Nebraska State Government Finances: 2005-2016
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Total Revenue	$8,739,537	$9,103,340	$9,986,412	$8,387,599	$7,380,731	$10,062,763	$11,523,401	$9,814,709	$11,484,492	$12,112,397	$11,361,675	$10,881,575
General revenue	7,815,627	8,045,282	8,380,410	8,357,739	8,403,141	8,675,960	9,389,153	9,180,653	9,819,327	9,778,806	9,958,441	10,129,757
Intergovernmental revenue	2,502,664	2,472,030	2,532,557	2,560,819	2,770,131	3,202,752	3,401,587	3,194,260	3,212,304	3,094,850	3,033,641	3,162,157
From Federal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,141,413	3,154,670	3,034,031	-	-
From Local	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52,847	57,634	60,819	-	-
Total Taxes	3,796,551	3,961,093	4,071,032	4,228,800	4,000,939	3,809,266	4,153,113	4,366,217	4,718,944	4,877,401	5,086,759	5,117,133
General sales	1,516,705	1,409,015	1,484,170	1,534,134	1,504,174	1,306,702	1,385,363	1,570,450	1,669,380	1,763,695	1,787,880	1,783,498
Selective sales	456,412	450,116	468,433	501,307	511,109	591,199	647,430	522,923	528,608	540,257	527,950	579,220
License taxes	203,197	206,804	207,013	206,783	167,014	226,944	227,377	183,035	130,762	126,745	172,391	185,082
Individual income tax	1,393,897	1,545,024	1,650,895	1,726,145	1,602,091	1,514,831	1,721,548	1,838,344	2,101,694	2,124,164	2,239,582	2,244,719
Corporate income tax	198,380	262,296	213,027	232,852	198,442	154,332	154,945	234,296	275,563	306,591	344,477	307,672
Other taxes	27,960	87,838	47,494	27,579	18,109	15,258	16,450	17,169	12,937	15,949	14,479	16,942
Current charges	730,256	769,908	832,978	899,022	971,723	977,868	1,037,362	952,322	1,028,061	1,069,688	1,037,248	1,174,744
Miscellaneous general revenue	786,156	842,251	943,843	669,098	660,348	686,074	797,091	667,854	860,018	736,867	800,793	675,723
Insurance trust revenue	923,910	1,058,058	1,606,002	29,860	-1,022,410	1,386,803	2,134,248	634,056	1,665,165	2,333,591	1,403,234	751,818
Unemployment Compensation Systems	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	213,693	161,742	131,869	-	-
State-Administered Pension Systems	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	420,266	1,503,423	2,198,174	-	-
Workers' Compensation Systems	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97	-	3,548	-	-
Total Expenditure	$7,239,796	$7,702,325	$7,829,584	$8,443,129	$9,034,186	$9,584,493	$9,356,473	$9,525,518	$9,880,837	$10,046,378	$10,850,904	$11,026,935
Intergovernmental expenditure	1,659,130	1,721,265	1,793,817	1,981,940	2,064,173	2,192,338	2,306,692	2,170,016	2,170,630	2,202,196	2,303,467	2,417,506
Direct expenditure	5,580,666	5,981,060	6,035,767	6,461,189	6,970,013	7,392,155	7,049,781	7,355,502	7,710,207	7,844,182	8,547,437	8,609,429
Current operation	4,312,865	4,704,643	4,687,774	5,001,430	5,298,318	5,558,502	5,382,647	5,586,738	5,891,144	6,134,008	6,377,816	6,583,818
Capital outlay	703,944	690,506	696,360	766,791	926,936	805,358	670,217	778,742	879,194	775,685	899,819	1,044,511
Insurance benefits and repayments	339,958	344,428	398,717	418,734	485,692	768,819	739,408	737,666	696,384	693,672	1,032,616	740,452
Assistance and subsidies	136,835	161,539	166,229	166,235	151,017	162,136	165,892	163,402	173,474	178,715	182,289	180,754
Interest on debt	87,064	79,944	86,687	107,999	108,050	97,340	91,617	88,954	70,011	62,102	54,897	59,894
