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Exploring the Intricate Layers of State and Local Governments: Virginia

State and Local Government Employment

Total Full-Time Employees 395,911State: 106,550Local: 289,361

Total Full-Time Employee Pay $1,498,830,689State: 431,961,023Local: 1,066,869,666

State and Local Government Finances (thousands)*

Total Revenues $70,485,390State: 47,232,597Local: 33,704,036

Total Expenditures $59,041,268State: 36,774,042Local: 32,755,200

State and Local Debt Issued (thousands)

Total $51,080,298State: 19,683,529Local: 31,396,769

State and Local Government Cash and Security Holdings (thousands)


State and Local Receipts From Public-Employee Pension Systems (thousands)


State and Local Expenditures on Public-Employee Pension Systems (thousands)

Total $2,925,748 State: 2,309,066Local: 616,682

Public School System Finances for Elementary-Secondary Education (thousands)

Total Elementary- Secondary Revenues $13,856,709From Federal Sources: 890,144From State Sources: 5,796,043 From Local Sources: 7,170,522Total Elementary- Secondary Expenditures $14,509,788

Source: 2007 Census of Governments.

* Duplicative intergovernmental transactions are excluded, therefore subcategories do not add to total.

The Governments Division of the U.S. Census Bureau

How the Data Are UsedGovernments Division’s data are used to account for about 12 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic

Product and are the basis for the Flow of Funds for the Federal Reserve and the National Income and

Product Accounts for the Bureau of Economic Analysis. These data serve as important indicators for national

economic and public policy. Governments Division’s data serve as the foundation for developing national

policy and analysis by a variety of entities—

State and Local Governments: Policy Research and Analysis, Allocating Funds, Comparative Analysis

U.S. Congress: Policy Research and Analysis

Private Sector: Research and Comparative Analysis

Teachers and Students: Educational Purposes

Academic Professionals: Policy Research and Analysis, Public Finance

Federal Reserve: Development of the Flow of Funds Accounts

Bureau of Economic Analysis: Development of the Public Sector Component of Gross Domestic Product

Other Federal Agencies: Measure Government Activities, Policy Research and Analysis

General Public: Research and Comparative Analysis

Issued March 2011

Importance of the Data Government is an intricate and perplexing subject to understand at every level. Traditional federalism is

no longer the case. We now live in a time when all the layers of government are intertwined and dependent

upon one another. Providing every American with the most comprehensive, comparable, and precise account

of government financial activity is what the U.S. Census Bureau strives to accomplish with the release of

every product. With the release of each product from the Governments Division, we provide policy analysts,

researchers, and the general public with a more complete and clearer p icture of the U.S. government.

Whether it is public employment, government finance, or federal government grants, the picture is complete

with the cooperation of thousands of federal, state, and local governments and dependent agencies who

supply their data to the Census Bureau quarterly or annually for our surveys, or quinquennially for the

Census of Governments. By providing us with these data, we can address the issues that concern state

and local governments as well as their relationships to each other and the federal government.

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2007 Census of GovernmentsThe Many Layers of Virginia Government

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U.S. Census Bureau

Federal Government Grants and Other Payments to State and Local Governments (by selected department, in thousands)

U.S. Total VA Total

Total Grants $439,794,255 $7,172,601

Department of Health & Human Services

252,149,602

3,602,614

Department of Transportation

47,955,354

941,560

Department of HUD

47,970,959

922,107

Department of Education

35,142,474

866,252

Department of Agriculture

25,492,285

402,271

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Federal Aid to States.

Rankings / VA

• 12th in population.

• 44th in overall number of local governments (511).

• 9th in number of counties (95).

• 34th in number of municipalities (229).

• 42nd in number of special district governments (186).

• 46th in number of independent school districts (1).

• 12th in total amount of taxes collected.

• 12th in expenditures on education.

Other Facts

• There are 89,476 local governments in the United States.

• Highest number of local governments—Accomack County area (16).

• Lowest number of local governments—20 counties tied with 1 government.

Notes: Since the data in these tables are from a census of all governments, the data are not subject to sampling variability, but are subject to coverage, response, and processing errors as well as errors of nonresponse. For more information on the data limitations, definitions, and methodology, see <www.census.gov/govs>.

State and Local Direct General Expenditures

Education $21 Billion (40%)

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENTS DIVISION DATA, PLEASE VISIT US AT <WWW.CENSUS.GOV/GOVS>.

Environment and Housing

$3.7 Billion (7%)

State and Local Government Finances

• State Government Finances Summary and Individual State Tables

• State and Local Government Finances Summary Tables by Level of Government

• Local Government Finance Summary Tables by Type of Government

• State by Type of Government Unit-Level File

Government Employment and Payroll

Federal, State, And Local Government Employment Tables and Files include:

• Number of Employees

• Payroll by Function

• Part-Time/Full-Time Equivalents

Tax Statistics

• State Government Tax Collections by Type of Tax

• Quarterly State and Local Government Tax Revenues

• State Government Tax Collections Summary Report

State and Local Government Employee Public Pension Systems

• Annual State and Local Government Employee Public Pension Systems Files

• Quarterly State and Local Government Employee Public Pension Systems Files

Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finances

• Public Education Finances Report

• State-Level Education Tables

• Government Unit-Level Education Tables

Federal Spending

• Consolidated Federal Funds Report

• Online Query System for Consolidated Federal Funds

• Federal Aid to States Report

Data Products

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Census of Governments—Finance Component.

GOV07-VA

Hospitals and Health $4.3 Billion (8%)

Governmental Administration

$2.9 Billion (5%)

Other $2.2 Billion (4%)

Public Safety $5.1 Billion (10%)

Transportation $4.5 Billion (9%)

Public Welfare $7.7 Billion (14%)

Interest on General Debt

$1.8 Billion (3%)

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