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 New York
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) 18,976 (X) 18,976 18,976 (X)
         
 Revenue1 188,906,822 0.07 111,397,057 115,278,236 0.19
         
  General revenue1 143,901,343 0.09 84,765,365 96,904,449 0.22
         
Intergovernmental revenue1 29,248,826 0.07 32,520,574 34,496,723 0.47
     From Federal Government 29,248,826 0.07 26,205,929 3,042,897 0.71
     From State government (1) 0.00 - 31,453,826 0.52
     From local governments1 (1) 0.00 6,314,645 (1) 0.00
         
General revenue from own sources   114,652,517 0.11 52,244,791 62,407,726 0.19
    Taxes   86,868,188 0.13 41,735,841 45,132,347 0.25
          Property 25,201,914 0.20 - 25,201,914 0.20
          Sales and gross receipts   22,465,377 0.02 13,307,079 9,158,298 0.05
               General sales   16,473,484 0.02 8,563,323 7,910,161 0.04
               Selective sales 5,991,893 0.04 4,743,756 1,248,137 0.20
                    Motor fuel 521,670 0.00 521,670 - 0.00
                    Alcoholic beverage 204,141 0.00 182,914 21,227 0.00
                    Tobacco products 699,368 0.00 668,251 31,117 0.00
                    Public utilities   2,121,729 0.11 1,605,673 516,056 0.47
                    Other selective sales   2,444,985 0.01 1,765,248 679,737 0.02
          Individual income   28,639,541 0.00 23,194,281 5,445,260 0.00
          Corporate income   6,047,224 0.00 2,771,556 3,275,668 0.00
          Motor vehicle license   783,577 0.23 632,632 150,945 1.18
          Other taxes   3,730,555 2.54 1,830,293 1,900,262 4.98
         
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   27,784,329 0.28 10,508,950 17,275,379 0.45
          Current charges   16,805,906 0.33 4,570,517 12,235,389 0.45
               Education   2,363,405 0.00 1,637,266 726,139 0.00
                    Institutions  of higher education   1,994,832 0.00 1,584,527 410,305 0.00
                    School lunch sales (gross) 244,200 0.00 - 244,200 0.00
               Hospitals   4,725,091 0.00 1,673,363 3,051,728 0.00
               Highways   2,028,207 0.00 479,248 1,548,959 0.00
               Air transportation (airports)   1,494,123 0.06 28,840 1,465,283 0.06
               Parking facilities   140,185 1.08 - 140,185 1.08
               Sea and inland port facilities   123,765 0.10 5,693 118,072 0.11
               Natural resources   6,241 0.00 3,741 2,500 0.00
               Parks and recreation   397,668 1.94 151,468 246,200 3.13
               Housing and community development   786,926 0.34 23,144 763,782 0.35
               Sewerage   1,304,086 3.27 3,266 1,300,820 3.28
               Solid waste management   421,179 3.26 - 421,179 3.26
               Other charges   3,015,030 1.06 564,488 2,450,542 1.30
         
          Miscellaneous general revenue   10,978,423 0.41 5,938,433 5,039,990 0.89
               Interest earnings   4,659,141 0.33 2,526,154 2,132,987 0.72
               Special assessments   71,898 24.78 - 71,898 24.78
               Sale of property   151,991 7.79 21,403 130,588 9.07
               Other general revenue   6,095,393 0.55 3,390,876 2,704,517 1.24
         
Utility revenue 8,429,095 0.34 2,360,227 6,068,868 0.47
     Water supply   1,424,595 1.75 - 1,424,595 1.75
     Electric power   3,894,955 0.00 1,458,376 2,436,579 0.00
     Gas supply   3,005 0.00 - 3,005 0.00
     Transit   3,106,540 0.46 901,851 2,204,689 0.65
         
