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State Government Finances: 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands. Per capita amounts in dollars)
Item NEW JERSEY
Amount Per Capita
   
Population (thousands, 2003)                           8,642  X
   
Total Revenue                   46,077,610                       5,331.82
   
   General revenue                   38,819,455                       4,491.95
      Intergovernmental revenue                     9,064,614                       1,048.90
      Taxes                   19,936,266                       2,306.90
         General sales                     5,936,057                          686.88
         Selective sales                     3,085,383                          357.02
         License taxes                     1,169,923                          135.38
         Individual income tax                     6,735,282                          779.37
         Corporate income tax                     2,397,043                          277.37
         Other taxes                        612,578                           70.88
   
      Current charges                     3,940,368                          455.96
      Miscellaneous general revenue                     5,878,207                          680.19
   Utility revenue                        579,600                           67.07
   Liquor store revenue                                  -                                  -
   Insurance trust revenue                     6,678,555                          772.80
   
Total expenditure                   44,947,598                       5,201.06
   Intergovernmental expenditure                     8,997,417                       1,041.13
   Direct expenditure                   35,950,181                       4,159.94
      Current operation                   22,852,847                       2,644.39
      Capital outlay                     3,815,532                          441.51
      Insurance benefits and repayments                     7,718,350                          893.12
      Assistance and subsidies                        405,566                           46.93
      Interest on debt                     1,157,886                          133.98
Exhibit: Salaries and wages                     3,006,554                          347.90
   
Total expenditure                   44,947,598                       5,201.06
   General expenditure                   34,859,788                       4,033.76
      Intergovernmental expenditure                     8,997,417                       1,041.13
      Direct expenditure                   25,862,371                       2,992.64
   
   General expenditures, by function  
      Education                   11,215,395                       1,297.78
      Public welfare                     7,005,033                          810.58
      Hospitals                     1,402,133                          162.25
      Health                        882,500                          102.12
      Highways                     2,559,450                          296.16
   
      Police protection                        390,817                           45.22
      Correction                     1,294,773                          149.82
      Natural resources                        371,247                           42.96
      Parks and recreation                        362,743                           41.97
      Government administration                     1,317,210                          152.42
   
      Interest on general debt                     1,151,253                          133.22
      Other and unallocable                     6,907,234                          799.26
   
   Utility expenditure                     2,369,460                          274.18
   Liquor store expenditure                                  -                                  -
   Insurance trust expenditure                     7,718,350                          893.12
   
Debt at end of fiscal year                   33,608,678                       3,888.99
   
Cash and security holdings                   84,400,619                       9,766.33
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