btn 2010

RALEIGH — The average North Carolinian surrendered almost 5 percent of his personal income to fund city and county government in the 2008 budget year, according to a new…

County and municipal governments provide many key services while taking in billions of dollars in revenue. Their roles grow as state government keeps more local funding sources and shifts more taxing power to localities. Still, finding comparative data is difficult. This report helps address that problem by providing information of how much local government costs in every city and county in North Carolina.