2.2 State and Local Government

Besides the federal government, there is a large number of local governments in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 2017 Census of Governments Organization:

• 50 State governments
• 19,495 Municipal governments
• 16,253 Town or township governments
• 3,031 County governments
• 12,754 Independent school districts
• 38,542 Special district governments

Those numbers are relatively stable over time. Some taxes only exist at certain levels of government while other can exist at multiple levels. For example, there are fuel taxes at the federal and state-level and sometimes even at the local level. Below is an example of the real tax revenue for Indiana.