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Data are available online from 1992 and on:</p> <ul> <li>Annual: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/apes.html" title="Link to Government Employment & Payroll"> Government Employment & Payroll</a></li></ul> <ul style="padding-left:10%"> <a href="/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/apes/information.html" title="Link to Current Forms and Information Collected">Current Forms and Information Collected</a></ul> </div>  <div> </div>  <div class="hi-lite"><h3 class="hi-litehead"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/govs/financegen/index.html" title="Link to Govenment Finance Statistics" style="font-size:90%">Government Finance Statistics</a></h3> <p>Financial activity of governments including revenues, expenditures, debt and assets. Data are available online from 1992 and on:</p> <ul> <li>Annual: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/state.html" title="Link to State Government Finances">State Government Finances</a></li> <li>Annual: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/gov-finances.html" title="Link to State & Local Government Finances">State & Local Government Finances</a></li></ul> <ul style="padding-left:10%"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/gov-finances/technical-documentation/questionnaires/annual-survey-forms.html" title="Link to Current Forms and Information Collected">Current Forms and Information Collected</a></ul> <p>Financial statistics of public school systems, including data on revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets.:</p> <ul><li>Annual: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/school-finances.html" title="Link to Public Elementary – Secondary Education Finances">Public Elementary  Secondary Education Finances</a></li> </ul><p>Financial statistics on state and local government employee retirement systems. Annual data are available online from 1993 and on. Quarterly data for the last five years are available online.</p> <ul> <li>Annual: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/aspp.html" title="Link to State & Local Public Pensions">State & Local Public Pensions</a></li> </ul> <ul style="padding-left:15%"> <a href="/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/aspp/information.html" title="Link to Current Forms and Information Collected">Current Forms and Information Collected</a></ul> <ul> <li>Quarterly: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/qspp.html" title="Link to Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions">Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions</a></li> </ul> <ul style="padding-left:15%"> <a href="/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/qspp/information.html" title="Link to Current Forms and Information Collected">Current Forms and Information Collected</a> </ul> </div>    </div>  <div style="float:left; width:47%">   <div class="hi-lite"><h3 class="hi-litehead"><span style="font-size:100%">Tax Statistics</span></h3> <p>Annual survey of state government tax revenue and quarterly survey of tax revenue for state & local governments. Annual data are available online from 1992 and on. Quarterly data are available online from 1993 and on:</p> <ul> <li>Annual: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/stc.html" title="Link to State Government Tax Collections">State Government Tax Collections</a></li> <li>Quarterly: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/qtax.html" title="Link to State & Local Government Tax Revenue">State & Local Government Tax Revenue</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/qtax/information.html" title="Link to Current Forms and Information Collected">Current Forms and Information Collected</a></li> </ul> </div>  <div> </div>  <div class="hi-lite"><h3 class="hi-litehead"><a href="/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/government-organization.html" title="Link to Lists & Structure of Governments" style="font-size:90%">Lists & Structure of Governments</a></h3> <p>Information about state & local governments, including the number of governments in the U.S.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/government-organization.html" title="Link to the 2007 State by type counts">2012 State</a> by type counts</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/government-organization/data/datasets.html" title="Link to the 2007 edition of the Governments Integrated Directory">2007 edition</a> of Governments Integrated Directory</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2012isd.pdf" title="Link to Individual State Descriptions in PDF format">2012 Individual State Descriptions</a> of how governments are organized [PDF, 1,306MB]</li> </ul> </div>  <div> </div>  <div class="hi-lite"><h3 class="hi-litehead"><span style="font-size:90%">Special Topics</span></h3> <p>The Census Bureau also conducts surveys about special topics related to government activity for other federal agencies.</p> <ul> <li><a href="cj/" title="Link to Criminal Justice Statistics">Criminal Justice Statistics</a></li> <li><a href="eses/" title="Link to Elementary – Secondary Education Statistics">Elementary  Secondary Education Statistics</a></li> <li><a href="library/" title="Link to Library Statistics">Library Statistics</a></li> </ul> </div>  <div> </div>  <div class="hi-lite"><h3 class="hi-litehead"><span style="font-size:90%">Census Redistricting Data</span></h3> <ul> <li>Access information and data products from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/rdo/" title="Link to Census Redistricting Data Program">Census Redistricting Data Program</a> - A decennial census program that provides state officials the opportunity to identify the small area geographies they will need to meet successfully their state or local redistricting requirements.</li> </ul> <p> </p> </div>  <br/>  <div class="hi-lite"><h3 class="hi-litehead"><span style="font-size:90%">Federal Spending</span></h3> <p>Federal spending on selected programs:</p> <ul> <li>Annual 1983-2010: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/govs/cffr/" title="Link to Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR)">Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR)</a></li>  <li>Quarterly1981-2010: Federal Assistance Award Data System (FAADS) <a href="www/faads.html" title="Link to Federal Assistance Award Data System (FAADS)"> Data has been relocated</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807193236/http://harvester.census.gov/fac/dissem/disclaim.html" title="Link to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse application">Federal Audit Clearinghouse</a></li> </ul> </div>    </div>  </div> <br clear="left"/>  <div class="clear-columns">  </div> </div>  </div>   </div>  <div id="right-column"> <div class="inside">  </div> </div>   </div> <div class="clear-columns">  </div> </div>  <div class="pdf">  <span id="pdf"> [PDF] or <a href="/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/main/www/pdf.html"><img src="/web/20200807193236im_/https://www.census.gov/main/www/img/pdficon.gif" alt="PDF" width="17" height="17"/></a> denotes a file in Adobe’s <a href="/web/20200807193236/https://www.census.gov/main/www/pdf.html">Portable Document Format</a>. 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