formnq853
UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549 
 
 
FORM N-Q 
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT 
INVESTMENT COMPANY 
 
Investment Company Act file number 811-5245 
 
Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc. 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) 
 
 
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation 
200 Park Avenue 
New York, New York 10166 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 
 
Michael A. Rosenberg, Esq. 
200 Park Avenue 
New York, New York 10166 
(Name and address of agent for service) 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 922-6000

Date of fiscal year end:    9/30 
Date of reporting period:    12/31/2007 


FORM N-Q

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS             
Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc.             
December 31, 2007 (Unaudited)                 
 
Long-Term Municipal    Coupon    Maturity    Principal     
Investments--154.4%    Rate (%)    Date    Amount ($)    Value ($) 





Alabama--1.6%                 
Houston County Health Care                 
Authority, GO (Insured; AMBAC)    6.25    10/1/09    8,000,000 a    8,512,000 
Alaska--.8%                 
Alaska Housing Finance                 
Corporation, General Mortgage                 
Revenue (Insured; MBIA)    6.00    6/1/49    4,000,000    4,102,480 
Arizona--3.1%                 
Arizona Health Facilities                 
Authority, Health Care                 
Facilities Revenue (The                 
Beatitudes Campus Project)    5.10    10/1/22    3,000,000    2,711,160 
Maricopa County Pollution Control                 
Corporation, PCR (Public                 
Service Company of New Mexico                 
Palo Verde Project)    5.75    11/1/22    6,000,000    5,999,400 
Navajo County Industrial                 
Development Authority, IDR                 
(Stone Container Corporation                 
Project)    7.40    4/1/26    1,585,000    1,596,634 
Scottsdale Industrial Development                 
Authority, HR (Scottsdale                 
Healthcare)    5.80    12/1/11    6,000,000 a    6,619,260 
Arkansas--.5%                 
Arkansas Development Finance                 
Authority, SFMR (Mortgage                 
Backed Securities Program)                 
(Collateralized: FNMA and GNMA)    6.25    1/1/32    2,500,000    2,564,100 
California--12.9%                 
California,                 
GO    5.25    4/1/34    5,000    5,114 
California,                 
GO (Various Purpose)    5.50    4/1/14    3,385,000 a    3,793,163 
California,                 
GO (Various Purpose)    5.00    3/1/32    4,000,000    4,042,480 
California,                 
GO (Various Purpose) (Insured;                 
AMBAC)    4.25    12/1/35    8,000,000    7,353,440 
California Health Facilities                 
Financing Authority, Revenue                 
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)    5.00    11/15/34    2,000,000    1,969,360 
California Pollution Control                 
Financing Authority, SWDR                 
(Keller Canyon Landfill                 
Company Project)    6.88    11/1/27    2,000,000    2,002,060 


California Statewide Communities                 
Development Authority, Revenue             
(Bentley School)    6.75    7/1/32    2,000,000    2,102,300 
Golden State Tobacco                 
Securitization Corporation,                 
Enhanced Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    5.00    6/1/38    15,000,000    15,096,300 
Golden State Tobacco                 
Securitization Corporation,                 
Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    7.80    6/1/13    8,100,000 a    9,761,634 
Golden State Tobacco                 
Securitization Corporation,                 
Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    7.90    6/1/13    2,000,000 a    2,419,180 
Golden State Tobacco                 
Securitization Corporation,                 
Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    5.75    6/1/47    14,700,000    13,820,499 
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid                 
Transit District, GO    5.00    8/1/32    3,000,000    3,158,340 
State Public Works Board of                 
California, LR Department of                 
General Services (Butterfield                 
State Office Complex)    5.25    6/1/30    5,000,000    5,127,850 
Colorado--4.7%                 
Beacon Point Metropolitan                 
District, GO    6.25    12/1/35    2,000,000    1,758,540 
Colorado Health Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (American                 
Baptist Homes of the Midwest                 
Obligated Group)    5.90    8/1/37    3,000,000    2,752,170 
Colorado Housing Finance Authority                 
(Single Family Program)                 
(Collateralized; FHA)    6.60    8/1/32    1,760,000    1,877,128 
Denver City and County,                 
Special Facilities Airport                 
Revenue (United Air Lines                 
Project)    5.75    10/1/32    5,000,000    4,509,800 
Northwest Parkway Public Highway                 
Authority, Revenue    7.13    6/15/11    10,750,000 a    12,132,235 
Southlands Metropolitan District                 
Number 1, GO    7.13    12/1/14    2,000,000 a    2,430,240 
Florida--3.7%                 
Deltona,                 
Utilities System Revenue                 
(Insured; MBIA)    5.13    10/1/27    6,000,000    6,210,780 
Florida Housing Finance                 
Corporation, Housing Revenue                 
(Nelson Park Apartments)                 
(Insured; FSA)    6.40    3/1/40    5,000    5,156 
Jacksonville Economic Development                 


