Survey of Governments: Annual Finance Statistics, 1982

<p>This collection contains data taken from a survey of all State governments, all school district governments (except for those in Wisconsin and for approximately 75% of Pennsylvania), and a sample of approximately 14,000 other local governmental units taken from the 1977 Census of Governments. Using 1975 population eastimates as a base, the sample includes all county governments in counties having 50,000 or more population and all municipalities having 25,000 or more population. A random selection of the remaining units was made from a compilation of all local governments within selected large standard metropolitan areas (SMSAs), other major counties, and the balance of the State. Finance data on revenue, expenditure, indebtedness and debt transactions, and cash and security holdings are provided for States and local governments. Revenue data are provided by source; expenditures are shown by function such as education, highways, and public welfare, and also by type including intergovernmental, current operation, and capital outlay. In addition, the financial statistics of employee-retirement systems and of utilities operated by State and local governments are shown.</p>
<p><strong>Please Note</strong>: This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at ICPSR at <a href="https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08329.v1">https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08329.v1</a>. We highly recommend using the ICPSR version as they may make this dataset available in multiple data formats in the future.</p>