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MOBILE CITY finances

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MOBILE CITY

City or town in Alabama (Mobile County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 09/30); population 187,746.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$347.8 millionT
Charges and fees$124.4 millionA
Other general revenue$3.8 millionU
From the federal government$5.0 millionB
From the state government$20.9 millionC
From local governments$1.3 millionD
Spending: current operations$307.1 millionE
Spending: construction$83.0 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$8.1 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$10,000L M Q S
General revenue$503.2 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$398.2 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$255.2 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Sewerage$87.9 million
Police Protection$60.0 million
Water Utilities$52.1 million
General NEC$39.9 million
Local Fire Protection$38.1 million
Regular Highways$15.5 million
Parks & Rec$14.5 million
Central Staff$13.9 million
Transit Utilities$13.6 million
Correction Insts$11.2 million
Solid Waste Mgt$10.3 million
Financial Adm$8.0 million
Libraries$7.1 million
Parking$4.9 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$4.1 million
Correction NEC$3.2 million
Natural Resources NEC$2.9 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$1.5 million
Protective Inspection$1.4 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$271.6 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$16.4 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$255.2 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$802,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$2.3 million
A80Sewerage Charges$74.3 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$229,000
A91Water Utilities Revenue$46.2 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$650,000
B89Federal IG Other$5.0 million
C89State IG Other$20.9 million
D89Local IG Other$1.3 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$11.2 million
E05Correction NEC-Current Oper$3.2 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$8.0 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$38.1 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$13.9 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$4.1 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$9.1 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$1.5 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$7.1 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$2.9 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$4.9 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$14.5 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$60.0 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.4 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$38.5 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$10.3 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$39.9 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$24.9 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$13.6 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$6.4 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$49.5 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$27.1 million
I89General Interest on Debt$5.3 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$2.7 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$10,000
T01Property Tax$27.8 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$250.4 million
T10Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax$2.3 million
T13Motor Fuels Sales Tax$3.4 million
T16Tobacco Sales Tax$1.3 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$16.9 million
T24Motor Vehicle License$649,000
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$42.1 million
T29Other License Tax$2.9 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$121,000
U20Interest Earnings$1.1 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.8 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$816,000

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 012097160683.