Commission, Health Care                 
Facilities Revenue (Florida                 
Proton Therapy Institute                 
Project)    6.25    9/1/27    3,500,000    3,483,935 
Municipal Securities Trust                 
Certificates (Florida Housing                 
Finance Corporation, Housing                 
Revenue - Nelson Park                 
Apartments) (Insured; FSA)    6.40    3/1/40    8,250,000 b,c    8,637,338 
Orange County Health Facilities                 
Authority, HR (Orlando                 
Regional Healthcare System)    6.00    10/1/09    45,000 a    47,587 
Orange County Health Facilities                 
Authority, HR (Orlando                 
Regional Healthcare System)    6.00    10/1/26    1,955,000    2,006,456 
Georgia--2.2%                 
Brooks County Development                 
Authority, Senior Health and                 
Housing Facilities Revenue                 
(Presbyterian Home, Quitman,                 
Inc.) (Collateralized; GNMA)    5.70    1/20/39    4,445,000    4,701,699 
Fulton County Development                 
Authority, Revenue (Georgia                 
Tech North Avenue Apartments             
Project) (Insured; XLCA)    5.00    6/1/32    2,500,000    2,590,150 
Milledgeville-Baldwin County                 
Development Authority, Revenue             
(Georgia College and State                 
Foundation)    6.00    9/1/13    2,090,000    2,374,177 
Milledgeville-Baldwin County                 
Development Authority, Revenue             
(Georgia College and State                 
Foundation)    6.00    9/1/14    2,000,000 a    2,320,480 
Hawaii--.4%                 
Hawaii Department of                 
Transportation, Special                 
Facility Revenue (Caterair                 
International Corporation)    10.13    12/1/10    2,000,000    2,001,240 
Idaho--.6%                 
Power County Industrial                 
Development Corporation, SWDR             
(FMC Corporation Project)    6.45    8/1/32    3,250,000    3,323,255 
Illinois--10.7%                 
Chicago                 
(Insured; FGIC)    6.13    7/1/10    14,565,000 a    15,753,795 
Chicago,                 
SFMR (Collateralized: FHLMC,             
FNMA and GNMA)    6.55    4/1/33    2,445,000    2,484,633 
Chicago,                 
Wastewater Transmission                 
Revenue (Insured; MBIA)    6.00    1/1/10    3,000,000 a    3,195,360 
Chicago O'Hare International                 


