United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

City Government Finances 297
No. 4 9 4 . C i t y G o v e r n m e n t s — S u m m a r y o f F in a n c e s : i 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 0
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ITEM I960 1965 1970 1975 1978 1979 1980
PERCENT OF
TOTAL
1970 1900
Revenue........................................... 14,915 20,318 32,704 59,744 80,125 66,864 94,862 100.0 100.0
General revenue....................................... 11,647 15,661 26,621 49,853 65,486 70,328 76,056 81.4 80.2
Intergovernmental revenue 2,321 3,534 7,906 19,646 25,833 27,596 28,270 24.2 29.8
From State governments only.......... 1,868 2,745 6,173 13,053 14,462 15,472 15,939 18.9 16.6
Taxes................................ 7,109 9,289 13,647 21,135 27,830 28,762 31,256 41.7 32.9
Property.......................... 5,197 6,537 9,127 13,046 16,293 16,063 16,659 27.9 17.8
Percent of total taxes. 73.1 70.4 66.9 61.7 56.5 55.8 53.9 M (X)
Sales and gross receipts 1,217 1,795 2,422 4,555 6,508 7,296 8,208 7.4 8.7
General...................... 797 1,184 1,479 2,789 3,996 4,483 5,096 4.5 5.4
Selective........................................ 420 611 943 1,786 2,512 2,813 3,112 2.9 3.3
Licenses and other........ 695 957 2,090 3,53 4 5,029 5,403 6,189 6.4 6.5
Charges and miscellaneous 2,217 3,061 5,068 9,071 11,824 13,968 16,530 15.5 17.4
Current charges only..... 1,342 1,951 3,113 5,443 7,685 8,787 9.875 9.5 10.4
Utility and liquor store revenue............... 2,661 3,852 5,168 8,409 12,501 13,953 15,719 15.8 16.6
Water system........................................ 1,253 1,651 2,201 3,266 4,293 4,683 4,989 6.7 5.3
Electric power system.......................... 1,006 1,441 1,863 3,682 6,283 7,131 8,007 5.8 8.4
Gas supply system............................... 162 215 292 448 741 900 1,444 .9 1.5
Transit system........... ......................... 370 453 671 821 970 1,015 1,032 2.1 1.1
Liquor stores..,........... ......................... 71 92 121 192 214 224 247 .4 .3
Insurance trust revenue........................... 407 582 915 1,482 2,136 2,584 3.088 2.8 3.3
Expenditure...................................... 15,251 20,680 34,173 60,703 77,283 83,594 93,712 100.0 100,0
General expenditure1............................... 11,818 16,012 27,682 48,935 60,964 65,597 72.445 81.0 77.3
Police protection.............. .................... 1,275 1,739 2,994 5,420 6.991 7,460 8,200 8.8 8.8
Fire protection...................................... 885 1,146 1,762 2,968 3,655 4,083 4,535 5.2 4.8
Highways........... .................................. 1,573 1,807 2,499 3,861 4,740 5,266 5,977 7.3 6.4
Sewerage and other sanitation........... 1,332 1,774 2,553 5,229 6,251 6,969 7,913 7.5 8.4
Public welfare........................................ 608 927 2,215 3,846 4,357 3,817 3,801 6.5 4.1
Education.............................................. 1.801 2,469 4,548 7,164 7,973 8,409 9,284 13.3 9.9
Libraries................................................ 185 267 407 632 732 778 883 1.2 .9
Health and hospitals............................ 799 1,115 1,944 3,641 3,618 3,933 4,457 5.7 4.8
Parks and recreation............................ 551 775 1,306 2,274 2,798 3,150 3,433 3.8 3.7
Housing and urban renewal................. 464 686 1,154 1,752 2,084 2,580 3,459 3.4 3.7
Airports.................................................. 189 182 435 615 772 922 1,100 1.3 1.2
Financial administration........................ f 291 457 619 1,399 1,682 1,643 1.3 2.0
Ganeral control..................................... 1 468 776 1,440 1,738 1,853 2,015 2.3 2.2
General public buildings....................... 182 329 430 845 914 904 1,090 1.3 1.2
Interest on general debt....................... 431 603 1,098 2,294 2,669 2,819 3,054 3.2 3.3
Other and unallocable......................... 946 1.414 3,104 6,135 9.873 10,872 11,402 9.1 12.2
Utility and liquor store expenditure.......... 2,975 4,044 5,489 9,696 13,912 15,329 18,274 16.1 19.5
Water system....................................... 1,424 1,820 2,337 3,776 4,921 5,247 5,933 6.8 6.3
Electric power system.......................... 859 1,291 1,811 3,779 6,402 7,154 8,596 5.3 9.2
Gas supply system............................... 143 193 260 407 653 822 1,334 .6 1.4
Transit system..................................... 489 662 974 1,765 1,746 1,905 2,189 2.9 2.3
60 78 107 169 190 201 222 .3 .2
458 624 1,002 1,872 2,408 2,666 2,993 2.9 3.2
By character and object:
15,093 20,425 33,792 59,989 75,353 81,822 91,693 96.9 97.8
9874 13,564 22,895 41,451 S.