Other   10,018,354 4,178,946 5,839,408
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