Airport, Special Facility                 
Revenue (American Airlines,                 
Inc. Project)    5.50    12/1/30    5,000,000    4,294,150 
Illinois Educational Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue                 
(Northwestern University)    5.00    12/1/38    5,000,000    5,129,700 
Illinois Educational Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (University                 
of Chicago) (Insured; MBIA)    5.13    7/1/08    5,000 a    5,103 
Illinois Health Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Advocate                 
Health Care Network)    6.13    11/15/10    4,020,000 a    4,347,509 
Illinois Health Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (OSF                 
Healthcare System)    6.25    11/15/09    7,730,000 a    8,232,759 
Illinois Health Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Swedish                 
American Hospital)    6.88    5/15/10    4,950,000 a    5,359,711 
Lombard Public Facilities                 
Corporation, Conference Center                 
and Hotel First Tier Revenue    7.13    1/1/36    3,500,000    3,651,410 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition                 
Authority, Dedicated State Tax                 
Revenue (McCormick Place                 
Expansion) (Insured; MBIA)    5.25    6/15/42    5,325,000    5,513,824 
Indiana--2.2%                 
Franklin Township School Building                 
Corporation, First Mortgage                 
Bonds    6.13    7/15/10    6,500,000 a    7,095,790 
Indiana Housing Finance Authority,                 
SFMR    5.95    1/1/29    580,000    586,009 
Petersburg,                 
SWDR (Indianapolis Power and                 
Light Company Project)    6.38    11/1/29    4,150,000    4,316,830 
Kansas--6.0%                 
Kansas Development Finance                 
Authority, Health Facilities                 
Revenue (Sisters of Charity of                 
Leavenworth Health Services                 
Corporation)    6.25    12/1/28    3,000,000    3,167,280 
Sedgwick and Shawnee Counties,                 
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed                 
Securities Program)                 
(Collateralized: FHLMC, FNMA                 
and GNMA)    5.25    12/1/38    3,805,000    3,954,955 
Sedgwick and Shawnee Counties,                 
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed                 
Securities Program)                 
(Collateralized: FNMA and GNMA)    6.30    12/1/32    3,950,000    4,004,945 
Sedgwick and Shawnee Counties,                 
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed                 
Securities Program)                 


(Collateralized: FNMA and GNMA)    6.45    12/1/33    8,055,000    8,744,589 
Sedgwick and Shawnee Counties,                 
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed                 
Securities Program)                 
(Collateralized: FNMA and GNMA)    5.70    12/1/35    2,210,000    2,329,009 
Wichita,                 
Hospital Facilities                 
Improvement Revenue (Via                 
Christi Health System Inc.)    6.25    11/15/24    10,000,000    10,441,700 
Kentucky--1.2%                 
Kentucky Area Development                 
Districts Financing Trust, COP                 
(Lease Acquisition Program)    5.50    5/1/27    2,000,000    2,067,040 
Kentucky Economic Development                 
Finance Authority, MFHR                 
(Christian Care Communities                 
Projects) (Collateralized;                 
GNMA)    5.25    11/20/25    2,370,000    2,486,154 
Kentucky Economic Development                 
Finance Authority, MFHR                 
(Christian Care Communities                 
Projects) (Collateralized;                 
GNMA)    5.38    11/20/35    1,805,000    1,865,792 
Louisiana--2.4%                 
Lakeshore Villages Master                 
Community Development                 
District, Special Assessment                 
Revenue    5.25    7/1/17    2,982,000    2,692,418 
Louisiana Local Government                 
Environmental Facilities and                 
Community Development                 
Authority, Revenue (Westlake                 
Chemical Corporation Projects)    6.75    11/1/32    5,000,000    4,971,950 
Louisiana Public Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Black and                 
Gold Facilities Project)                 
(Insured; CIFG)    5.00    7/1/39    3,815,000    3,811,986 
Saint James Parish,                 
SWDR (Freeport-McMoRan                 
Partnership Project)    7.70    10/1/22    1,405,000    1,418,910 
Maine--4.5%                 
Maine Finance Authority,                 
Education Loan Revenue                 
(Insured; AMBAC)    5.50    6/1/37    21,400,000 d    21,400,000 
Maine Housing Authority,                 
Mortgage Purchase    5.30    11/15/23    2,825,000    2,900,399 
Maryland--1.9%                 
Maryland Community Development                 
Administration, Department of                 
Housing and Community                 
Development, Residential                 
Revenue    5.75    9/1/37    2,450,000    2,640,365 


