Statistics on the number of federal, state, and local government civilian employees and their gross payrolls by functional category. Data are available online from 1992 and on:
Financial activity of governments including revenues, expenditures, debt and assets. Data are available online from 1992 and on:
Financial statistics of public school systems, including data on revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets. Data are available online from 1992 and on:
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.
Federal spending on selected programs:
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:
Information about state & local governments, including the number of governments in the U.S.
The Census Bureau also conducts surveys about special topics related to government activity for other federal agencies.