Assessment of level of jurisdiction's unreserved general fund balance
Full Question Text
Thinking about your jurisdiction’s fiscal needs, overall, do you consider your jurisdiction’s unreserved/unassigned general fund balance to be too high, about right, or too low?
| Total | |
| Too high | 4% |
| About right | 69% |
| Too low | 22% |
| Don't know | 5% |
| County | Township | City | Village | Total | |
| Too high | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 4% |
| About right | 68% | 72% | 67% | 54% | 69% |
| Too low | 28% | 17% | 26% | 37% | 22% |
| Don't know | 0% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 5% |
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | Total | |
| Too high | 4% | 5% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 4% |
| About right | 64% | 72% | 72% | 75% | 69% | 69% |
| Too low | 26% | 18% | 24% | 15% | 25% | 22% |
| Don't know | 6% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | Total | |
| Too high | 3% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| About right | 66% | 70% | 71% | 68% | 66% | 71% | 69% |
| Too low | 26% | 19% | 19% | 24% | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| Don't know | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% |
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't Know | Total | |
| Too high | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 4% |
| About right | 68% | 72% | 77% | 58% | 45% | 69% |
| Too low | 24% | 20% | 15% | 31% | 6% | 22% |
| Don't know | 5% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 44% | 5% |