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SAN DIEGO CITY finances

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SAN DIEGO CITY

City or town in California (San Diego County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); population 1,381,162.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$1.9 billionT
Charges and fees$2.3 billionA
Other general revenue$524.8 millionU
From the federal government$713.1 millionB
From the state government$153.9 millionC
From local governments$28.3 millionD
Spending: current operations$5.0 billionE
Spending: construction$1.9 billionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$208.0 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$5.4 millionL M Q S
General revenue$5.6 billionT A U B C D
Direct spending$7.0 billionE F G I J
Debt at year end$5.9 billion49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Water Utilities$1.0 billion
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$742.9 million
Parks & Rec$730.3 million
General NEC$699.0 million
Police Protection$677.9 million
Sewerage$644.9 million
Regular Highways$640.5 million
Central Staff$480.5 million
Local Fire Protection$372.3 million
Solid Waste Mgt$175.8 million
Health$129.3 million
Protective Inspection$123.3 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$108.7 million
Libraries$85.5 million
Judicial$81.8 million
Financial Adm$63.3 million
Transit Utilities$45.1 million
Air Trans$8.8 million
Parking$3.6 million
Natural Resources NEC$3.5 million
Misc Comm Act$2.2 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$5.4 billion
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$3,000
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$398.3 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$5.9 billion
A01Air Transportation Charges$9.4 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$1.4 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$1.9 million
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$77.1 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$6.0 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$153.8 million
A80Sewerage Charges$431.0 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$89.1 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$942.2 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$577.3 million
B89Federal IG Other$713.1 million
C89State IG Other$153.9 million
D89Local IG Other$28.3 million
E01Air Trans Current Operation$7.0 million
E03Misc Comm Act-Current Oper$2.2 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$63.3 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$359.1 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$81.8 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$480.0 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$108.7 million
E32Health-Current Operation$129.2 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$263.8 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$722.2 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$70.4 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$3.6 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$505.0 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$631.3 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$123.3 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$326.0 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$173.4 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$340.7 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$521.5 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$45.1 million
F01Air Trans Construction$1.7 million
F23Financial Adm-Construction$37,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$13.3 million
F29Central Staff-Construction$519,000
F32Health-Construction$121,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$376.7 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$20.7 million
F52Libraries-Construction$15.1 million
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$3.5 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$225.3 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$46.7 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$318.9 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$2.4 million
F89General NEC-Construction$358.3 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$488.1 million
I89General Interest on Debt$155.1 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$52.9 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$5.4 million
T01Property Tax$794.2 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$435.7 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$258.2 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$310.9 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$35.8 million
T29Other License Tax$15.3 million
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$9.6 million
U01Special Assessments$88.0 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$51.6 million
U20Interest Earnings$68.4 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$34.8 million
U40Rents$93.3 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$2.5 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$186.1 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 062073207598.