Table 1

Mean tree care budget as a percentage of total municipal budget

Classification	1980			1986
Classification	# of cities reporting	Mean tree care budget $1000	% of total city budget	# of cities reporting	Mean tree care budget $1000	% of total city budget	change of mean tree care budget %
Total all cities	946	131	0.81	749	163	0.49	+ 25
Population group
over 1,000,000	5	3,128	0.25	2	5,500	0.09	+ 76
500,000	10	1,050	0.33	8	905	0.02	-14
250,000	24	829	0.42	15	1,088	0.06	+ 31
100,000	65	300	1.01	50	504	0.06	+ 68
50,000	132	182	0.94	111	203	0.28	+ 12
25,000	225	90	1.02	200	124	0.62	+39
10,000	428	32	0.69	320	44	0.70	+37
5,000	27	12	0.43	22	40	0.12	+ 237
less than 5,000	30	7	0.57	21	5	1.91	+ 33