Census of Governments, 1987: Finance Statistics (ICPSR 9484)

Version Date: Jan 18, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States. Bureau of the Census

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09484.v1

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Summary

In this data collection finance data on revenues, expenditures, indebtedness and debt transactions, and cash and security holdings are provided for state and local governments. Revenue data are provided by source. Expenditures are shown by function such as education, highways, and public welfare, as well as by type, including intergovernmental, current operation, and capital outlay. Indebtedness data show outstanding debt by type of debt, and debt transactions. Asset data are shown by purpose and type of financial asset. Financial statistics of employee retirement systems and of utilities operations by state and local governments are included within the data record of the performing or parent government. Data are provided for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. File A provides data for governmental units, including the federal government and state, county, municipal, township, special district, and independent school district governments, as well as regional education service districts. File B includes data on counties. File C provides national and state area summations. File D contains educational finance data pertaining to all public elementary-secondary school systems and selected higher education institutions.

Citation

United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Governments, 1987:  Finance Statistics. [distributor], 2006-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09484.v1

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Data Collection Notes

  1. All data are expressed in thousands of dollars.

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Universe

Governmental units canvassed in the finance phase of the 1987 Census of Governments. These include the federal government, states, counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, public school districts, and local institutions of higher education.

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Original Release Date

1991-03-05

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States. Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS, 1987: FINANCE STATISTICS. Washington, DC: United States. Bureau of the Census [producer], 1990. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09484.v1

2006-01-18 File CB9484.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

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