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 Rhode Island
State & local  State  Local
government government government
amount1 amount amount1
1 2 3
   
 Population (April 1, 2000, in thousands) 1,048 (X) (X)
     
                    Revenue1 6,861,649 4,891,253 2,876,539
     
               General revenue1 6,636,386 4,835,556 2,706,973
     
Intergovernmental revenue1 1,766,157 1,719,728 952,572
     From federal government 1,766,157 1,637,228 128,929
     From state government X X 823,643
     From local government1 X 82,500 X
     
General revenue from own sources   4,870,229 3,115,828 1,754,401
    Taxes   3,622,244 2,127,609 1,494,635
          Property 1,462,064 1,139 1,460,925
          Sales and gross receipts   1,164,485 1,160,626 3,859
               General sales   731,597 731,597 -
               Selective sales 432,888 429,029 3,859
                    Motor fuel 130,134 130,134 -
                    Alcoholic beverage 10,271 10,271 -
                    Tobacco products 83,099 83,099 -
                    Public utilities   79,844 79,844 -
                    Other selective sales   129,540 125,681 3,859
          Individual income   823,521 823,521 -
          Corporate income   28,273 28,273 -
          License taxes 92,463 92,463 -
            Motor vehicle license   53,197 53,197 -
          Other taxes   51,438 21,587 29,851
     
     Charges and miscellaneous general  revenue   1,247,985 988,219 259,766
          Current charges   554,801 384,863 169,938
               Education   251,846 231,794 20,052
                    Institutions of higher education   221,493 221,493 -
                    School lunch sales (gross) 12,945 - 12,945
               Hospitals   3,950 3,345 605
               Highways   11,825 11,758 67
               Air transportation (airports)   51,917 51,917 -
               Parking facilities   998 - 998
               Sea and inland port facilities   1,368 68 1,300
               Natural resources   985 964 21
               Parks and recreation   14,981 3,044 11,937
               Housing and community development   33,164 5,408 27,756
               Sewerage   59,464 1,923 57,541
               Solid waste management   6,262 3,828 2,434
               Other charges   118,041 70,814 47,227
     
          Miscellaneous general revenue   693,184 603,356 89,828
               Interest earnings   288,927 268,039 20,888
               Special assessments   4,216 - 4,216
               Sale of property   4,585 93 4,492
               Other general revenue   395,456 335,224 60,232
     
               Other than general revenue 225,263 55,697 169,566
     
Utility revenue 135,076 12,653 122,423
     Water supply   116,327 - 116,327
     Electric power   6,096 - 6,096
     Gas supply   - - -
     Transit   12,653 12,653 -
     
Liquor store revenue   - - -
     
Insurance trust revenue   90,187 43,044 47,143
     Unemployment compensation   169,278 169,278 -
     Employee retirement   -242,400 -289,543 47,143
     Workers' compensation   14,826 14,826 -
     Other insurance trust revenue   148,483 148,483 -
     
                Expenditure1 7,938,761 5,766,687 2,893,638
     
     Intergovernmental expenditure1 27,950 749,034 480
     Direct expenditure   7,910,811 5,017,653 2,893,158
          Current operations   5,869,470 3,315,792 2,553,678
          Capital outlay   589,761 431,019 158,742
               Construction   431,827 336,500 95,327
               Other capital outlay   157,934 94,519 63,415
          Assistance and subsidies   200,020 199,119 901
          Interest on debt   330,461 256,517 73,944
          Insurance benefits and repayments 921,099 815,206 105,893
          Exhibit: Salaries and wages   2,278,184 1,022,339 1,255,845
     
Direct expenditure by function 7,910,811 5,017,653 2,893,158
     Direct general expenditure   6,756,404 4,093,577 2,662,827
          Capital outlay   508,922 381,147 127,775
          Other direct general expenditure    6,247,482 3,712,430 2,535,052
     
