Nebraska State Government Finances: 2004-2009
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total Revenue	$8,348,696	$8,739,537	$9,103,340	$9,986,412	$8,387,599	$7,380,731
General revenue	7,370,055	7,815,627	8,045,282	8,380,410	8,357,739	8,403,141
Intergovernmental revenue	2,383,391	2,502,664	2,472,030	2,532,557	2,560,819	2,770,131
Taxes	3,639,811	3,796,551	3,961,093	4,071,032	4,228,800	4,000,939
General sales	1,524,591	1,516,705	1,409,015	1,484,170	1,534,134	1,504,174
Selective sales	463,487	456,412	450,116	468,433	501,307	511,109
License taxes	201,921	203,197	206,804	207,013	206,783	167,014
Individual income tax	1,242,603	1,393,897	1,545,024	1,650,895	1,726,145	1,602,091
Corporate income tax	167,429	198,380	262,296	213,027	232,852	198,442
Other taxes	39,780	27,960	87,838	47,494	27,579	18,109
Current charges	652,712	730,256	769,908	832,978	899,022	971,723
Miscellaneous general revenue	694,141	786,156	842,251	943,843	669,098	660,348
Utility revenue	-	-	-	0	0	0
Liquor store revenue	-	-	-	0	0	0
Insurance trust revenue	978,641	923,910	1,058,058	1,606,002	29,860	-1,022,410
Total expenditure	6,974,335	7,239,796	7,702,325	7,829,584	8,443,129	9,034,186
Intergovernmental expenditure	1,695,613	1,659,130	1,721,265	1,793,817	1,981,940	2,064,173
Direct expenditure	5,278,722	5,580,666	5,981,060	6,035,767	6,461,189	6,970,013
Current operation	4,067,296	4,312,865	4,704,643	4,687,774	5,001,430	5,298,318
Capital outlay	652,374	703,944	690,506	696,360	766,791	926,936
Insurance benefits and repayments	334,290	339,958	344,428	398,717	418,734	485,692
Assistance and subsidies	128,728	136,835	161,539	166,229	166,235	151,017
Interest on debt	96,034	87,064	79,944	86,687	107,999	108,050
Exhibit: Salaries and wages	1,827,865	1,815,942	1,907,505	1,978,616	2,076,389	2,177,828
Total expenditure	6,974,335	7,239,796	7,702,325	7,829,584	8,443,129	9,034,186
General expenditure	6,640,045	6,899,838	7,357,894	7,430,867	8,024,395	8,548,494
Intergovernmental expenditure	1,695,613	1,659,130	1,721,265	1,793,817	1,981,940	2,064,173
Direct expenditure	4,944,432	5,240,708	5,636,629	5,637,050	6,042,455	6,484,321
General expenditures, by function:
Education	2,324,444	2,412,456	2,568,862	2,661,012	2,909,668	3,130,952
Public welfare	1,899,089	1,967,208	1,970,839	2,024,945	2,099,052	2,171,990
Hospitals	202,775	205,669	219,750	225,283	239,294	248,014
Health	308,713	305,084	423,275	426,557	415,172	407,012
Highways	595,128	616,226	643,779	557,579	631,028	706,424
Police protection	69,651	73,314	76,945	80,482	84,698	89,722
Correction	188,457	194,709	198,847	212,598	219,278	228,871
Natural resources	146,969	185,367	158,211	186,188	180,968	205,476
Parks and recreation	30,384	28,470	29,383	32,132	28,868	1,178
Government administration	172,600	191,939	183,585	187,943	204,921	211,647
Interest on general debt	96,034	87,064	79,944	86,687	107,999	108,050
Other and unallocable	605,801	642,332	804,474	749,461	903,449	1,009,158
Utility expenditure	-	-	3	0	0	0
Liquor store expenditure	-	-	-	0	0	0
Insurance trust expenditure	334,290	339,958	344,428	398,717	418,734	485,692
Debt at end of fiscal year	1,949,654	1,741,571	1,844,346	2,196,880	2,719,139	2,516,775
Cash and security holdings	10,272,986	10,556,437	11,972,516	14,349,936	14,273,196	12,371,787
Symbol: - zero or rounds to zero
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division, Survey of State Government Finances, 2011
by Nebraska Databook
e-mail		michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov