This classification manual provides a set of standardized concepts and definitions to help describe the finance and employment of governments. Keywords: classification, financial, employment.
"Education finance data include revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings) of elementary and secondary public school systems. Statistics cover all states, including the District of Columbia, and are available on an annual basis. File formats for downloadable data may vary by year." (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
"The Census Bureau conducts a census of governments at five year intervals, and an annual survey for the intervening years. The state and local government finances are available in files and viewable tables. The statistics cover government financial activity in four broad categories of revenue, expenditure, debt, and assets" Data is available from 1991/92-present. Keywords: state government, local government, finances, revenue, expenditure, debt, assets
"State Government Finances provides a comprehensive summary of annual survey findings for state governments. The tables and data files present the details of revenue by type, expenditure by object and function, indebtedness by term, and assets by purpose and type." Includes ranking tables and lottery information. Data is available from 1992-present. Keywords: state governments, revenue, expenditure, assets, public debt
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