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BESSEMER CITY finances

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BESSEMER CITY

City or town in Alabama (Jefferson County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 09/30); population 26,043.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$61.3 millionT
Charges and fees$66.7 millionA
Other general revenue$2.0 millionU
From the federal government$1.8 millionB
From the state government$2.0 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$114.0 millionE
Spending: construction$9.0 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$3.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$133.7 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$126.5 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$89.0 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Electric Utilities$33.9 million
Water Utilities$17.7 million
Police Protection$14.4 million
General NEC$13.3 million
Local Fire Protection$12.3 million
Regular Highways$9.7 million
Solid Waste Mgt$5.1 million
Parks & Rec$3.8 million
Central Staff$3.5 million
Judicial$2.9 million
Libraries$2.3 million
Financial Adm$1.9 million
Misc Comm Act$771,000
Protective Inspection$662,000
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$379,000
Health$289,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$92.6 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$3.6 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$89.0 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$104,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$1.0 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$8.9 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$21.1 million
A92Electric Utilities Revenue$35.5 million
B89Federal IG Other$1.8 million
C89State IG Other$2.0 million
E03Misc Comm Act-Current Oper$771,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$1.9 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$12.3 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$2.9 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$3.5 million
E32Health-Current Operation$289,000
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$6.3 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$379,000
E52Libraries-Current Operation$2.3 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$3.8 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$14.1 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$662,000
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$5.1 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$12.3 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$16.4 million
E92Electric Utilities-Current Op$31.1 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$3.5 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$6,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$381,000
F89General NEC-Construction$1.0 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$1.3 million
F92Electric Utilities-Constr$2.8 million
I89General Interest on Debt$2.1 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$1.2 million
I92Electric Utilities-Interest$334,000
T01Property Tax$8.8 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$38.0 million
T10Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax$335,000
T13Motor Fuels Sales Tax$1.1 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$274,000
T16Tobacco Sales Tax$24,000
T24Motor Vehicle License$129,000
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$4.3 million
T29Other License Tax$687,000
T40Indiv Income Tax$7.7 million
U20Interest Earnings$91,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.5 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$5,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$419,000

Source: State and local government finances 2022, Census of Governments: every local government (U.S. Census Bureau) (U.S. Census Bureau). Collected Nov 14, 2026 11:48 PM CST. Amounts as published (thousands of dollars in the file; shown in dollars). Group totals are sums of item codes by letter. Item code list: Census technical documentation. Government ID 012073160637.