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Table 2. Revenues vs. Expenditures in Gaston County <br /> Residential Commercial Agricultural <br /> Expendituresa $160,097,509 $22,015,556 $996,305 <br /> (87.4%) (12.1%) (0.5%) <br /> Revenues $128,966,360 $53,019,947 $1,123,063 <br /> (70.4%) (29.0%) (0.6%) <br /> Revenues/Expenditures ratio 0.81 2.41 1.13 <br /> Revenue/Expenditure ratios from national studies` <br /> Minimum 0.47 0.96 1.01 <br /> Median 0.87 3.57 2.78 <br /> Maximum 0.99 20.00 50.00 <br /> Revenue/Expenditure ratios from local studies <br /> Chatham County(1998) 0.90 2.13 1.09 <br /> Wake County(2001) 0.65 5.63 2.12 <br /> Alamance County (2006) 0.68 4.29 1.69 <br /> Orange County(2006) 0.76 4.21 1.38 <br /> Chatham County(2007) 0.87 3.01 1.72 <br /> Henderson County (2007) 0.86 2.52 1.03 <br /> a. Includes the $55.467 million budget surplus transferred to the following year's general fund(allocated <br /> among land use categories in proportion to other expenditures). <br /> b. This ratio measures the amount of county revenue contributed by a given land use sector for each <br /> dollar in public services used by that sector. <br /> c. These figures are derived from 103 Cost of Community Services summarized on the American <br /> Farmland Trust website(http://fannlandinfo.org/documents/27757/FS_COCS_8-04.pdf). <br /> 9 <br /> G-4 Page 252 <br />