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State Government Finances: 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands. Per capita amounts in dollars)
Item LOUISIANA
Amount Per Capita
   
Population (thousands, 2003) 4,494  X 
   
Total Revenue                   19,437,629                       4,325.24
   
   General revenue                   18,276,111                       4,066.78
      Intergovernmental revenue                     6,501,978                       1,446.81
      Taxes                     7,449,507                       1,657.66
         General sales                     2,488,627                          553.77
         Selective sales                     1,886,110                          419.70
         License taxes                        426,741                           94.96
         Individual income tax                     1,867,150                          415.48
         Corporate income tax                        198,716                           44.22
         Other taxes                        582,163                          129.54
   
      Current charges                     2,362,867                          525.78
      Miscellaneous general revenue                     1,961,759                          436.53
   Utility revenue                           4,650                             1.03
   Liquor store revenue                                  -                                  -
   Insurance trust revenue                     1,156,868                          257.43
   
Total expenditure                   18,681,314                       4,156.95
   Intergovernmental expenditure                     4,329,053                          963.30
   Direct expenditure                   14,352,261                       3,193.65
      Current operation                     9,375,738                       2,086.28
      Capital outlay                     1,469,143                          326.91
      Insurance benefits and repayments                     2,349,793                          522.87
      Assistance and subsidies                        586,638                          130.54
      Interest on debt                        570,949                          127.05
Exhibit: Salaries and wages                     3,683,276                          819.60
   
Total expenditure                   18,681,314                       4,156.95
   General expenditure                   16,323,015                       3,632.18
      Intergovernmental expenditure                     4,329,053                          963.30
      Direct expenditure                   11,993,962                       2,668.88
   
   General expenditures, by function  
      Education                     6,235,015                       1,387.41
      Public welfare                     2,800,278                          623.11
      Hospitals                     1,507,432                          335.43
      Health                        418,057                           93.03
      Highways                     1,142,621                          254.25
   
      Police protection                        262,317                           58.37
      Correction                        619,414                          137.83
      Natural resources                        393,305                           87.52
      Parks and recreation                        240,501                           53.52
      Government administration                        614,142                          136.66
   
      Interest on general debt                        570,949                          127.05
      Other and unallocable                     1,518,984                          338.00
   
   Utility expenditure                           8,506                             1.89
   Liquor store expenditure                                  -                                  -
   Insurance trust expenditure                     2,349,793                          522.87
   
Debt at end of fiscal year                     9,773,279                       2,174.74
   
Cash and security holdings                   36,968,929                       8,226.29
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