This is the data file for the March/April 2004 Review article "State Government Finances: World War II to the Current Crises" by Thomas A. Garrett and Gary A. Wagner. This file contains the raw data used to create Figures 1-3. Figure 1-Sources of State Expenditure, 1950-2001 Source: US Census Bureau, Government Finances. Percent of general fund expenditure. Date Educ- High- Public Health& ation ways Welfare Hospitals 1950 21.3 19.6 17.9 7.7 1951 29.0 22.9 18.4 8.7 1952 29.4 24.0 17.4 9.3 1953 29.9 24.4 17.1 9.0 1954 29.5 26.1 16.2 8.9 1955 29.7 28.1 15.5 8.6 1956 30.2 29.0 14.2 8.5 1957 31.1 28.2 13.1 9.0 1958 31.1 28.4 12.5 9.2 1959 31.0 29.3 12.4 9.0 1960 31.8 26.9 13.6 7.7 1961 33.5 25.8 13.5 7.7 1962 34.3 25.5 13.7 7.5 1963 34.8 25.6 13.5 7.4 1964 35.9 25.2 13.2 7.2 1965 36.1 24.4 13.5 7.3 1966 38.6 22.3 13.1 7.1 1967 40.0 21.3 13.5 6.9 1968 40.2 19.6 14.3 7.0 1969 39.9 18.4 16.0 6.9 1970 39.8 17.4 17.0 6.9 1971 39.4 16.6 18.3 6.9 1972 38.8 15.5 19.4 7.1 1973 38.5 13.8 20.0 6.8 1974 39.1 13.1 18.8 7.0 1975 39.1 12.6 18.5 7.4 1976 38.8 11.8 19.3 7.2 1977 38.6 10.6 19.8 7.6 1978 38.8 10.4 19.9 7.7 1979 38.8 10.6 19.4 7.7 1980 38.5 11.0 19.4 8.0 1981 38.2 10.0 20.3 8.1 1982 38.2 9.3 20.5 8.0 1983 37.8 9.3 20.2 8.4 1984 37.5 9.3 20.3 8.4 1985 37.7 9.9 19.6 8.0 1986 37.2 9.9 19.0 7.9 1987 37.1 9.6 19.1 7.8 1988 36.9 9.5 19.2 7.9 1989 36.9 9.1 19.4 8.0 1990 36.4 8.7 20.7 8.4 1991 34.3 8.5 22.4 8.3 1992 34.6 8.0 25.3 8.1 1993 35.4 7.9 26.1 8.2 1994 35.2 7.9 26.3 8.2 1995 34.0 7.8 26.6 8.2 1996 34.9 7.7 25.9 8.2 1997 35.0 7.6 25.8 8.0 1998 35.6 7.7 25.1 7.7 1999 35.8 7.7 24.9 7.6 2000 35.9 7.7 24.8 7.7 2001 35.9 7.6 24.9 7.5 Figure 2-Source of State Tax Revenue, 1950-2001 Source: US Census Bureau, Government Finances. Percent of general fund revenue. Indiv. General Corp. Motor Alcohol Federal Date Income Sales Income Fuel Tobacco Aid 1950 9.13 21.06 7.39 19.47 11.49 18.57 1951 9.01 22.39 7.69 19.14 10.93 18.11 1952 9.26 22.61 8.50 18.97 9.82 17.00 1953 9.18 23.06 7.68 19.13 9.60 17.51 1954 9.05 22.91 6.96 20.00 9.07 16.90 1955 9.43 22.74 6.36 20.29 8.70 16.08 1956 10.27 22.70 6.65 20.09 8.52 16.05 1957 10.76 23.21 6.77 19.46 8.30 16.60 1958 10.35 23.51 6.82 19.57 8.47 18.95 1959 11.13 23.33 6.32 19.30 8.58 22.64 1960 12.25 23.85 6.54 18.49 9.19 23.44 1961 12.36 23.67 6.64 18.00 9.31 22.02 1962 13.27 24.86 6.36 17.83 8.83 22.72 1963 13.37 25.04 6.80 17.41 9.07 22.78 1964 14.09 25.10 6.99 16.74 9.01 24.26 1965 14.00 25.69 7.38 16.46 8.93 24.41 1966 14.59 26.80 6.94 15.75 9.06 25.48 1967 15.38 27.95 6.98 15.15 8.76 25.54 1968 17.12 28.68 6.92 14.23 8.70 25.21 1969 17.95 29.67 7.58 13.46 9.18 24.85 1970 19.15 29.56 7.79 13.10 8.02 24.80 1971 19.70 30.02 6.64 12.86 8.12 25.53 1972 21.71 29.43 7.38 12.05 7.77 27.11 1973 22.91 29.08 7.97 11.84 7.45 29.01 1974 23.01 30.47 8.11 11.06 7.14 26.38 1975 23.48 30.92 8.29 10.30 6.73 26.14 1976 24.03 30.62 8.15 9.70 6.36 27.34 1977 