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DOVER CITY finances

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DOVER CITY

City or town in Delaware (Kent County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 38,199.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$21.7 millionT
Charges and fees$112.1 millionA
Other general revenue$2.2 millionU
From the federal government$0B
From the state government$1.8 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$108.8 millionE
Spending: construction$17.8 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$1.2 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$404,000L M Q S
General revenue$137.7 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$127.7 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$049U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Electric Utilities$69.5 million
Police Protection$21.4 million
General NEC$9.4 million
Sewerage$5.7 million
Water Utilities$4.4 million
Solid Waste Mgt$2.9 million
Central Staff$2.9 million
Regular Highways$2.8 million
Libraries$2.2 million
Financial Adm$1.9 million
Protective Inspection$1.2 million
Local Fire Protection$1.0 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$766,000
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$247,000
Parks & Rec$140,000
Health$106,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$165,000
A80Sewerage Charges$8.8 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$3.6 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$2.8 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$8.9 million
A92Electric Utilities Revenue$87.8 million
C89State IG Other$1.8 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$1.9 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$816,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$2.9 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$723,000
E32Health-Current Operation$106,000
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$2.2 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$247,000
E52Libraries-Current Operation$2.2 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$21.0 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.2 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$3.1 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$2.5 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$9.1 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$979,000
E92Electric Utilities-Current Op$59.9 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$195,000
F29Central Staff-Construction$18,000
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$43,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$651,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$140,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$445,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$2.6 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$403,000
F89General NEC-Construction$249,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$3.4 million
F92Electric Utilities-Constr$9.6 million
I89General Interest on Debt$31,000
I91Water Utilities-Interest$315,000
I92Electric Utilities-Interest$807,000
L89General NEC-IG to State$84,000
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$320,000
T01Property Tax$15.6 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$735,000
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$1.7 million
T29Other License Tax$1.7 million
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$1.9 million
U20Interest Earnings$507,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.4 million
U40Rents$147,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$84,000

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 102001207645.