Maryland Economic Development                 
Corporation, Senior Student                 
Housing Revenue (University of                 
Maryland, Baltimore Project)    5.75    10/1/33    4,500,000    4,103,730 
Maryland Economic Development                 
Corporation, Student Housing                 
Revenue (University of                 
Maryland, College Park Project)    6.50    6/1/13    3,000,000 a    3,473,640 
Massachusetts--2.5%                 
Massachusetts Health and                 
Educational Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Civic                 
Investments Issue)    9.00    12/15/12    1,800,000 a    2,197,908 
Massachusetts Health and                 
Educational Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Partners                 
HealthCare System Issue)    5.75    7/1/11    4,815,000 a    5,270,836 
Massachusetts Health and                 
Educational Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Partners                 
HealthCare System Issue)    5.75    7/1/32    185,000    196,246 
Massachusetts Industrial Finance                 
Agency, RRR (Ogden Haverhill                 
Project)    5.60    12/1/19    6,000,000    6,064,380 
Michigan--7.4%                 
Charyl Stockwell Academy,                 
COP    5.90    10/1/35    2,580,000    2,466,325 
Detroit School District,                 
School Building and Site                 
Improvement Bonds (GO -                 
Unlimited Tax) (Insured; FGIC)    5.00    5/1/28    6,930,000    7,113,714 
Kent Hospital Finance Authority,                 
Revenue (Metropolitan Hospital                 
Project)    6.00    7/1/35    5,930,000    6,068,169 
Kent Hospital Finance Authority,                 
Revenue (Metropolitan Hospital                 
Project)    6.25    7/1/40    3,000,000    3,111,600 
Michigan Hospital Finance                 
Authority, Revenue (Ascension                 
Health Credit Group)    6.13    11/15/09    5,000,000 a    5,323,350 
Michigan Strategic Fund,                 
LOR (The Detroit Edison                 
Company Exempt Facilities                 
Project) (Insured; XLCA)    5.25    12/15/32    3,000,000    3,048,930 
Michigan Strategic Fund,                 
SWDR (Genesee Power Station                 
Project)    7.50    1/1/21    13,500,000    13,137,390 
Minnesota--6.9%                 
Dakota County Community                 
Development Agency, SFMR                 
(Mortgage-Backed Securities                 
Program) (Collateralized:                 


FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA)    5.15    12/1/38    2,483,762    2,427,182 
Dakota County Community                 
Development Agency, SFMR                 
(Mortgage-Backed Securities                 
Program) (Collateralized:                 
FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA)    5.30    12/1/39    4,887,064    5,052,687 
Duluth Economic Development                 
Authority, Health Care                 
Facilities Revenue (Saint                 
Luke's Hospital)    7.25    6/15/32    5,000,000    5,214,350 
North Oaks,                 
Senior Housing Revenue                 
(Presbyterian Homes of North                 
Oaks, Inc. Project)    6.25    10/1/47    5,265,000    5,256,681 
Saint Paul Housing and                 
Redevelopment Authority,                 
Hospital Facility Revenue                 
(HealthEast Project)    6.00    11/15/25    2,000,000    2,023,580 
Saint Paul Housing and                 
Redevelopment Authority,                 
Hospital Facility Revenue                 
(HealthEast Project)    6.00    11/15/30    5,500,000    5,513,200 
Saint Paul Housing and                 
Redevelopment Authority,                 
Hospital Facility Revenue                 
(HealthEast Project)    6.00    11/15/35    2,000,000    1,998,480 
Saint Paul Port Authority,                 
Hotel Facility Revenue                 
(Radisson Kellogg Project)    7.38    8/1/08    3,000,000 a    3,163,230 
United Hospital District of Todd,                 
Morrison, Cass and Wadena                 
Counties, GO Health Care                 
Facilities Revenue (Lakewood                 
Health System)    5.13    12/1/24    1,500,000    1,431,345 
Winona,                 
Health Care Facilities Revenue                 
(Winona Health Obligated Group)    6.00    7/1/26    5,000,000    5,205,650 
Mississippi--3.5%                 
Clairborne County,                 
PCR (System Energy Resources,                 
Inc. Project)    6.20    2/1/26    4,545,000    4,567,770 
Mississippi Business Finance                 
Corporation, PCR (System                 
Energy Resources, Inc. Project)    5.88    4/1/22    14,310,000    14,308,426 
Missouri--2.9%                 
Missouri Development Finance                 
Board, Infrastructure                 
Facilities Revenue (Branson                 
Landing Project)    5.38    12/1/27    2,000,000    2,002,460 
Missouri Development Finance                 
Board, Infrastructure                 
Facilities Revenue (Branson                 


