issue1997 issued september 2000 gc97 4 2 report titlefinances of special district governments volume government finances 1997 census us department commerce economics and statistics administration bureau thestaffofthegovernmentsdivision s recurringprogramsarea headedby henrys wulf isresponsibleforthe preparationofthisreport stephen owens russellprice williamkehm andjohnkennedysupervisedthedata collectionandeditingactivities m poytaanddonnaa hirschcoordi natedpublicationpreparationactivities robertm johnson deborahj loreto domerandjessewillhidepre paredtables revieweddatatabulations andevaluatedfinalpublicationcopy john curry kheanghang andelizabeth hovis burrowsperformedelectronicdata processingoperations thestaffoftheadministrativeandcus tomerservicesdivision walterc odom chief performedpublicationplanning edi torialreview design composition printingplanningandprocurementfor publications internetproducts andreport forms francesb scottprovidedpublica tioncoordinationandediting carmahogueandcharlesp pautler jr chiefoftheeconomicstatisti calmethodsandprogrammingdivision suppliedadviceandassistanceinstatisti calmethodologies thecensusbureauoffersspecialthanks forthecooperationandassistanceofthe thousandsofstateandlocalgovernment officialsinprovidinginformationforthis forinformationregardingdatainthis contactthechief division censusbureau washington dc20233 6800orphonetollfree1 800 242 2184 acknowledgments issue title consumer income1997 norman y mineta secretary robert l mallett deputy j shapiro under for economic affairs kenneth prewitt director paulaj schneider principal associate programs frederickt knickerbocker thomasl mesenbourg assistant gordonw green andstatistics robertj