The U.S. Census Bureau
 
 
Nevada 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)      
          NEVADA
 
Geographic area and item State and local State Local
  governments¹ government governments¹
          1 2 3
       
Population (July 1, 1996, in thousands) 1,600 1,600 1,600
Personal Income (Calendar year 1996, in millions) 43,331 43,331 43,331
       
Revenue¹ 10,105,496 6,504,739 5,508,102
       
General revenue¹ 7,658,916 4,396,728 5,169,533
       
Intergovernmental revenue¹ 966,375 829,530 2,044,190
From Federal Government 966,375 780,154 186,221
From State government (¹) (X) 1,857,969
From local governments¹ (X) 49,376 (X)
       
General revenue from own sources 6,692,541 3,567,198 3,125,343
Taxes   4,567,339 3,044,548 1,522,791
Property 998,112 61,293 936,819
Sales and gross receipts 2,960,924 2,611,700 349,224
General 1,792,065 1,698,714 93,351
Selective 1,168,859 912,986 255,873
Motor fuel 284,172 226,926 57,246
Alcoholic beverage 14,232 14,232 -
Tobacco products 57,554 57,554 -
Public utilities 56,115 5,760 50,355
Other 756,786 608,514 148,272
Individual income - - -
Corporate income 0 0 0
Motor vehicle license 98,298 98,298 -
Other taxes 510,005 273,257 236,748
       
Charges and miscellaneous general revenue 2,125,202 522,650 1,602,552
Current charges 1,421,108 294,567 1,126,541
Education 251,662 189,507 62,155
Institutions of higher education 187,379 187,379 -
School lunch sales (gross) 21,004 - 21,004
Hospitals 407,133 5,615 401,518
Highways 45,671 27,587 18,084
Airports 200,221 - 200,221
Parking facilities 2,380 (X) 2,380
Water transport and terminals - - -
       
Natural resources 5,165 3,649 1,516
Parks and recreation 64,446 2,166 62,280
Housing and community development 10,743 1,871 8,872
Sewerage 177,482 - 177,482
Solid waste management 8,686 2,967 5,719
Other charges 247,519 61,205 186,314
       
Miscellaneous general revenue 704,094 228,083 476,011
Interest earnings 422,572 137,546 285,026
Special assessments 71,251 9,834 61,417
Sale of property 13,103 3,673 9,430
Other general revenue 197,168 77,030 120,138
Other than general revenue 2,446,580 2,108,011 338,569
       
Utility revenue 365,002 26,433 338,569
Water supply 286,032 1,754 284,278
Electric power 52,580 24,679 27,901
Gas supply - - -
Transit   26,390 - 26,390
       
Liquor store revenue - - -
       
Insurance trust revenue 2,081,578 2,081,578 -
Unemployment compensation 302,639 302,639 -
Employee retirement 1,189,691 1,189,691 -
Other insurance trust revenue 589,248 589,248 (X)
       
Expenditure¹ 9,235,879 5,129,625 5,874,720
       
By character and object:      
Intergovernmental expenditure¹ 5,336 1,771,680 2,122
Direct expenditure 9,230,543 3,357,945 5,872,598
Current operation 6,069,737 1,982,203 4,087,534
Capital outlay 1,814,700 388,360 1,426,340
Construction 1,484,311 326,871 1,157,440
Other 330,389 61,489 268,900
       
Assistance and subsidies 57,718 57,699 19
Interest on debt 533,264 174,559 358,705
Insurance benefits and repayments 755,124 755,124 -
Exhibit: Salaries and wages 2,893,037 820,068 2,072,969
       
Direct expenditure by function 9,230,543 3,357,945 5,872,598
Direct general expenditure 7,912,675 2,556,402 5,356,273
Capital outlay 1,608,289 388,297 1,219,992
Other direct general expenditure 6,304,386 2,168,105 4,136,281
       
Education services:      
Education 2,394,176 583,075 1,811,101
Higher education 534,567 534,567 -
Elementary and secondary education 1,811,101 - 1,811,101
Other education 48,508 48,508 (X)
Libraries 44,244 3,364 40,880
     
Social services and income maintenance:      
Public welfare 707,686 629,361 78,325
Cash assistance payments 41,765 41,746 19
Vendor payments 456,000 455,775 225
Other public welfare 209,921 131,840 78,081
Hospitals 479,492 67,089 412,403
Health 140,402 81,749 58,653
Social insurance administration 38,024 38,024 -
Veterans' services 1,206 1,206 (X)
     
Transportation:      
Highways 684,245 319,464 364,781
Air transportation (airports) 379,275 - 379,275
Parking facilities 5,432 (X) 5,432
Water transport and terminals - - -
Transit subsidies - - -
     
Public safety:      
Police protection 372,323 39,172 333,151
Fire protection 180,220 - 180,220
Correction 337,816 179,642 158,174
Protective inspection and regulation 99,276 55,747 43,529
     
Environment and housing:      
Natural resources 98,856 59,257 39,599
Parks and recreation 249,927 14,327 235,600
Housing and community development 112,754 9,970 102,784
Sewerage 153,317 - 153,317
Solid waste management 9,650 4,558 5,092
     
Governmental administration:      
Financial administration 194,658 122,919 71,739
Judicial and legal 172,284 26,864 145,420
General public buildings 118,637 18,191 100,446
Other government administration 133,493 32,079 101,414
Interest on general debt 487,346 155,753 331,593
     
General expenditure, n.e.c      
Miscellaneous commercial activities 924 - 924
Other and unallocable 317,012 114,591 202,421
     
Utilities 562,744 46,419 516,325
Capital outlay 206,411 63 206,348
Water supply 398,245 22,053 376,192
Electric power 47,918 24,366 23,552
Gas supply - - -
Transit 116,581 - 116,581
     
Liquor store expenditure - - -
     
Insurance trust 755,124 755,124 -
Unemployment compensation 233,831 233,831 -
Employee retirement 309,189 309,189 -
Other insurance trust 212,104 212,104 (X)
     
Debt outstanding 10,250,920 2,769,136 7,481,784
     
Long-term 10,218,823 2,765,326 7,453,497
Full faith and credit 6,277,221 1,743,396 4,533,825
Nonguaranteed 3,941,602 1,021,930 2,919,672
Short-term 32,097 3,810 28,287
     
Long-term debt by purpose      
Education 1,980,991 82,502 1,898,489
Utilities 1,420,319 471,200 949,119
Other 6,817,513 2,211,624 4,605,889
     
Long-term debt issued 2,085,894 723,270 1,362,624
Long-term debt retired 633,022 211,235 421,787
Exhibit: Change in total debt during year 1,449,212 510,613 938,599
     
Cash and security holdings 17,706,943 12,362,384 5,344,559
     
Insurance trust funds 9,386,247 9,386,247 -
By purpose:      
Unemployment compensation 366,934 366,934 -
Employee retirement 7,560,864 7,560,864 -
Workers' compensation 1,458,449 1,458,449 (X)
Miscellaneous - - (X)
     
By type (Employee retirement funds):      
Cash and deposits 264,714 264,714 -
Securities 7,296,150 7,296,150 -
Federal 2,244,524 2,244,524 -
State and local government - - -
Nongovernment 5,051,626 5,051,626 -
     
Other than insurance trust funds 8,320,696 2,976,137 5,344,559
By purpose      
Offsets to debt 1,878,091 856,137 1,021,954
Bond funds 2,888,412 1,006,669 1,881,743
    Other   3,554,193 1,113,331 2,440,862
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