|
State
and Local Per Capita Spending in 1996:
Alaska, Wyoming, and the U.S. Average |
|
|
U.S.
Average |
Wyoming
Premium
|
Alaska
Premium
|
Special
Premium: AK over WY
|
Spending
Ratio: Alaska / Wyoming
|
|
Direct General Expenditures
|
$4,483
|
$1,119
|
$3,891
|
$2,772
|
1.49
|
| Top 10 Program Areas: Account
for 81 percent of U.S. Average Per Capita Spending |
|
K-12 Education
|
$1,053
|
$305
|
$516
|
$210
|
1.15
|
|
Welfare
|
$729
|
($197)
|
$100
|
$297
|
1.56
|
|
Higher Education
|
$380
|
$195
|
$41
|
($154)
|
0.73
|
|
Highways
|
$298
|
$332
|
$631
|
$299
|
1.47
|
|
Hospitals
|
$266
|
$370
|
($155)
|
($524)
|
0.18
|
|
Other and Unallocable
|
$223
|
($86)
|
$1,158
|
$1,244
|
10.09
|
|
Interest on General Debt
|
$222
|
$31
|
$394
|
$364
|
2.44
|
|
Police Protection
|
$168
|
($7)
|
$26
|
$33
|
1.20
|
|
Health
|
$151
|
($1)
|
$62
|
$62
|
1.41
|
|
Correction
|
$141
|
($33)
|
$54
|
$87
|
1.80
|
| Next 10
Program Areas: Account for 16 percent of U.S. Average Per Capita
Spending |
|
Sewerage
|
$93
|
($35)
|
($14)
|
$21
|
1.36
|
|
Housing and Community Development |
$85
|
($59)
|
$84
|
$143
|
6.49
|
|
Financial Administration
|
$85
|
$31
|
$136
|
$105
|
1.90
|
| Judicial and Legal |
$77
|
$9
|
$130
|
$121
|
2.40
|
|
Parks and Recreation
|
$72
|
$21
|
($6)
|
($26)
|
.72
|
|
Other Education
|
$71
|
$11
|
$3
|
($8)
|
.90
|
|
Fire Protection
|
$67
|
($20)
|
$4
|
$24
|
1.51
|
|
Natural Resources
|
$60
|
$118
|
$297
|
$180
|
2.02
|
|
Solid Waste Management
|
$55
|
$45
|
$11
|
($34)
|
.66
|
| Other Governmental Admin. |
$45
|
$82
|
$96
|
$13
|
1.11
|
|
All Other Program Areas: Account for 3 percent of U.S. Average
Per Capita Spending |
|
Air Transportation
|
$33
|
($9)
|
$123
|
$132
|
6.38
|
|
Protective Inspection
|
$27
|
$1
|
$13
|
$12
|
1.42
|
|
General Public Building
|
$27
|
$12
|
$38
|
$26
|
1.68
|
|
Libraries
|
$22
|
$3
|
$8
|
$5
|
1.20
|
|
Social Insurance Admin.
|
$15
|
$17
|
$26
|
$9
|
1.30
|
|
Sea and Inland Port Facilities
|
$10
|
($10)
|
$20
|
$30
|
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|
|
Parking Facilities
|
$3
|
($3)
|
($2)
|
$0
|
1.34
|
| Miscellaneous Commercial Activities
|
$1
|
($1)
|
$65
|
$67
|
--
|
|
Transit Subsidies
|
$1
|
($1)
|
($1)
|
$0
|
--
|
|
Veterans' Services
|
$1
|
($1)
|
$34
|
$35
|
--
|
| Sources: USDC State and Local
Government Finances, 1996, and ISER. Alaska adjusted to U.S. average
price level. |
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