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AURORA CITY finances

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AURORA CITY

City or town in Colorado (Arapahoe County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 387,377.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$555.1 millionT
Charges and fees$224.1 millionA
Other general revenue$94.5 millionU
From the federal government$23.0 millionB
From the state government$24.9 millionC
From local governments$21.5 millionD
Spending: current operations$666.3 millionE
Spending: construction$221.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$32.1 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$26.1 millionL M Q S
General revenue$943.1 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$919.6 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$837.6 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Water Utilities$179.6 million
General NEC$147.0 million
Police Protection$127.3 million
Sewerage$90.5 million
Parks & Rec$86.3 million
Regular Highways$79.9 million
Local Fire Protection$67.6 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$37.6 million
Central Staff$27.7 million
Financial Adm$25.0 million
Judicial$13.3 million
Libraries$5.7 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$623.9 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$452.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$238.3 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$837.6 million
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$4.5 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$11.4 million
A80Sewerage Charges$73.6 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$668,000
A91Water Utilities Revenue$133.9 million
B89Federal IG Other$23.0 million
C89State IG Other$24.9 million
D89Local IG Other$21.5 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$25.0 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$65.9 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$13.3 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$27.6 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$37.5 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$36.0 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$5.7 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$56.1 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$126.8 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$58.0 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$145.2 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$69.1 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$1.8 million
F29Central Staff-Construction$78,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$42.4 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$1.6 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$30.2 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$480,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$32.5 million
F89General NEC-Construction$1.7 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$110.5 million
I89General Interest on Debt$13.6 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$18.5 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$26.1 million
T01Property Tax$122.4 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$352.7 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$15.7 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$34.4 million
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$402,000
T21Amusement License Tax$19,000
T24Motor Vehicle License$1.1 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$10.5 million
T29Other License Tax$17.9 million
T99Taxes, NEC$36,000
U01Special Assessments$84,000
U20Interest Earnings$56,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$4.6 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$89.8 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 082005194644.