NC
Strategic Scorecard |
8.2.2 State
Government Performance |
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Target: Less
than 95% of US average per capita state government
costs
Actual: 87%
of US average
US
Rank 2003: 16th (up
from 18th in 1996)
SE
Rank 2003: 5th (up
from 6th in 1996)
SE
Region: AL
FL GA KY MS NC SC TN VA WV Updated
4/17/06
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| Primary
Performance Indicator |
Per Capita State Government
Total Expenditures
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Performance
Trend:
The
trend depicts the degree to which actual
performance has approached the target in
recent years. |
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Comments
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NC’s
per capita state government expenditures have steadily
increased, but remain less than 90% of the national
average.
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Since
1996, NC’s per capita spending rate has improved
from the 18th to the 16th lowest in the nation and
its regional rank has improved from the 6th to the
5th lowest.
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In 2003,
NC’s state government tax revenue was 6.7% of
personal income, the 34th lowest percent in the US
and 7th lowest in the Southeast. |
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Definition
(What Is Being Measured)
Total
state government expenditures, including all
outlays except debt service, divided by total
population; expenditures include payments from
all sources of funds, including current revenues,
borrowing proceeds and prior year fund balances,
intergovernmental transfers, expenditures for
government-owned utilities and other commercial
or auxiliary enterprise and insurance trust expenditures.
Source: US
Census Bureau, Governments Division, State Government
Finances;
rankings from Morgan Quitno |
Relevance
(Why This Is Important)
Per
capita total expenditures for state government provide a crude
indicator of relative efficiency, but do not necessarily reflect
program effectiveness. |
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| Other
Highlights |
| North
Carolina |
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In
2005, Governing Magazine’s Government
Performance Project (GPP) assigned NC a grade of C+ for
state government management (only 5 states nationally earned
a lower grade, but 15 states received the same grade).
NC received praise for its fiscal projection capabilities,
e-procurement platform and asset management controls, but
was chastised for information technology, employee recruitment,
construction project reporting and strategic planning deficiencies.
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According
to GPP, NC state government has a “very good long-term
budgeting perspective,” but its performance budgeting
requirements have been eliminated and its use of performance
data to make decisions varies. |
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There
are few standardized national indicators of program effectiveness,
but for the child support program, NC collected $4.43 in
child support payments per $1.00 expended in 2003, about
7% higher than the national average collection ratio (Source:
US DHHS, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Child Support
Enforcement statistics). |
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| Other |
| Southeast
Region |
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In 2004, NC had 222
state government employees per 10,000 population, the 23rd
highest rate in the nation and the 5th highest rate in
the SE region (Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics).
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In 2003, state government
tax revenue in NC was 6.7% of personal income, the 36th
lowest in the US and 7th lowest in the Southeast (Source:
US Census Bureau, State Government Tax Collections). |
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In 2002, NC's direct
general per capita expenditures were only 93% of the national
average, the 15th lowest in the nation and 4th lowest in
the Southeast. |
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In 2002, the average
salary for NC state government employees was $38,378 (far
less than the national average of $42,165), the 27th highest
in the US and the 2nd highest in the Southeast (Source:
US Census Bureau). |
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Goal
8.2:
Provide
Effective and Efficient Government |
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