Landing Project)    5.50    12/1/32    4,500,000    4,496,715 
Missouri Development Finance                 
Board, Infrastructure                 
Facilities Revenue                 
(Independence, Crackerneck                 
Creek Project)    5.00    3/1/28    2,000,000    1,969,400 
Missouri Health and Educational                 
Facilities Authority, Health                 
Facilities Revenue (Saint                 
Anthony's Medical Center)    6.25    12/1/10    6,750,000 a    7,385,243 
Montana--.2%                 
Montana Board of Housing,                 
SFMR    6.45    6/1/29    1,200,000    1,231,800 
Nebraska--1.0%                 
Nebraska Public Power District,                 
General Revenue (Insured;                 
AMBAC)    5.00    1/1/35    5,435,000    5,548,863 
Nevada--2.9%                 
Clark County,                 
IDR (Nevada Power Company                 
Project)    5.60    10/1/30    3,000,000    2,740,890 
Washoe County,                 
GO Convention Center Revenue             
(Reno-Sparks Convention and                 
Visitors Authority) (Insured;                 
FSA)    6.40    1/1/10    12,000,000 a    12,761,040 
New Hampshire--2.6%                 
New Hampshire Business Finance                 
Authority, PCR (Public Service                 
Company of New Hampshire)                 
(Insured; AMBAC)    6.00    5/1/21    7,000,000    7,182,700 
New Hampshire Health and                 
Educational Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Exeter                 
Project)    6.00    10/1/24    1,000,000    1,068,360 
New Hampshire Health and                 
Educational Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Exeter                 
Project)    5.75    10/1/31    1,000,000    1,026,680 
New Hampshire Industrial                 
Development Authority, PCR                 
(Connecticut Light and Power                 
Company Project)    5.90    11/1/16    5,000,000    5,059,900 
New Jersey--2.6%                 
New Jersey Economic Development                 
Authority, Cigarette Tax                 
Revenue    5.75    6/15/34    2,500,000    2,435,325 
New Jersey Economic Development                 
Authority, Special Facility                 
Revenue (Continental Airlines,                 
Inc. Project)    6.25    9/15/29    3,000,000    2,812,200 
Tobacco Settlement Financing                 


Corporation of New Jersey,                 
Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    7.00    6/1/13    5,640,000 a    6,626,492 
Tobacco Settlement Financing                 
Corporation of New Jersey,                 
Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    5.00    6/1/41    2,900,000    2,423,878 
New Mexico--1.3%                 
Farmington,                 
PCR (Tucson Electric Power                 
Company San Juan Project)    6.95    10/1/20    4,000,000    4,071,160 
New Mexico Mortgage Finance                 
Authority, Single Family                 
Mortgage Program Revenue                 
(Collateralized: FHLMC, FNMA                 
and GNMA)    7.00    9/1/31    1,230,000    1,248,844 
New Mexico Mortgage Finance                 
Authority, Single Family                 
Mortgage Program Revenue                 
(Collateralized: FHLMC, FNMA                 
and GNMA)    6.15    7/1/35    1,505,000    1,605,865 
New York--4.6%                 
New York City Industrial                 
Development Agency, Liberty                 
Revenue (7 World Trade Center                 
Project)    6.25    3/1/15    3,275,000    3,367,879 
New York City Industrial                 
Development Agency, Special                 
Facility Revenue (American                 
Airlines, Inc. John F. Kennedy                 
International Airport Project)    8.00    8/1/28    2,800,000    3,095,736 
Port Authority of New York and New                 
Jersey (Consolidated Bonds,                 
147th Series)    4.75    4/15/37    8,000,000    7,610,960 
Tobacco Settlement Financing                 
Corporation of New York,                 
Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds                 
(State Contingency Contract                 
Secured) (Insured; AMBAC)    5.25    6/1/21    5,000,000    5,317,750 
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel                 
Authority, Revenue    5.25    11/15/30    5,220,000    5,456,779 
North Carolina--1.2%                 
Gaston County Industrial                 
Facilities and Pollution                 
Control Financing Authority,                 
Exempt Facilities Revenue                 
(National Gypsum Company                 
Project)    5.75    8/1/35    3,000,000    2,831,280 
North Carolina Housing Finance                 
Agency, Home Ownership Revenue    5.88    7/1/31    3,560,000    3,589,299 
North Dakota--.1%                 
North Dakota Housing Finance                 