Liquor store revenue   - 0.00 - - 0.00
         
Insurance trust revenue   36,576,384 0.00 24,271,465 12,304,919 0.00
     Unemployment compensation   1,841,496 0.00 1,841,496 - 0.00
     Employee retirement   32,936,717 0.00 20,631,798 12,304,919 0.00
     Workers' compensation   1,798,171 0.00 1,798,171 - 0.00
     Other insurance trust revenue   - 0.00 - - 0.00
         
 Expenditure1 171,858,216 0.25 96,924,806 111,561,910 0.39
         
By character and object:        
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 626,000 0.00 31,273,000 5,981,500 0.11
     Direct expenditure   171,232,216 0.26 65,651,806 105,580,410 0.41
          Current operations   122,260,547 0.13 42,830,084 79,430,463 0.20
          Capital outlay   18,740,748 1.82 7,761,011 10,979,737 3.11
               Construction   14,143,112 2.21 5,643,155 8,499,957 3.68
               Other capital outlay   4,597,636 1.33 2,117,856 2,479,780 2.47
          Assistance and subsidies   3,229,434 0.07 872,394 2,357,040 0.09
          Interest on debt   10,922,447 0.08 4,258,648 6,663,799 0.14
          Insurance benefits and repayments 16,079,040 0.00 9,929,669 6,149,371 0.00
          Exhibit: Salaries and wages   52,295,112 0.25 11,107,251 41,187,861 0.32
         
Direct expenditure by function 171,232,216 0.26 65,651,806 105,580,410 0.41
     Direct general expenditure   140,020,445 0.22 49,344,376 90,676,069 0.34
          Capital outlay   14,856,050 1.47 5,074,680 9,781,370 2.23
          Other direct general expenditure    125,164,395 0.11 44,269,696 80,894,699 0.18
         
          Education services:        
               Education   40,630,366 0.02 6,224,543 34,405,823 0.02
                       Capital outlay   3,973,638 0.15 606,491 3,367,147 0.18
                   Higher education   6,095,308 0.00 4,927,179 1,168,129 0.00
                        Capital outlay   693,865 0.00 581,502 112,363 0.00
                   Elementary & secondary   33,237,694 0.02 - 33,237,694 0.02
                        Capital outlay   3,254,784 0.18 - 3,254,784 0.18
                   Other education   1,297,364 0.00 1,297,364 - 0.00
               Libraries   769,030 7.18 28,117 740,913 7.46
         
          Social services and income maintenance:        
               Public welfare   29,185,151 0.03 20,697,957 8,487,194 0.10
                    Cash assistance payments 2,357,040 0.09 - 2,357,040 0.09
                    Vendor payments   20,487,203 0.01 20,040,335 446,868 0.34
                    Other public welfare   6,340,908 0.14 657,622 5,683,286 0.16
               Hospitals   8,075,704 0.00 3,197,781 4,877,923 0.00
                    Capital outlay   328,630 0.00 186,391 142,239 0.00
               Health   3,492,012 0.14 1,321,460 2,170,552 0.22
               Social insurance administration    300,983 0.00 300,983 - 0.00
               Veterans' services   7,856 0.00 7,856 - 0.00
         
          Transportation:        
               Highways   6,834,621 2.04 3,147,106 3,687,515 3.78
                    Capital outlay   4,193,622 3.14 2,514,168 1,679,454 7.84
               Air transportation (airports) 1,356,632 0.93 70,987 1,285,645 0.99
               Parking facilities   38,382 1.80 - 38,382 1.80
               Sea and inland port facilities   159,926 0.09 6,366 153,560 0.09
               Transit subsidies   155,220 0.00 - 155,220 0.00
         
          Public safety:        
               Police protection   5,716,952 1.46 421,887 5,295,065 1.58
               Fire protection   2,199,674 3.57 - 2,199,674 3.57
               Correction   4,392,230 0.02 2,298,197 2,094,033 0.05
                    Capital outlay   465,581 0.03 346,646 118,935 0.12
               Protective inspection and regulation   662,983 0.52 439,320 223,663 1.53
         
