EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST., FEBRUARY 24, 1997 (MONDAY) Public Information Office CB97-29 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov David Kellerman 301-457-1502 50 STATE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE SURVEY FOR 1995 RELEASED ON-LINE BY CENSUS BUREAU Tabulations that provide 1995 figures on revenues and expenditures for the nation and each state were released on the Internet today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. Nationwide, state revenues and expenditures totaled $903.8 billion and $836.9 billion, respectively. Thirty percent of the country's expenditures went to education, while 23 percent was allocated to public welfare. California had the largest amount of state revenues in 1995, collecting $118.3 billion. Forty-five percent or $53.3 billion of these revenues were from taxes, 25 percent from intergovernmental revenues, and 20 percent from insurance trust revenues. Expenditures for California reached $109.3 billion in 1995, with education ($30 billion) and public welfare ($28.5 billion) accounting for more than one-half of the total amount. Vermont had the lowest amount of revenues of any state at $2.1 billion, and one of the lowest expenditure levels at $2.0 billion. The Internet tabulations, from the 1995 Annual Survey of Government Finances, also provide figures on topics such as expenditures for highways, health care and hospitals, insurance trusts, and correction facilities. The Internet address for these tables is http://www.census.gov/govs/www/state95.html-X-The Census Bureau--preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries, and institutions.
