Census of Governments, 2002: Compendium of Government Finances. Volume 4, Number 5, Government Finances

摘要

A census of governments is taken at 5-year intervals as required by law under Title 13, United States Code, Section 161. This 2002 census, similar to those taken since 1957, covers three major subject fields: government organization, public employment, and government finances. There were 87,576 governmental units canvassed in the finance phase of the 2002 Census of Governments. In addition to the federal government and 50 state governments, there were 87,525 units of local government. Of these 38,967 are general-purpose local governments, 3,043 county governments, 19,429 municipal governments, and 16,504 township governments. The remainder, more than one-half of the total number, are limited-purpose local governments, including 13,506 school district governments and 35,052 special district governments.