Agency, Home Mortgage Revenue             
(Housing Finance Program)    6.15    7/1/31    765,000    783,850 
Ohio--9.1%                 
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement                 
Financing Authority, Tobacco                 
Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds    6.50    6/1/47    25,500,000    26,211,705 
Canal Winchester Local School                 
District, School Facilities                 
Construction and Improvement                 
and Advance Refunding Bonds                 
(GO - Unlimited Tax) (Insured;                 
MBIA)    0.00    12/1/29    3,955,000    1,374,758 
Canal Winchester Local School                 
District, School Facilities                 
Construction and Improvement                 
and Advance Refunding Bonds                 
(GO - Unlimited Tax) (Insured;                 
MBIA)    0.00    12/1/31    3,955,000    1,242,582 
Cleveland State University,                 
General Receipts (Insured;                 
FGIC)    5.00    6/1/34    6,150,000    6,276,567 
Cuyahoga County,                 
Revenue    6.00    1/1/32    750,000    819,922 
Ohio,                 
SWDR (USG Corporation Project)    5.60    8/1/32    7,555,000    7,076,693 
Port of Greater Cincinnati                 
Development Authority, Tax                 
Increment Development Revenue                 
(Fairfax Village Red Bank                 
Infrastructure Project)    5.63    2/1/36    3,000,000    2,771,670 
Toledo Lucas County Port                 
Authority, Airport Revenue                 
(Baxter Global Project)    6.25    11/1/13    3,700,000    3,740,071 
Oklahoma--2.7%                 
Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency,                 
SFMR (Homeownership Loan                 
Program)    7.55    9/1/28    1,085,000    1,103,901 
Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency,                 
SFMR (Homeownership Loan                 
Program) (Collateralized: FNMA                 
and GNMA)    7.55    9/1/27    760,000    783,849 
Oklahoma Industries Authority,                 
Health System Revenue                 
(Obligated Group) (Insured;                 
MBIA)    5.75    8/15/09    5,160,000 a    5,429,920 
Oklahoma Industries Authority,                 
Health System Revenue                 
(Obligated Group) (Insured;                 
MBIA)    5.75    8/15/09    7,070,000 a    7,439,832 
Pennsylvania--2.6%                 
Pennsylvania Economic Development                 
Financing Authority, Exempt                 


Facilities Revenue (Reliant                 
Energy Seward, LLC Project)    6.75    12/1/36    2,500,000    2,544,625 
Pennsylvania Economic Development             
Financing Authority, SWDR (USG             
Corporation Project)    6.00    6/1/31    9,310,000    9,251,533 
Philadelphia Authority for                 
Industrial Development,                 
Revenue (Please Touch Museum             
Project)    5.25    9/1/31    2,500,000    2,406,425 
South Carolina--4.1%                 
Greenville County School District,                 
Installment Purchase Revenue                 
(Building Equity Sooner for                 
Tomorrow)    5.50    12/1/12    5,000 a    5,534 
Greenville County School District,                 
Installment Purchase Revenue                 
(Building Equity Sooner for                 
Tomorrow)    5.50    12/1/12    20,020,000 a,b,c    22,159,337 
Tennessee--3.5%                 
Johnson City Health and                 
Educational Facilities Board,                 
Hospital First Mortgage                 
Revenue (Mountain States                 
Health Alliance)    7.50    7/1/12    5,000,000 a    5,971,800 
Johnson City Health and                 
Educational Facilities Board,                 
Hospital First Mortgage                 
Revenue (Mountain States                 
Health Alliance)    7.50    7/1/12    3,000,000 a    3,583,080 
Memphis Center City Revenue                 
Finance Corporation, Sports                 
Facility Revenue (Memphis                 
Redbirds Baseball Foundation                 
Project)    6.50    9/1/28    10,000,000    9,297,400 
Texas--15.8%                 
Austin Convention Enterprises                 
Inc., Convention Center Hotel                 
First Tier Revenue    6.70    1/1/11    4,000,000 a    4,405,280 
Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth,                 
Dallas/Fort Worth                 
International Airport,                 
Facility Improvement                 
Corporation Revenue (American             
Airlines, Inc.)    6.38    5/1/35    10,630,000    9,621,851 
Gulf Coast Industrial Development                 
Authority, Environmental                 
Facilities Revenue (Microgy                 
Holdings Project)    7.00    12/1/36    6,000,000    5,776,920 
Harris County Health Facilities                 
Development Corporation, HR                 
(Memorial Hermann Healthcare             
System)    6.38    6/1/11    8,500,000 a    9,415,195 