Exhibit: Salaries and wages	1,815,942	1,907,505	1,978,616	2,076,389	2,177,828	2,282,049	2,304,897	2,332,695	2,372,694	2,456,174	1,507,297	1,538,887
Total expenditure	$7,239,796	$7,702,325	$7,829,584	$8,443,129	$9,034,186	$9,584,493	$9,356,473	$9,525,518	$9,880,837	$10,046,378	$10,850,904	$11,026,935
General expenditure	6,899,838	7,357,894	7,430,867	8,024,395	8,548,494	8,815,674	8,617,065	8,787,852	9,184,453	9,352,706	9,818,288	10,286,483
Intergovernmental expenditure	1,659,130	1,721,265	1,793,817	1,981,940	2,064,173	2,192,338	2,306,692	2,170,016	2,170,630	2,202,196	2,303,467	2,417,506
Direct expenditure	5,240,708	5,636,629	5,637,050	6,042,455	6,484,321	6,623,336	6,310,373	6,617,836	7,013,823	7,150,510	7,514,821	7,868,977
General expenditures, by function:
Education	2,412,456	2,568,862	2,661,012	2,909,668	3,130,952	3,268,458	3,330,145	3,301,868	3,367,219	3,412,086	3,611,552	3,993,210
Public welfare	1,967,208	1,970,839	2,024,945	2,099,052	2,171,990	2,281,071	2,090,850	2,268,148	2,517,272	2,639,034	2,626,032	2,638,151
Hospitals	205,669	219,750	225,283	239,294	248,014	258,220	260,622	254,981	261,809	261,995	266,109	178,769
Health	305,084	423,275	426,557	415,172	407,012	442,495	455,621	451,811	476,668	473,954	532,776	552,677
Highways	616,226	643,779	557,579	631,028	706,424	663,162	602,273	688,560	754,226	742,236	800,388	905,694
Police protection	73,314	76,945	80,482	84,698	89,722	89,027	96,200	91,227	86,623	82,128	87,628	94,821
Correction	194,709	198,847	212,598	219,278	228,871	237,884	241,829	246,388	246,519	280,999	349,151	362,811
Natural resources	185,367	158,211	186,188	180,968	205,476	257,134	250,575	245,433	251,065	277,899	313,905	222,222
Parks and recreation	28,470	29,383	32,132	28,868	1,178	36,681	38,605	35,844	45,105	44,585	47,205	51,746
Government administration	191,939	183,585	187,943	204,921	211,647	217,554	210,568	209,803	196,763	205,585	216,806	233,511
Interest on general debt	87,064	79,944	86,687	107,999	108,050	97,340	91,617	88,954	70,011	62,102	54,897	59,894
Other and unallocable	642,332	804,474	749,461	903,449	1,009,158	966,648	948,160	904,835	911,173	870,103	911,839	992,977
Utility expenditure	-	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Insurance trust expenditure	339,958	344,428	398,717	418,734	485,692	768,819	739,408	737,666	696,384	693,672	1,032,616	740,452
Unemployment Compen. Sys.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	265,201	185,939	123,454	-	-
State-Administered Pension Sys.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	471,361	509,367	569,266	-	-
Workers' Compen. Sys.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,104	1,078	952	-	-
Debt at end of FY - long & short term	1,741,571	1,844,346	2,196,880	2,719,139	2,516,775	2,330,277	2,345,750	2,073,385	1,846,583	1,908,707	1,809,126	1,950,506
Cash and security holdings	10,556,437	11,972,516	14,349,936	14,273,196	12,371,787	12,538,295	14,327,368	14,397,561	15,788,836	19,245,806	22,137,291	19,804,076
Symbol: "-" zero or rounds to zero
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division, Survey of State Government Finances, 2017
by Nebraska Databook
e-mail: michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov	michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov
Last updated:	4/25/2018