| Operating Indicators By Function | ||||||
| Last Six Fiscal Years | ||||||
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Management | ||||||
| Office of Legislative Management | ||||||
| Number of Public and Special Acts | 259 | 310 | 267 | 319 | 206 | 256 |
| Number of Amendments Drafted | 2,840 | 2,359 | 2,614 | 2,102 | 2,040 | 2,977 |
| General Government | ||||||
| Office of the State Treasurer | ||||||
| Percentage of Disbursements made Electronically | 30.2% | 43.4% | 51.5% | 56.7% | 56.2% | 64.2% |
| Number of Unclaimed Property Claims Paid | 12,665 | 13,368 | 11,938 | 11,985 | 22,732 | 20,930 |
| Department of Revenue Services | ||||||
| Percentage of Income Tax Returns Filed Electronically | n/a | n/a | 45.0% | 54.0% | 67.0% | 70.2% |
| Revenue Collected per $1 of Agency Expense | $156 | $163 | $191 | $202 | $202 | $207 |
| Department of Public Works | ||||||
| Number of Construction Contracts Awarded | 22 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 28 |
| State Floor Space Owned and Leased | 9,843,368 | 9,456,479 | 8,882,469 | 8,656,234 | 8,621,174 | 8,713,211 |
| Regulation and Protection | ||||||
| Department of Public Safety | ||||||
| Number of Background Checks - Firearms | 18,786 | 34,816 | 40,508 | 38,672 | 35,159 | 64,766 |
| Number of Fingerprint Checks for CT/Pd's | 129,538 | 121,849 | 118,717 | 107,056 | 122,193 | 258,111 |
| Department of Motor Vehicles | ||||||
| Number of Registered Motor Vehicles | 2,900,000 | 2,950,000 | 3,020,000 | 3,078,000 | 3,040,000 | 3,015,867 |
| Number of Licensed Drivers | 2,300,000 | 2,430,000 | 2,300,000 | 2,460,000 | 2,400,000 | 2,848,602 |
| Department of Labor | ||||||
| Number of Initial Unemployment Claims | 297,205 | 282,736 | 248,109 | 222,770 | 222,553 | 215,404 |
| Number of Persons Using Employment Service (1) | 57,198 | 49,183 | 54,915 | 61,103 | 116,100 | 140,922 |
| Conservation and Development | ||||||
| Department of Environmental Protection | ||||||
| Nitrogen Discharged into Long Island Sound (2) | 12,500 | 12,100 | 11,607 | 11,208 | 10,940 | 10,558 |
| Attained Goal of Open Space (3) | 72.0% | 75.2% | 77.4% | 77.6% | 77.8% | 78.0% |
| Department of Agriculture | ||||||
| Number of Farmers Participating in Farmers Market | 119 | 140 | 175 | 180 | 220 | 280 |
| Health and Hospitals | ||||||
| Department of Public Health | ||||||
| Number of Tuberculosis Cases Identified | 121 | 112 | 111 | 105 | 105 | 108 |
| Number of Licenses Applications - New | 11,883 | 11,141 | 11,592 | 12,914 | 12,750 | 15,439 |
| Number of Licenses Applications - Renewal | 139,297 | 143,777 | 145,985 | 136,069 | 133,887 | 140,973 |
| Department of Developmental Services | ||||||
| Number of Qualified Providers | 143 | 136 | 132 | 127 | 161 | 184 |
| Number of Persons Served in Various Programs | 19,921 | 20,399 | 20,148 | 19,997 | 20,256 | 15,148 |
| Human Services | ||||||
| Department of Social Services | ||||||
| Number of Medicaid Eligible Clients | 354,944 | 385,518 | 393,998 | 403,972 | 399,635 | 392,179 |
| Temp Family Assistance Average Caseload | 26,234 | 24,404 | 24,658 | 24,104 | 22,556 | 21,124 |
| Child Care Number of Children Served | 32,400 | 26,974 | 19,799 | 18,920 | 21,440 | 22,523 |
| Education | ||||||
| Department of Higher Education | ||||||
| Number of Degrees Conferred - Statewide | 30,498 | 32,499 | 33,659 | 34,582 | 35,694 | 36,045 |
| Enrollment - Statewide | 169,739 | 170,597 | 172,631 | 174,257 | 176,542 | 178,855 |
| Transportation | ||||||
| Department of Transportation | ||||||
| Active Construction Projects | 122 | 212 | 190 | 181 | 159 | 175 |
| Miles of Road Resurfaced | 319 | 310 | 362 | 305 | 191 | 218 |
| Estimated Number of Persons Using Roadways | 4,081,000,000 | 4,118,000,000 | 4,154,000,000 | 4,191,000,000 | 4,228,000,000 | 4,265,000,000 |
| Corrections | ||||||
| Department of Corrections | ||||||
| Incarcerated Population | 18,295 | 19,271 | 18,837 | 18,390 | 18,352 | 18,970 |
| Direct Daily Inmate Expenditures | $74 | $73 | $76 | $81 | $84 | $86 |
| Judicial | ||||||
| Judicial Branch | ||||||
| Number of Superior Court Cases Filed | 567,696 | 535,158 | 536,501 | 517,836 | 542,655 | 547,354 |
| Average Number of Supervised Probationers | 52,320 | 54,315 | 57,516 | 56,145 | 58,117 | 57,597 |
(1) The department of Labor assists individuals in job search, resume
preparation, etc.
(2) Average annual number of tons
(3) Percentage of accomplished State goal to acquire 320,957 acres of open space
n/a = statistic not available at time of publication