District of Columbia: Revenues Compared With Those of Selected Cities

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO updated its comparison of the District of Columbia's revenues with those of selected other cities, focusing on: (1) the District's revenues, on a per capita basis, compared with the per capita revenues of eight selected cities, using alternative assumptions regarding the allocation of state-level revenue to cities; and (2) some potential reasons why expenditures per capita may differ across cities. GAO did not independently verify the accuracy of the census data.