The Census of Governments is a
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
performed by the
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of t ...
. It is mandated by .
[.] The Census of Governments occurs twice-per-decade, in years ending with 2 and 7.
The survey identifies the scope of American government at the federal, state, and municipal levels by measuring public finance, public employment, classifies municipal government structures and activities, and identifies
municipal authorities and
Special-purpose district
Special districts (also known as special service districts, special district governments, limited purpose entities, or special-purpose districts) are independent, special-purpose governmental units that exist separately from local governments such ...
s.
The Census of Governments in its current form started in year 1957.
Revenue and expenditures reported for state & local governments in dollars and as a percent of gross domestic product for 2017 are as follows:
By comparison US GDP in 2017 was $19.5 trillion. Note that "State & local" is less than the sum of "State" and "Local" because of funds transfers.
[These numbers are not 100 percent accurate due to reporting errors and errors introduced by extrapolating from the respondents to the whole. Fortunately, nonresponse was less than 10 percent per .] Data for each state and District of Columbia are available from .
References
External links
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Governments, Census of
Government in the United States
Public domain databases
1957 establishments in the United States