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WILMINGTON CITY finances

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WILMINGTON CITY

City or town in Delaware (New Castle County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 70,376.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$145.2 millionT
Charges and fees$114.8 millionA
Other general revenue$9.5 millionU
From the federal government$0B
From the state government$19.1 millionC
From local governments$21.3 millionD
Spending: current operations$254.7 millionE
Spending: construction$22.5 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$9.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$309.9 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$286.8 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$241.9 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Police Protection$68.5 million
Water Utilities$65.7 million
Local Fire Protection$30.9 million
Central Staff$21.9 million
Solid Waste Mgt$18.7 million
Financial Adm$13.0 million
Sewerage$12.8 million
Regular Highways$10.4 million
Parks & Rec$9.7 million
Parking$8.1 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$6.0 million
Protective Inspection$6.0 million
Judicial$3.0 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$2.3 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$268.7 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$26.7 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$241.9 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$10.9 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$7.8 million
A80Sewerage Charges$26.4 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$10.9 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$58.7 million
C89State IG Other$19.1 million
D89Local IG Other$21.3 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$12.9 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$29.8 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$3.0 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$17.7 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$3.0 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$10.4 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$1.7 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$8.1 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$8.1 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$68.3 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$6.0 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$12.5 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$16.0 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$57.2 million
F23Financial Adm-Construction$48,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$1.1 million
F29Central Staff-Construction$4.3 million
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$3.1 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$670,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$1.6 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$236,000
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$6,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$302,000
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$2.7 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$8.5 million
I89General Interest on Debt$3.9 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$5.7 million
T01Property Tax$51.3 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$898,000
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$1.4 million
T29Other License Tax$7.0 million
T41Corporation Net Income Tax$8.6 million
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$7.0 million
T99Taxes, NEC$69.1 million
U20Interest Earnings$1.9 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$7.6 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 102003161529.