25.22 30.56 9.08 8.99 5.73 27.92 1978 25.70 31.15 9.48 8.39 5.39 27.92 1979 26.11 31.61 9.71 7.99 4.98 27.20 1980 27.06 31.49 9.72 7.09 4.67 27.12 1981 27.31 31.00 9.45 6.50 4.49 26.76 1982 28.08 30.97 8.61 6.44 4.24 24.50 1983 29.04 31.29 7.67 6.30 4.06 24.20 1984 29.98 31.79 7.88 6.30 3.61 24.58 1985 29.68 32.34 8.19 6.20 3.62 24.47 1986 29.58 32.80 8.05 6.18 3.40 24.62 1987 30.85 32.38 8.41 6.35 3.22 23.63 1988 30.34 32.94 8.21 6.51 3.12 23.25 1989 31.18 32.84 8.39 6.34 2.96 23.06 1990 31.97 33.18 7.24 6.45 2.99 23.28 1991 31.97 33.22 6.55 6.65 3.10 24.32 1992 31.85 32.82 6.58 6.77 3.01 25.99 1993 31.86 32.52 6.85 6.67 2.86 27.48 1994 31.37 32.95 6.88 6.56 2.47 27.67 1995 31.47 33.13 7.28 6.37 2.48 27.40 1996 31.92 33.31 7.01 6.21 2.43 27.03 1997 32.63 33.19 6.92 6.13 2.37 26.44 1998 33.85 32.82 6.57 5.99 2.40 27.63 1999 34.56 32.88 6.15 5.83 2.38 28.58 2000 36.06 32.33 6.03 5.55 2.26 27.43 2001 37.18 32.04 5.66 5.42 1.19 26.55 Figure 3-Real Per Capita State Revenue and Expenditures, 1947-2002 Source: Revenue and expenditure data from US Census Bureau, Government Finances. Recession data from the National Bureau of Economic Research. 2002$ Date Revenue Expenditures Recession 1947 660.4892599 576.5287608 0 1948 697.4418394 636.3520432 0 1949 770.1290823 699.1961405 1 1950 808.8717648 754.9469805 0 1951 822.0272563 728.2089281 0 1952 857.4571092 745.4275371 0 1953 908.5608064 769.7529054 1 1954 939.4158465 799.9392579 0 1955 991.1386099 869.7746985 0 1956 1065.10818 904.5587855 0 1957 1105.586989 941.7963236 1 1958 1114.12209 1003.77773 0 1959 1178.511304 1056.836096 0 1960 1234.572754 1093.286499 1 1961 1300.353605 1162.78471 0 1962 1376.368697 1226.277447 0 1963 1429.06013 1261.300898 0 1964 1506.084038 1321.603865 0 1965 1572.515621 1390.280165 0 1966 1672.291451 1451.955753 0 1967 1718.500796 1542.313806 0 1968 1862.214691 1656.160507 0 1969 1956.632528 1789.750396 0 1970 2068.979339 1869.995533 1 1971 2113.385966 2017.128508 0 1972 2339.571489 2107.869843 0 1973 2407.270844 2087.958508 0 1974 2330.868173 2114.162274 1 1975 2289.903604 2215.586245 0 1976 2375.233192 2321.580183 0 1977 2525.998342 2376.379444 0 1978 2567.252943 2321.80819 0 1979 2406.883637 2262.646786 0 1980 2294.47205 2203.192802 0 1981 2279.536966 2213.988419 1 1982 2307.935076 2310.349234 1 1983 2403.489344 2397.308722 0 1984 2587.389747 2426.595663 0 1985 2662.598107 2512.216477 0 1986 2799.128738 2659.001414 0 1987 2917.065415 2820.331003 0 1988 2932.58805 2862.305452 0 1989 3041.871327 2886.104003 0 1990 2981.996029 2959.371707 0 1991 3002.371407 3047.949197 1 1992 3056.854682 3123.231523 0 1993 3159.961187 3154.647893 0 1994 3204.399814 3176.417863 0 1995 3259.688041 3205.329957 0 1996 3297.654562 3194.751483 0 1997 3349.510215 3245.26974 0 1998 3479.288568 3318.819091 0 1999 3544.777929 3399.98008 0 2000 3538.844095 3443.339725 0 2001 3471.62861 3558.85546 1 2002 3446.282509 3605.453738 0