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Surveys of Governments

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Bookmobile - Cumberland County, North Carolina, 1941
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North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

The U.S. Census Bureau conducts numerous quarterly and annual surveys that provide data on federal, state, county, and local government spending, revenue, taxation, employment, etc. Additional surveys provide data on jails, libraries, and schools. Some of the surveys collecting governmental data include:

• State Government Tax Collections Survey
• Directory Survey of Local Governments
• Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances
• Quarterly Tax Survey
• State and Local Government Public-Employee Retirement System Survey
• Local Government School System Finance Survey
• Annual Survey of Government Finances
• Annual Survey of Jails
• Academic Libraries Survey
• Teacher Compensation Survey