State & Local Government Finance
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Historical Data: 1997
Statistics on revenue, expenditure, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings) for governments. There are statistics for the 50 state areas and the District of Columbia, as well as a national summary.
Statistics also are available by level of government - state, local, and state plus local aggregates. For 1997, county-area totals are also available.
1997 Local Government
- Viewable Data
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- State Summary Table
- County Area Finance and Employment Fastfacts
- Sample Tables from the 1997 Census of Governments Publication Series
1997 State & Local Government
- Downloadable Data
- Summary Table Spreadsheet [EXCEL, 225KB] –Spreadsheet version of summary tables
- State by Type of Government – Public Use Format [ZIP, 433KB] – Data records by state and type of government for each item code (1 amount per record)
- State by Level and Type of Government – Comma Delimited [ZIP, 190KB] – Data records by item code (state by type of government summary amounts)
- County Area File – Public Use Format [ZIP, 1,660KB] – Data records by county area for each item code (1 amount per record)
- Individual Unit File – Public Use Format [ZIP, 8,417KB] – Data records with government unit code, item code and amount for all records
- Directory Information File – Individual Units [ZIP, 1,751KB] – Basic identifier information for associated finance files
- Directory Information File – County Units [TXT, 179KB]
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