Fig 1.
Report Counts by Government Type.
This figure shows five bar graphs. One for each of counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts showing the number of records for each government type that exist in each year of the data.
Fig 2.
Consolidation of the Census of Governments Data.
A conceptual overview of the process of consolidating the various data files to form a single coherent database.
Table 1.
Revenue Categories.
Table 2.
Tax Revenue Categories.
Table 3.
Intergovernmental Revenue Functions.
Table 4.
Current Charge Functions.
Table 5.
Miscellaneous General Revenue Variables.
Table 6.
Insurance Trust Revenue Variables.
Table 7.
Expenditure Categories.
Table 8.
Expenditure Function Codes.
Table 9.
Cash and Investment Security Variables.
Fig 3.
The Relationship between Sample Size and Population for Counties.
This figure shows how the median population reported in the data for counties correlates with the number of total records found in the data for counties. Median population is graphed against the left hand axis and the number of records is graphed against the right hand axis.
Fig 4.
The Relationship between Sample Size and Population for Municipalities.
This figure shows how the median population reported in the data for municipalities correlates with the number of total records found in the data for municipalities. Median population is graphed against the left hand axis and the number of records is graphed against the right hand axis.
Fig 5.
Population Coverage for Sampled Local Governments.
This figure stacks together the population covered by municipalities and townships, and compares it to the population indicated at the state level for every year of the data.
Fig 6.
Population Coverage for Sampled County Governments.
This figure graphs the population covered by the counties in the database, and compares it to the population indicated at the state level for every year of the data.
Table 10.
The Impact of Requiring Consecutive Data on Sample Size.
Table 11.
The Impact of Requiring Consecutive Data on Average Population.
Fig 7.
Proportion of Governments with Consecutive Years of Data.
This figure shows how the requirement of consecutive observations will limit the data that is available, and disaggregates the impacts by government type.
Fig 8.
Number of Tax Revenue Sources by Government Type.
This figure shows how the diversity of tax revenue sources increases over time for both municipalities and school districts.
Fig 9.
Real per Capita Debt by Government Type.
This figure plots real, per-capita debt per person at both the state and municipal level.
Fig 10.
Oregon Total Revenue and Total Expenditure.
This figure shows the total revenue and total expenditure of Oregon State government over time.
Table 12.
Special District Growth.