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ARVADA CITY finances

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ARVADA CITY

City or town in Colorado (Jefferson County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 121,936.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$113.3 millionT
Charges and fees$65.7 millionA
Other general revenue$7.1 millionU
From the federal government$6.7 millionB
From the state government$8.4 millionC
From local governments$6.1 millionD
Spending: current operations$156.2 millionE
Spending: construction$18.9 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$3.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$207.4 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$178.6 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$106.5 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Water Utilities$38.3 million
Police Protection$36.0 million
General NEC$32.1 million
Parks & Rec$16.4 million
Sewerage$15.6 million
Financial Adm$15.1 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$8.0 million
Central Staff$6.1 million
Solid Waste Mgt$3.7 million
Judicial$3.7 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$93.5 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$17.6 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$4.6 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$106.5 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$6.5 million
A80Sewerage Charges$21.1 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$2.8 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$4.8 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$30.6 million
B89Federal IG Other$6.7 million
C89State IG Other$8.4 million
D89Local IG Other$6.1 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$15.1 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$3.7 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$6.1 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$8.0 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$16.4 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$36.0 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$13.4 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$3.7 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$31.7 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$22.3 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$76,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$44,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$2.3 million
F89General NEC-Construction$474,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$16.0 million
I89General Interest on Debt$3.6 million
T01Property Tax$8.3 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$96.1 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$4.7 million
T29Other License Tax$4.2 million
U20Interest Earnings$139,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.1 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$5.9 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 082059161374.