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State Government Finances: 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands. Per capita amounts in dollars)
Item WEST VIRGINIA
Amount Per Capita
   
Population (thousands, 2003)                           1,811  X
   
Total Revenue                     9,766,188                       5,392.70
   
   General revenue                     8,316,567                       4,592.25
      Intergovernmental revenue                     2,975,382                       1,642.95
      Taxes                     3,593,993                       1,984.54
         General sales                        978,022                          540.05
         Selective sales                        975,291                          538.54
         License taxes                        186,386                          102.92
         Individual income tax                     1,055,523                          582.84
         Corporate income tax                        182,364                          100.70
         Other taxes                        216,407                          119.50
   
      Current charges                        832,027                          459.43
      Miscellaneous general revenue                        915,165                          505.34
   Utility revenue                              349                               .19
   Liquor store revenue                          55,486                           30.64
   Insurance trust revenue                     1,393,786                          769.62
   
Total expenditure                   10,003,729                       5,523.87
   Intergovernmental expenditure                     1,544,758                          852.99
   Direct expenditure                     8,458,971                       4,670.88
      Current operation                     5,344,698                       2,951.24
      Capital outlay                        811,852                          448.29
      Insurance benefits and repayments                     1,957,850                       1,081.09
      Assistance and subsidies                        145,135                           80.14
      Interest on debt                        207,095                          114.35
Exhibit: Salaries and wages                     1,472,413                          813.04
   
Total expenditure                   10,003,729                       5,523.87
   General expenditure                     7,997,646                       4,416.15
      Intergovernmental expenditure                     1,544,758                          852.99
      Direct expenditure                     6,452,888                       3,563.16
   
   General expenditures, by function  
      Education                     2,759,464                       1,523.72
      Public welfare                     2,230,629                       1,231.71
      Hospitals                        105,211                           58.10
      Health                        232,084                          128.15
      Highways                        961,586                          530.97
   
      Police protection                          53,903                           29.76
      Correction                        182,064                          100.53
      Natural resources                        184,606                          101.94
      Parks and recreation                          68,499                           37.82
      Government administration                        482,981                          266.69
   
      Interest on general debt                        207,095                          114.35
      Other and unallocable                        529,524                          292.39
   
   Utility expenditure                           7,452                             4.11
   Liquor store expenditure                          48,440                           26.75
   Insurance trust expenditure                     1,950,191                       1,076.86
   
Debt at end of fiscal year                     4,260,461                       2,352.55
   
Cash and security holdings                   10,380,874                       5,732.12
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