Harris County Healthcare                 
Facilities Development                 
Corporation, HR (Memorial                 
Hospital System Project)                 
(Insured; MBIA)    6.00    6/1/24    10,000,000 d    10,000,000 
Houston,                 
Airport System Special                 
Facilities Revenue                 
(Continental Airlines, Inc.                 
Terminal E Project)    6.75    7/1/29    5,125,000    5,183,220 
Houston,                 
Airport System Special                 
Facilities Revenue                 
(Continental Airlines, Inc.                 
Terminal E Project)    7.00    7/1/29    3,800,000    3,879,762 
Sabine River Authority,                 
PCR (TXU Electric Company                 
Project)    6.45    6/1/21    11,300,000    10,759,295 
Sam Rayburn Municipal Power                 
Agency, Power Supply System                 
Revenue    5.75    10/1/21    6,000,000    6,347,280 
Texas Affordable Housing                 
Corporation, SFMR                 
(Collateralized: FHLMC, FNMA                 
and GNMA)    5.85    4/1/41    7,000,000    7,500,150 
Texas Department of Housing and                 
Community Affairs, Home                 
Mortgage Revenue                 
(Collateralized: FHLMC, FNMA                 
and GNMA)    9.16    7/2/24    1,000,000 e    1,066,710 
Texas Turnpike Authority,                 
Central Texas Turnpike System                 
Revenue (Insured; AMBAC)    5.75    8/15/38    7,100,000    7,650,321 
Tyler Health Facilities                 
Development Corporation, HR,                 
Refunding and Improvement                 
Bonds (East Texas Medical                 
Center Regional Healthcare                 
System Project)    5.25    11/1/32    5,500,000    5,039,925 
Vermont--.2%                 
Vermont Housing Finance Agency,                 
SFHR (Insured; FSA)    6.40    11/1/30    910,000    922,130 
Virginia--2.2%                 
Greater Richmond Convention Center             
Authority, Hotel Tax Revenue                 
(Convention Center Expansion                 
Project)    6.25    6/15/10    10,500,000 a    11,369,505 
Pittsylvania County Industrial                 
Development Authority, Exempt                 
Facility Revenue (Multitrade                 
of Pittsylvania County, L.P.                 
Project)    7.65    1/1/10    600,000    623,280 


Washington--3.6%                 
Seattle,                 
Water System Revenue (Insured;                 
FGIC)    6.00    7/1/09    10,000,000 a    10,533,200 
Washington Health Care Facilities                 
Authority, Revenue (Kadlec                 
Medical Center) (Insured;                 
Assured Guaranty)    5.00    12/1/30    2,000,000    2,026,480 
Washington Higher Education                 
Facilities Authority, Revenue                 
(Seattle University Project)                 
(Insured; AMBAC)    5.25    11/1/37    6,730,000    7,173,911 
West Virginia--1.3%                 
The County Commission of Pleasants                 
County, PCR (Allegheny Energy                 
Supply Company, LLC Pleasants                 
Station Project)    5.25    10/15/37    5,000,000    4,853,050 
West Virginia Water Development                 
Authority, Water Development                 
Revenue (Insured; AMBAC)    6.38    7/1/39    2,250,000    2,387,745 
Wisconsin--7.9%                 
Badger Tobacco Asset                 
Securitization Corporation,                 
Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    6.13    6/1/27    11,680,000 b,c    12,089,209 
Badger Tobacco Asset                 
Securitization Corporation,                 
Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    7.00    6/1/28    22,995,000    24,114,397 
Madison,                 
IDR (Madison Gas and Electric                 
Company Projects)    5.88    10/1/34    2,390,000    2,484,070 
Wisconsin Health and Educational                 
Facilities Authority, Revenue                 
(Aurora Health Care, Inc.)    6.40    4/15/33    4,000,000    4,186,920 
Wyoming--.8%                 
Sweetwater County,                 
SWDR (FMC Corporation Project)    5.60    12/1/35    4,500,000    4,268,385 
U.S. Related--1.5%                 
Children's Trust Fund of Puerto                 
Rico, Tobacco Settlement                 
Asset-Backed Bonds    0.00    5/15/55    20,000,000    677,400 
Guam Housing Corporation,                 
SFMR (Guaranteed                 
Mortgage-Backed Securities                 
Program) (Collateralized;                 
FHLMC)    5.75    9/1/31    965,000    1,021,752 
Puerto Rico Highways and                 
Transportation Authority,                 
Transportation Revenue    6.00    7/1/10    6,000,000 a    6,467,280 
Total Investments (cost $819,826,587)            154.4%    839,609,169 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables            (2.0%)    (10,725,066) 


