Issue Briefs Subject(s): State Revenue & Budget Published: August 12, 2014 Agency: Legislative Council Staff This issue brief provides information on the relative size of state and local governments, compared with the total state economy. Government expenditures are represented as a percentage of the state's gross domestic product (GDP). In Colorado, stategovernmentexpendituresarebelowthenational average,whilelocal expendituresexceedthenational average Download Document