The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Table 1.  State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government
                 and by State: 2001 - 02
(Dollar amounts are in thousands.  For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see note below table. Revised October 2005)
Description New York
State & local  State  Local
government government government
amount1 amount amount1
1 2 3
   
 Population (April 1, 2000, in thousands) 18,976 (X) (X)
     
                    Revenue1 170,981,866 104,533,614 108,835,726
     
               General revenue1 155,541,158 92,896,789 105,031,843
     
Intergovernmental revenue1 36,185,629 37,729,771 40,843,332
     From federal government 36,185,629 32,196,997 3,988,632
     From state government X X 36,854,700
     From local government1 X 5,532,774 X
     
General revenue from own sources   119,355,529 55,167,018 64,188,511
    Taxes   88,878,112 43,262,137 45,615,975
          Property 26,825,697 - 26,825,697
          Sales and gross receipts   22,490,606 13,120,783 9,369,823
               General sales   16,630,208 8,607,718 8,022,490
               Selective sales 5,860,398 4,513,065 1,347,333
                    Motor fuel 492,185 492,185 -
                    Alcoholic beverage 200,346 177,991 22,355
                    Tobacco products 1,038,390 1,010,949 27,441
                    Public utilities   1,769,936 1,154,612 615,324
                    Other selective sales   2,359,541 1,677,328 682,213
          Individual income   30,207,782 25,573,667 4,634,115
          Corporate income   5,075,411 2,257,935 2,817,476
          License taxes 1,186,600 1,040,091 146,509
            Motor vehicle license   807,568 661,059 146,509
          Other taxes   3,092,016 1,269,661 1,822,355
     
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   30,477,417 11,904,881 18,572,536
          Current charges   18,180,170 5,198,229 12,981,941
               Education   2,846,499 1,848,329 998,170
                    Institutions of higher education   2,456,672 1,796,796 659,876
                    School lunch sales (gross) 268,899 - 268,899
               Hospitals   5,136,796 1,885,659 3,251,137
               Highways   2,125,777 503,185 1,622,592
               Air transportation (airports)   1,694,047 30,294 1,663,753
               Parking facilities   147,541 - 147,541
               Sea and inland port facilities   131,472 6,168 125,304
               Natural resources   6,459 3,612 2,847
               Parks and recreation   449,091 172,784 276,307
               Housing and community development   802,562 53,477 749,085
               Sewerage   1,456,360 3,691 1,452,669
               Solid waste management   442,247 - 442,247
               Other charges   2,941,319 691,030 2,250,289
     
          Miscellaneous general revenue   12,297,247 6,706,652 5,590,595
               Interest earnings   4,516,202 2,569,407 1,946,795
               Special assessments   96,978 - 96,978
               Sale of property   83,822 5,376 78,446
               Other general revenue   7,600,245 4,131,869 3,468,376
     
               Other than general revenue 15,440,708 11,636,825 3,803,883
     
Utility revenue 9,446,283 5,365,042 4,081,241
     Water supply   1,509,671 - 1,509,671
     Electric power   4,571,092 4,372,372 198,720
     Gas supply   13,553 - 13,553
     Transit   3,351,967 992,670 2,359,297
     
Liquor store revenue   - - -
     
Insurance trust revenue   5,994,425 6,271,783 -277,358
     Unemployment compensation   2,551,900 2,551,900 -
     Employee retirement   1,195,162 1,472,520 -277,358
     Workers' compensation   2,247,363 2,247,363 -
     Other insurance trust revenue   - - -
     
                Expenditure1 198,535,830 119,198,996 123,857,251
     
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 610,000 38,982,253 6,148,164
     Direct expenditure   197,925,830 80,216,743 117,709,087
          Current operations   139,869,695 50,743,866 89,125,829
          Capital outlay   25,411,627 10,618,790 14,792,837
               Construction   17,619,766 5,950,833 11,668,933
               Other capital outlay   7,791,861 4,667,957 3,123,904
          Assistance and subsidies   2,969,560 1,047,880 1,921,680
          Interest on debt   10,161,364 4,606,308 5,555,056
          Insurance benefits and repayments 19,513,584 13,199,899 6,313,685
          Exhibit: Salaries and wages   58,979,811 12,635,975 46,343,836
     
Direct expenditure by function 197,925,830 80,216,743 117,709,087
     Direct general expenditure   161,129,758 57,546,715 103,583,043
          Capital outlay   21,055,979 7,606,032 13,449,947
          Other direct general expenditure    140,073,779 49,940,683 90,133,096
     
