This report examines trends in expenditures, revenues, fund balance, personnel, and long-term debt for 1099 local governments in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties. It includes aggregate data on counties, forest preserve districts, townships, municipalities, school districts, park districts, and special purpose districts. The study found that local government expenditures per capita grew at a rate almost double that of revenue from FY2000-FY2003.
This report presents a macro-level overview of expenditure, revenue, debt and personnel trends of 1,043 governments in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, and Will Counties. It includes FY1997 and FY2000 comparative information for counties, municipalities, school districts and other special districts.
