Organization Phase |
The organization phase of the census provides a
universal list of government units, classified according to type of
government, for use in the employment and finance phases of the
census. Official counts of the number of state and local governments
and tabulations of governments by state, type of government, size
and county location are provided in our Volume 1, No. 1 publication.
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Public Use Files - 2002 Census of Governments - Government Organization |
Each of the 87,525 local governments enumerated for the 2002 Census of Governments is represented in the files
below. Also included in the Public School Systems file are 1,508 School Systems that are dependent upon their state
or local government. These files contain data on local government fiscal year ending dates, e-government activities, service
delivery methods, special district and public school system service areas, and special district taxing authority.
Data are from research, updating coverage in the universe list of local governments, and the Local Government
Directory Survey, which obtained additional information on the characteristics of local governments.
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To provide for faster downloading, some of the files below have been compressed. Numbers in parentheses are approximate compressed/decompressed file sizes.
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General Purpose Governments (Counties, municipalities, towns and townships) (.8 MB/7.8 MB)
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Special District Governments (.6 MB/5.3 MB)
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Public School Systems (.3 MB/2.3 MB)
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Employment Phase |
The employment phase of the census provides
comprehensive findings on government employment and payrolls for
March 2002. The reports will contain national summary data, state area
summaries, county area summaries, and data for individual
governments (the Federal Government, each state, and local
governments).
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Description of Available Data |
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Federal Government data |
viewable files by governmental function and state |
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State Government data |
viewable and microdata files by governmental function |
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State and Local Government data |
viewable and microdata files by governmental function |
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Local Government data |
viewable and microdata files by governmental function |
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Publications - 2002 Census of Governments
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Volume 3, No. 1,
Employment of Major Local Governments
(Released: June 2004)
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Volume 3, No. 2, Compendium of Public Employment
(Expected Date: July 2004)
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Finance Phase |
The government finance phase of the census includes
statistics on the revenue, expenditure, debt and assets of state and
local governments. The statistics are aggregated nationally, by
state area, and by type of government. Separate reports will be
available for county, municipal and township governments, and
special district governments, as well as public school systems and
public-employee retirement systems.
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Description of Available Data |
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State and Local Governments Finances (2002) |
state government and local government data on revenues, expenditures,
indebtedness, and cash/securities |
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Employee Retirement Systems of State and Local Governments (2002) |
basic counts and identifying information, measures of
financial activity, and membership information |
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Public Education Finances (2002) |
include revenues,expenditures, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings)
of elementary and secondary public school systems |
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Publications - 2002 Census of Governments
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Volume 4, No. 1,
Public Education Finances
(Expected Date: June 2004)
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Volume 4, No. 2,
Finances of Special District Governments
(Expected Date: August 2004)
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Volume 4, No. 3,
Finances of County Governments
(Expected Date: August 2004)
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Volume 4, No. 4,
Finances of Municipal and Township Governments
(Expected Date: August 2004)
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Volume 4, No. 5,
Compendium of Government Finances
(Expected Date: August 2004)
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Volume 4, No. 6,
Employee Retirement Systems of State and Local Governments
(Expected Date: July 2004)
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Contact Information |
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