          Education services:      
               Education   47,723,251 7,619,493 40,103,758
                       Capital outlay   5,970,764 1,108,417 4,862,347
                   Higher education   7,982,926 6,162,984 1,819,942
                        Capital outlay   1,125,745 1,079,171 46,574
                   Elementary & secondary   38,283,816 - 38,283,816
                        Capital outlay   4,815,773 - 4,815,773
                   Other education   1,456,509 1,456,509 -
               Libraries   754,101 31,060 723,041
     
          Social services and income maintenance: :    
               Public welfare   32,503,209 23,328,217 9,174,992
                    Cash assistance payments 1,921,680 - 1,921,680
                    Vendor payments   23,107,709 22,572,504 535,205
                    Other public welfare   7,473,820 755,713 6,718,107
               Hospitals   9,189,139 3,393,257 5,795,882
                    Capital outlay   717,730 200,491 517,239
               Health   3,819,062 1,362,946 2,456,116
               Social insurance administration    340,675 340,675 -
               Veterans' services   8,125 8,125 -
     
          Transportation:      
               Highways   7,077,699 3,222,483 3,855,216
                    Capital outlay   4,126,933 2,417,785 1,709,148
               Air transportation (airports) 1,853,662 61,913 1,791,749
               Parking facilities   54,594 - 54,594
               Sea and inland port facilities   191,629 8,969 182,660
               Transit subsidies   206,354 - 206,354
     
          Public safety:      
               Police protection   6,719,312 567,888 6,151,424
               Fire protection   2,452,461 - 2,452,461
               Correction   4,662,509 2,370,786 2,291,723
                    Capital outlay   355,410 225,919 129,491
               Protective inspection and regulation   723,073 471,289 251,784
     
          Environment and housing:      
               Natural resources   455,151 346,301 108,850
                    Capital outlay   100,988 61,664 39,324
               Parks and recreation   2,006,117 429,568 1,576,549
                    Capital outlay   482,665 86,978 395,687
               Housing and community development    3,765,621 205,428 3,560,193
               Sewerage   2,244,464 31,863 2,212,601
                    Capital outlay   1,300,612 597 1,300,015
               Solid waste management   2,367,280 187,041 2,180,239
                    Capital outlay   422,210 126,926 295,284
     
          Governmental administration:      
               Financial administration   2,538,856 1,748,740 790,116
               Judicial and legal   2,734,013 1,769,679 964,334
               General public buildings 1,128,672 163,075 965,597
               Other governmental administration    1,068,049 355,405 712,644
          Interest on general debt   8,328,748 3,647,059 4,681,689
     
          General expenditure, n.e.c.:      
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   13,559 - 13,559
               Other and unallocable   16,200,373 5,875,455 10,324,918
     
     Utility expenditure 17,282,488 9,470,129 7,812,359
               Capital outlay   4,355,648 3,012,758 1,342,890
          Water supply   1,878,244 - 1,878,244
          Electric power   4,804,466 4,627,920 176,546
          Gas supply   17,997 - 17,997
          Transit   10,581,781 4,842,209 5,739,572
     
     Liquor store expenditure   - - -
     
     Insurance trust expenditure 19,513,584 13,199,899 6,313,685
          Unemployment compensation   3,675,094 3,675,094 -
          Employee retirement   14,139,707 7,826,022 6,313,685
          Workers' compensation   1,698,783 1,698,783 -
          Other insurance trust   - - -
     
               Debt outstanding   195,317,691 87,978,794 107,338,897
     
Short-term    8,611,436 623,495 7,987,941
Long-term    186,706,255 87,355,299 99,350,956
     Full faith and credit   70,528,226 9,084,000 61,444,226
     Nonguaranteed   116,178,029 78,271,299 37,906,730
     
Long-term debt by purpose:      
     Public debt for private purposes   35,761,787 23,887,067 11,874,720
     Education   26,489,045 8,733,730 17,755,315
     Utilities   36,673,229 18,538,709 18,134,520
     Other   87,782,194 36,195,793 51,586,401
Long-term debt issued   25,175,090 8,316,443 16,858,647
Long-term debt retired   16,208,141 6,484,407 9,723,734
     
                Cash and security holdings   370,896,752 231,693,613 139,203,139
     
Insurance trust funds   270,422,650 171,897,879 98,524,771
     Unemployment compensation    596,079 596,079 -
     Employee retirement   261,355,097 162,830,326 98,524,771
     Workers' compensation   8,471,474 8,471,474 -
     Miscellaneous   - - -
     
Other than insurance trust funds   100,474,102 59,795,734 40,678,368
     By purpose:      
          Offsets to debt   55,225,237 39,710,175 15,515,062
          Bond funds   11,276,350 4,329,872 6,946,478
          Other   33,972,515 15,755,687 18,216,828
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: December 09 2005
Last Revised: December 09 2005