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ATHENS CITY finances

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ATHENS CITY

City or town in Alabama (Limestone County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 09/30); population 28,643.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$28.8 millionT
Charges and fees$155.6 millionA
Other general revenue$2.1 millionU
From the federal government$0B
From the state government$2.3 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$150.8 millionE
Spending: construction$21.5 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$5.3 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$6.4 millionL M Q S
General revenue$188.9 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$177.6 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$138.6 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Electric Utilities$116.4 million
Regular Highways$13.7 million
Gas Utilities$10.5 million
Water Utilities$9.6 million
Police Protection$5.4 million
Local Fire Protection$4.1 million
Central Staff$3.8 million
Solid Waste Mgt$3.4 million
Parks & Rec$2.1 million
General NEC$1.9 million
Financial Adm$1.2 million
Libraries$156,000
Judicial$7,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$164.9 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$26.4 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$138.6 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$5.5 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$14.4 million
A92Electric Utilities Revenue$121.8 million
A93Gas Utilities Revenue$13.8 million
C89State IG Other$2.3 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$1.2 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$4.1 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$7,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$3.8 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$4.6 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$156,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$2.1 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$5.4 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$3.4 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$465,000
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$8.1 million
E92Electric Utilities-Current Op$109.2 million
E93Gas Utilities-Current Oper$8.3 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$9.1 million
F89General NEC-Construction$1.5 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$1.5 million
F92Electric Utilities-Constr$7.2 million
F93Gas Utilities-Construction$2.3 million
I89General Interest on Debt$3.2 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$1.1 million
I92Electric Utilities-Interest$877,000
I93Gas Utilities-Interest on Debt$132,000
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$6.4 million
T01Property Tax$5.0 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$18.8 million
T10Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax$966,000
T13Motor Fuels Sales Tax$725,000
T16Tobacco Sales Tax$483,000
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$45,000
T29Other License Tax$2.7 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$268,000
U20Interest Earnings$438,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$272,000
U40Rents$34,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$1.1 million

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 012083207518.