          Environment and housing:        
               Natural resources   440,747 2.14 366,212 74,535 12.65
                    Capital outlay   57,197 2.12 48,692 8,505 14.29
               Parks and recreation   1,783,119 0.96 494,506 1,288,613 1.33
                    Capital outlay   504,701 1.68 173,379 331,322 2.56
               Housing and community development    2,979,475 0.47 175,521 2,803,954 0.49
               Sewerage   1,786,347 2.52 19,912 1,766,435 2.55
                    Capital outlay   983,988 2.37 454 983,534 2.38
               Solid waste management   2,152,295 3.44 183,486 1,968,809 3.76
                    Capital outlay   384,147 13.80 132,852 251,295 21.10
         
          Governmental administration:        
               Financial administration   2,346,713 0.21 1,607,904 738,809 0.66
               Judicial and legal   2,262,471 0.44 1,406,602 855,869 1.15
               General public buildings 895,556 0.95 174,528 721,028 1.18
               Other governmental administration    961,341 1.12 279,553 681,788 1.57
          Interest on general debt   9,259,431 0.09 3,663,143 5,596,288 0.16
         
          General expenditure, n.e.c.        
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   15,777 9.79 - 15,777 9.79
               Other and unallocable   11,159,451 0.88 2,810,449 8,349,002 1.18
         
     Utility expenditure 15,132,731 1.04 6,377,761 8,754,970 1.80
               Capital outlay   3,884,698 3.94 2,686,331 1,198,367 12.77
          Water supply   1,693,192 9.33 - 1,693,192 9.33
          Electric power   3,794,708 0.00 1,644,701 2,150,007 0.00
          Gas supply   - 0.00 - - 0.00
          Transit   9,644,831 0.00 4,733,060 4,911,771 0.00
         
     Liquor store expenditure   - 0.00 - - 0.00
    0.00     0.00
     Insurance trust expenditure 16,079,040 0.00 9,929,669 6,149,371 0.00
          Unemployment compensation   1,464,733 0.00 1,464,733 - 0.00
          Employee retirement   12,987,593 0.00 6,838,222 6,149,371 0.00
          Workers' compensation   1,626,714 0.00 1,626,714 - 0.00
          Other insurance trust   - 0.00 - - 0.00
         
 Debt outstanding   177,549,900 0.27 78,615,990 98,933,910 0.49
         
Short-term    5,375,443 3.53 308,136 5,067,307 3.75
Long-term    172,174,457 0.26 78,307,854 93,866,603 0.47
     Full faith and credit   63,242,280 0.64 9,892,406 53,349,874 0.76
     Nonguaranteed   108,932,177 0.12 68,415,448 40,516,729 0.33
         
Long-term debt by purpose        
     Public debt for private purposes   32,577,087 0.42 22,053,701 10,523,386 1.29
     Education   23,415,705 0.00 8,352,360 15,063,345 0.00
     Utilities   35,537,886 0.18 12,997,990 22,539,896 0.28
     Other   80,643,779 0.47 34,903,803 45,739,976 0.84
Long-term debt issued   23,170,675 0.46 6,996,588 16,174,087 0.65
Long-term debt retired   16,205,247 0.21 4,804,927 11,400,321 0.30
  - 0.00 - - 0.00
 Cash and security holdings   341,157,884 0.07 211,313,961 129,843,923 0.19
         
Insurance trust funds   246,980,670 0.00 157,417,432 89,563,238 0.00
     Unemployment compensation    1,249,116 0.00 1,249,116 - 0.00
     Employee retirement   238,000,763 0.00 148,437,525 89,563,238 0.00
     Workers' compensation   7,730,791 0.00 7,730,791 - 0.00
     Miscellaneous   - 0.00 - - 0.00
         
Other than insurance trust funds   94,177,214 0.26 53,896,529 40,280,685 0.61
     By purpose        
          Offsets to debt   54,008,084 0.07 36,558,090 17,449,994 0.21
          Bond funds   11,849,068 1.50 3,906,356 7,942,712 2.24
          Other   28,320,062 0.78 13,432,083 14,887,979 1.49
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