Annual Survey of State Government Finances 1992-2018

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Project Citation:

Kaplan, Jacob. Annual Survey of State Government Finances 1992-2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-01-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E101880V4

Project Description

Summary:

Version 4 release notes:

Changes release notes description, does not change data.

Version 3 release notes

Adds 2018 data.
Renames some columns so all column names are <= 32 characters to fix Stata limit.

Version 2 release notes

Adds 2017 data. R and Stata files now available.

The .csv file includes data from the years 1992-2016. No data was changed. Only column names were changed to standardize it across years. Some columns (e.g. Population) that are not in all years are removed. Amounts are in thousands of dollars.

The zip file includes all raw (completely untouched) files for years 1992-2016.

From the Census, "The Annual Survey of State Government Finances provides a comprehensive summary of the annual survey findings for state governments, as well as data for individual states. The tables contain detail of revenue by source, expenditure by object and function, indebtedness by term, and assets by purpose." (link to this quote is below)

Information from the U.S. Census about the data is here. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/state/about.html

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: state government; government finance; government budget; federal budget; taxes; government revenue; budgets; ASSGF; Annual Survey of State Government Finances

Geographic Coverage: State and national

Time Period(s): 1992 – 2018

Universe: State and national government

Data Type(s): administrative records data; census/enumeration data

Methodology

Response Rate: All states have data for all years. In a few years, some values (e.g. expenditure liquor stores) are missing. Overall, almost compete data.

Data Source: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/state/data/tables.All.html

Unit(s) of Observation: State and national government

Geographic Unit: State and national

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