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ARVADA CITY finances

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ARVADA CITY

City or town in Colorado (Jefferson County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 12/31); population 121,581.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$128.6 millionT
Charges and fees$74.3 millionA
Other general revenue$28.1 millionU
From the federal government$4.6 millionB
From the state government$9.3 millionC
From local governments$5.9 millionD
Spending: current operations$183.1 millionE
Spending: construction$20.7 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$4.4 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$250.8 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$208.2 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$101.8 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Water Utilities$42.9 million
Police Protection$42.5 million
General NEC$37.8 million
Parks & Rec$19.4 million
Sewerage$18.2 million
Financial Adm$17.8 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$9.4 million
Central Staff$7.2 million
Solid Waste Mgt$4.4 million
Judicial$4.3 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$106.4 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$4.6 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$101.8 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$7.8 million
A80Sewerage Charges$25.2 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$3.3 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$5.7 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$32.3 million
B89Federal IG Other$4.6 million
C89State IG Other$9.3 million
D89Local IG Other$5.9 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$17.8 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$4.3 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$7.2 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$9.4 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$19.3 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$42.4 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$15.7 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$4.4 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$37.3 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$25.3 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$82,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$47,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$2.5 million
F89General NEC-Construction$509,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$17.6 million
I89General Interest on Debt$4.4 million
T01Property Tax$9.5 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$109.0 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$5.3 million
T29Other License Tax$4.8 million
U20Interest Earnings$570,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$4.3 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$23.2 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 082059161374.