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State Government Finances: 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands. Per capita amounts in dollars)
Item MASSACHUSETTS
Amount Per Capita
   
Population (thousands, 2003) 6,420  X 
   
Total Revenue                   30,371,289                       4,730.73
   
   General revenue                   27,012,438                       4,207.54
      Intergovernmental revenue                     5,130,127                          799.09
      Taxes                   15,608,027                       2,431.16
         General sales                     3,708,069                          577.58
         Selective sales                     1,702,851                          265.24
         License taxes                        597,079                           93.00
         Individual income tax                     8,026,149                       1,250.18
         Corporate income tax                     1,184,610                          184.52
         Other taxes                        389,269                           60.63
   
      Current charges                     2,191,938                          341.42
      Miscellaneous general revenue                     4,082,346                          635.88
   Utility revenue                        120,740                           18.81
   Liquor store revenue                                  -                                  -
   Insurance trust revenue                     3,238,111                          504.38
   
Total expenditure                   32,710,435                       5,095.08
   Intergovernmental expenditure                     6,435,841                       1,002.47
   Direct expenditure                   26,274,594                       4,092.62
      Current operation                   15,374,587                       2,394.80
      Capital outlay                     3,218,802                          501.37
      Insurance benefits and repayments                     4,551,161                          708.90
      Assistance and subsidies                        599,566                           93.39
      Interest on debt                     2,530,478                          394.16
Exhibit: Salaries and wages                     4,143,111                          645.34
   
Total expenditure                   32,710,435                       5,095.08
   General expenditure                   27,870,663                       4,341.22
      Intergovernmental expenditure                     6,435,841                       1,002.47
      Direct expenditure                   21,434,822                       3,338.76
   
   General expenditures, by function  
      Education                     6,774,160                       1,055.17
      Public welfare                     5,292,878                          824.44
      Hospitals                        507,129                           78.99
      Health                     1,878,337                          292.58
      Highways                     2,429,436                          378.42
   
      Police protection                        424,923                           66.19
      Correction                     1,049,512                          163.48
      Natural resources                        266,116                           41.45
      Parks and recreation                        342,004                           53.27
      Government administration                     1,290,558                          201.02
   
      Interest on general debt                     2,476,785                          385.79
      Other and unallocable                     5,138,825                          800.44
   
   Utility expenditure                        288,611                           44.95
   Liquor store expenditure                                  -                                  -
   Insurance trust expenditure                     4,551,161                          708.90
   
Debt at end of fiscal year                   48,478,722                       7,551.20
   
Cash and security holdings                   59,207,225                       9,222.31
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