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State Government Finances: 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands. Per capita amounts in dollars)    
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Amount Per Capita
   
Population (thousands, 2003) 818  X 
   
Total Revenue                     5,040,703                       6,162.23
   
   General revenue                     4,721,118                       5,771.54
      Intergovernmental revenue                        994,952                       1,216.32
      Taxes                     2,116,458                       2,587.36
         General sales                                  -                                  -
         Selective sales                        326,552                          399.21
         License taxes                        755,354                          923.42
         Individual income tax                        710,304                          868.34
         Corporate income tax                        208,283                          254.62
         Other taxes                        115,965                          141.77
   
      Current charges                        684,528                          836.83
      Miscellaneous general revenue                        925,180                       1,131.03
   Utility revenue                           9,401                           11.49
   Liquor store revenue                                  -                                  -
   Insurance trust revenue                        310,184                          379.20
   
Total expenditure                     4,857,901                       5,938.75
   Intergovernmental expenditure                        903,476                       1,104.49
   Direct expenditure                     3,954,425                       4,834.26
      Current operation                     2,761,452                       3,375.86
      Capital outlay                        471,112                          575.93
      Insurance benefits and repayments                        394,586                          482.38
      Assistance and subsidies                          73,892                           90.33
      Interest on debt                        253,383                          309.76
Exhibit: Salaries and wages                     1,750,026                       2,139.40
   
Total expenditure                     4,857,901                       5,938.75
   General expenditure                     4,376,306                       5,350.01
      Intergovernmental expenditure                        903,476                       1,104.49
      Direct expenditure                     3,472,830                       4,245.51
   
   General expenditures, by function  
      Education                     1,594,007                       1,948.66
      Public welfare                        748,059                          914.50
      Hospitals                          56,325                           68.86
      Health                        282,530                          345.39
      Highways                        345,859                          422.81
   
      Police protection                          78,549                           96.03
      Correction                        206,085                          251.94
      Natural resources                          63,032                           77.06
      Parks and recreation                          49,434                           60.43
      Government administration                        308,943                          377.68
   
      Interest on general debt                        253,383                          309.76
      Other and unallocable                        390,100                          476.89
   
   Utility expenditure                          87,009                          106.37
   Liquor store expenditure                                  -                                  -
   Insurance trust expenditure                        394,586                          482.38
   
Debt at end of fiscal year                     4,358,281                       5,327.97
   
Cash and security holdings                   10,614,983                     12,976.75
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (NA)   not available;  X   not applicable
2003 Population source: Table NST-EST2004-01 - Annual State Population Estimates:  July 1, 2004,  Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau,
   released December 22, 2004.
Created: April 04 2005
Last Revised: May 14 2010