CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS, VOLUME 4. NO. 2. GOVERNMENT FINANCES - FINANCES OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Geography: United
States and States.
Subject content:
Presents data on the
finances of the Nation's 31,555 special district governments.
These special districts are independent, limited-purpose
governmental units dealing with functions such as fire
protection, hospital services, utilities, drainage and flood control,
irrigation, soil and water conservation,
housing and community development, and water supply.
The financial data shown are divided into the following: expenditures with capital outlay identified separately; debt outstanding, by purpose, as well as amounts borrowed and repaid during the year; revenues by type and sources; and cash and security holdings by purpose and type of holdings.
Summary data are given for the Nation as a whole in the financial categories listed above. A table gives State-by-State summary statistics of special district government finance showing revenues and expenditures with each subdivided by general, utility, and employee retirement. In addition, the table gives the debt outstanding and the cash and security holdings at the end of the fiscal year. Information for large individual special districts (those with revenue or expenditure of $5 million or more and/or total debt of $15 million or more) is also available in a tabular format.
Frequency: Every five
years, with some
comparative data for earlier years.
Contact: Donna Hirsch,
Governments
Division, 1-800-242-2184.
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