Historical Statistics on Governmental Finances and Employment
Report Number: CH82(6)-4
Historical Overview of U.S. Census Bureau Data Collection Activities About Governments
Financial statistics of State and local governments have been assembled in annual periodic censuses since 1850, and in annual surveys since 1898. Following is a brief review of the history of such reporting, and of related recurrent surveys of governmental employment.
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