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MOBILE CITY finances

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MOBILE CITY

City or town in Alabama (Mobile County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 09/30); population 183,289.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$393.3 millionT
Charges and fees$165.8 millionA
Other general revenue$24.2 millionU
From the federal government$6.1 millionB
From the state government$26.7 millionC
From local governments$464,000D
Spending: current operations$344.7 millionE
Spending: construction$96.9 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$12.4 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$18.8 millionL M Q S
General revenue$616.5 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$454.0 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$366.6 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Sewerage$115.8 million
Police Protection$62.8 million
Water Utilities$52.2 million
General NEC$44.1 million
Local Fire Protection$39.8 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$16.1 million
Parks & Rec$15.8 million
Regular Highways$14.2 million
Transit Utilities$13.9 million
Correction Insts$13.6 million
Solid Waste Mgt$12.2 million
Health$8.7 million
Libraries$7.5 million
Financial Adm$5.8 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$4.9 million
Protective Inspection$3.9 million
Central Staff$3.8 million
Correction NEC$3.6 million
Judicial$2.1 million
Parking$766,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$402.9 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$36.3 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$366.6 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$400,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$13.4 million
A80Sewerage Charges$96.2 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$6.0 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$49.1 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$682,000
B89Federal IG Other$6.1 million
C89State IG Other$26.7 million
D89Local IG Other$464,000
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$13.6 million
E05Correction NEC-Current Oper$3.6 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$5.8 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$39.8 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$2.1 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$3.8 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$4.9 million
E32Health-Current Operation$8.7 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$14.2 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$16.1 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$7.5 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$766,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$15.8 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$62.8 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$3.9 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$44.5 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$12.2 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$44.1 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$26.5 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$13.9 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$71.3 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$25.7 million
I89General Interest on Debt$10.3 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$2.0 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$18.8 million
T01Property Tax$27.7 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$274.7 million
T10Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax$2.6 million
T13Motor Fuels Sales Tax$11.2 million
T16Tobacco Sales Tax$2.2 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$27.5 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$45.8 million
T29Other License Tax$1.5 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$227,000
U20Interest Earnings$11.7 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$12.3 million

Source: State and local government finances 2024, annual survey sample of units (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.