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. 2015 Jun 24;10(6):e0130119. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130119

Table 5. Miscellaneous General Revenue Variables.

Variable Name Census Code Description
Total Charges and Misc. Revenue The sum of total charges and total misc. revenue
    Total Misc. General Revenue The sum of the seven variables below
        Special Assessments U01 Charges to individuals benefiting from improvements
        Property Sale Other U11 Gross receipts from all property sales
        Interest Revenue U20 Interest earnings from all sources
        Fines and Forfeits U30 Revenue from legal penalties
        Rents and Royalties U40 U41 The sum of rent and royalty income
        Net Lottery Revenue U95 Lottery proceeds net of the cost of prizes
        Misc. General Revenue NEC U99 All general revenue NEC

This table describes the coding of the miscellaneous revenue variables and provides a short description of each. NEC stands for not elsewhere classified. The indentation of the variables in the first column indicates how subcategories of data collapse into larger categories. More detailed descriptions of each variable can be found in the Census’ 2006 classification manual (http://www.census.gov/govs/classification/) included with the database download.