This update includes state and local data for individual states and data and aggregate spending and revenue data for all states combined.
Here is the current status of state and local government spending and revenue data.
- State and local data up to and including 2007 is actual data reported to and published by the Census Bureau.
- State spending and revenue data for 2008 is actual data reported to and published by the Census Bureau.
- State tax data for 2009 is actual data reported to and published by the Census Bureau in State Government Tax Collections.
- Data for 2008 (except state data for 2008 and state tax data for 2009) and subsequent years is "guesstimated" by projecting the change in each spending or revenue item between 2006 and 2007 forward. Maximum change is 15 percent. Minimum change is zero percent.
But in the current recession, state and local spending is probably higher than "guesstimated" and revenue is probably significantly lower than "guesstimated."
The US Census Bureau report of State Government Tax Collections for 2009, scheduled for release in March 2010, will be the first look at the effect of the recession on state government revenues.
The Census Bureau will release State Government Tax Collections for 2009 in March 2010.
The Census Bureau will release State and Local Government Finances for 2008 (i.e. spending and revenue) in Summer 2010.