          Education services:      
               Education   2,180,271 671,757 1,508,514
                       Capital outlay   117,358 73,175 44,183
                   Higher education   479,719 479,719 -
                        Capital outlay   71,640 71,640 -
                   Elementary & secondary   1,574,975 66,461 1,508,514
                        Capital outlay   44,190 7 44,183
                   Other education   125,577 125,577 -
               Libraries   25,346 777 24,569
     
          Social services and income maintenance: :    
               Public welfare   1,666,668 1,659,392 7,276
                    Cash assistance payments 160,595 159,694 901
                    Vendor payments   1,168,710 1,168,703 7
                    Other public welfare   337,363 330,995 6,368
               Hospitals   114,204 113,599 605
                    Capital outlay   2,334 2,334 -
               Health   184,603 181,541 3,062
               Social insurance administration    6,372 6,372 -
               Veterans' services   1,013 1,013 -
     
          Transportation:      
               Highways   331,262 259,542 71,720
                    Capital outlay   218,036 209,702 8,334
               Air transportation (airports) 49,419 49,419 -
               Parking facilities   1,674 - 1,674
               Sea and inland port facilities   3,842 3,152 690
               Transit subsidies   29,375 29,375 -
     
          Public safety:      
               Police protection   238,841 47,527 191,314
               Fire protection   189,430 - 189,430
               Correction   157,531 157,531 -
                    Capital outlay   4,967 4,967 -
               Protective inspection and regulation   84,187 76,500 7,687
     
          Environment and housing:      
               Natural resources   47,135 46,840 295
                    Capital outlay   4,778 4,778 -
               Parks and recreation   63,751 25,362 38,389
                    Capital outlay   3,579 1,533 2,046
               Housing and community development    155,513 14,668 140,845
               Sewerage   82,025 29,134 52,891
                    Capital outlay   1,007 2 1,005
               Solid waste management   105,156 66,641 38,515
                    Capital outlay   31,211 29,563 1,648
     
          Governmental administration:      
               Financial administration   161,632 119,309 42,323
               Judicial and legal   103,310 91,682 11,628
               General public buildings 28,245 7,640 20,605
               Other governmental administration    78,871 40,976 37,895
          Interest on general debt   324,385 256,511 67,874
     
          General expenditure, n.e.c.:      
               Miscellaneous commercial activities   3,321 3,321 -
               Other and unallocable   339,022 133,996 205,026
     
     Utility expenditure 233,308 108,870 124,438
               Capital outlay   80,839 49,872 30,967
          Water supply   118,537 - 118,537
          Electric power   5,875 - 5,875
          Gas supply   - - -
          Transit   108,896 108,870 26
     
     Liquor store expenditure   - - -
     
     Insurance trust expenditure 921,099 815,206 105,893
          Unemployment compensation   222,275 222,275 -
          Employee retirement   546,149 440,256 105,893
          Workers' compensation   2,566 2,566 -
          Other insurance trust   150,109 150,109 -
     
               Debt outstanding   7,344,889 5,855,777 1,489,112
     
Short-term    95,366 4,898 90,468
Long-term    7,249,523 5,850,879 1,398,644
     Full faith and credit   1,768,845 778,839 990,006
     Nonguaranteed   5,480,678 5,072,040 408,638
     
Long-term debt by purpose:      
     Public debt for private purposes   3,848,450 3,846,875 1,575
     Education   543,636 120,284 423,352
     Utilities   118,173 - 118,173
     Other   2,739,264 1,883,720 855,544
Long-term debt issued   1,286,964 1,034,596 252,368
Long-term debt retired   1,122,278 976,331 145,947
     
                Cash and security holdings   12,673,853 11,354,004 1,319,849
     
Insurance trust funds   7,000,886 6,390,043 610,843
     Unemployment compensation    279,102 279,102 -
     Employee retirement   6,573,693 5,962,850 610,843
     Workers' compensation   89,720 89,720 -
     Miscellaneous   58,371 58,371 -
     
Other than insurance trust funds   5,672,967 4,963,961 709,006
     By purpose:      
          Offsets to debt   3,882,343 3,878,066 4,277
          Bond funds   630,865 491,119 139,746
          Other   1,159,759 594,776 564,983
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