Preferred Stock, at redemption value    (52.4%)    (285,000,000) 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders    100.0%    543,884,103 

a    These securities are prerefunded; the date shown represents the prerefunded date. Bonds which are prerefunded are 
    collateralized by U.S. Government securities which are held in escrow and are used to pay principal and interest on the 
    municipal issue and to retire the bonds in full at the earliest refunding date. 
b    Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in 
    transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2007, these securities 
    amounted to $42,885,884 or 7.9% of net assets applicable to Common Shareholders. 
c    Collateral for floating rate borrowings. 
d    Variable rate security--interest rate subject to periodic change. 
e    Inverse floater security--the interest rate is subject to change periodically. 

Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.

Summary of Abbreviations         



ACA    American Capital Access    AGC    ACE Guaranty Corporation 
AGIC    Asset Guaranty Insurance Company    AMBAC    American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation 
ARRN    Adjustable Rate Receipt Notes    BAN    Bond Anticipation Notes 
BIGI    Bond Investors Guaranty Insurance    BPA    Bond Purchase Agreement 
CGIC    Capital Guaranty Insurance Company    CIC    Continental Insurance Company 
CIFG    CDC Ixis Financial Guaranty    CMAC    Capital Market Assurance Corporation 
COP    Certificate of Participation    CP    Commercial Paper 
EDR    Economic Development Revenue    EIR    Environmental Improvement Revenue 
FGIC    Financial Guaranty Insurance Company    FHA    Federal Housing Administration 
FHLB    Federal Home Loan Bank    FHLMC    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
FNMA    Federal National Mortgage Association    FSA    Financial Security Assurance 
GAN    Grant Anticipation Notes    GIC    Guaranteed Investment Contract 
GNMA    Government National Mortgage Association    GO    General Obligation 
HR    Hospital Revenue    IDB    Industrial Development Board 
IDC    Industrial Development Corporation    IDR    Industrial Development Revenue 
LOC    Letter of Credit    LOR    Limited Obligation Revenue 
LR    Lease Revenue    MBIA    Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Insurance 
            Corporation 
MFHR    Multi-Family Housing Revenue    MFMR    Multi-Family Mortgage Revenue 
PCR    Pollution Control Revenue    PILOT    Payment in Lieu of Taxes 
RAC    Revenue Anticipation Certificates    RAN    Revenue Anticipation Notes 


RAW    Revenue Anticipation Warrants    RRR    Resources Recovery Revenue 
SAAN    State Aid Anticipation Notes    SBPA    Standby Bond Purchase Agreement 
SFHR    Single Family Housing Revenue    SFMR    Single Family Mortgage Revenue 
SONYMA    State of New York Mortgage Agency    SWDR    Solid Waste Disposal Revenue 
TAN    Tax Anticipation Notes    TAW    Tax Anticipation Warrants 
TRAN    Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes    XLCA    XL Capital Assurance 


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) The Registrant has revised its internal control over financial reporting with respect to investments in certain inverse floater structures to account for such investments as secured borrowings and to report the related income and expense.

Item 3. Exhibits.

(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) 
under the Investment Company Act of 1940. 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc. 
 
By:    /s/ J. David Officer 
    J. David Officer
    President 
 
Date:    February 25, 2008 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:    /s/ J. David Officer 
    J. David Officer 
    President
 
Date:    February 25, 2008 
 
By:    /s/ James Windels 
    James Windels 
    Treasurer
 
Date:    February 25, 2008 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a 
2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)