PALM BEACH COUNTY finances
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PALM BEACH COUNTY
County in Florida (Palm Beach County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 09/30); population 1,507,600.
Other years: 2024 · 2022
Summary
| What | Amount | Census item codes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes | $1.6 billion | T |
| Charges and fees | $917.9 million | A |
| Other general revenue | $170.1 million | U |
| From the federal government | $340.4 million | B |
| From the state government | $267.7 million | C |
| From local governments | $96.0 million | D |
| Spending: current operations | $2.4 billion | E |
| Spending: construction | $238.7 million | F |
| Spending: other capital outlay | $0 | G |
| Spending: interest on debt | $34.8 million | I |
| Spending: assistance and subsidies | $0 | J |
| Payments to other governments | $33.9 million | L M Q S |
| General revenue | $3.4 billion | T A U B C D |
| Direct spending | $2.7 billion | E F G I J |
| Debt at year end | $1.1 billion | 49U + 64V |
Spending by function
| Function (Census name) | Current operations + construction + capital |
|---|---|
| Police Protection | $550.8 million |
| Local Fire Protection | $351.7 million |
| General NEC | $289.2 million |
| Solid Waste Mgt | $279.5 million |
| Correction Insts | $176.6 million |
| Transit Utilities | $149.0 million |
| Sewerage | $143.7 million |
| Financial Adm | $135.3 million |
| Regular Highways | $96.0 million |
| Parks & Rec | $82.8 million |
| Air Trans | $73.6 million |
| Water Utilities | $54.8 million |
| Libraries | $54.3 million |
| Judicial | $48.0 million |
| Natural Resources NEC | $39.6 million |
| Central Staff | $36.7 million |
| Health | $35.5 million |
| General Public Bldg-Curr Oper | $31.6 million |
| Protective Inspection | $24.9 million |
| Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper | $23.1 million |
| Welfare NEC | $4.8 million |
Every item reported
| Code | Census description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 19U | Beg LT Debt O/S NEC | $866.8 million |
| 29U | LTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC | $63.1 million |
| 39U | LTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC | $90.9 million |
| 49U | LTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC | $1.1 billion |
| A01 | Air Transportation Charges | $63.2 million |
| A44 | Regular Highway Charges | $645,000 |
| A59 | Nat Resources NEC Charges | $3.2 million |
| A60 | Parking Facilities Charges | $161,000 |
| A61 | Parks & Recreation Charges | $21.7 million |
| A80 | Sewerage Charges | $86.7 million |
| A81 | Solid Waste Charges | $326.4 million |
| A89 | All Other NEC Charges | $274.4 million |
| A91 | Water Utilities Revenue | $134.5 million |
| A94 | Transit Utilities Revenue | $7.0 million |
| B89 | Federal IG Other | $340.4 million |
| C89 | State IG Other | $267.7 million |
| D89 | Local IG Other | $96.0 million |
| E01 | Air Trans Current Operation | $73.6 million |
| E04 | Correction Insts-Current Oper | $176.1 million |
| E23 | Financial Adm-Curr Operation | $124.1 million |
| E24 | Local Fire Protection Curr Operation | $338.1 million |
| E25 | Judicial-Current Operation | $47.9 million |
| E29 | Central Staff-Curr Operation | $36.0 million |
| E31 | General Public Bldg-Curr Oper | $31.6 million |
| E32 | Health-Current Operation | $35.4 million |
| E44 | Regular Highways-Current Oper | $57.0 million |
| E50 | Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper | $23.1 million |
| E52 | Libraries-Current Operation | $45.4 million |
| E59 | Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op | $38.7 million |
| E61 | Parks & Rec-Current Operation | $68.3 million |
| E62 | Police Protection-Current Oper | $512.1 million |
| E66 | Protective Inspection-Curr Op | $24.8 million |
| E79 | Welfare NEC-Current Operation | $4.8 million |
| E80 | Sewerage-Current Operation | $82.1 million |
| E81 | Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper | $279.5 million |
| E89 | General NEC-Current Operation | $275.4 million |
| E91 | Water Utilities-Current Oper | $54.8 million |
| E94 | Transit Utilities-Current Op | $113.8 million |
| F04 | Correction Insts-Construction | $496,000 |
| F23 | Financial Adm-Construction | $11.2 million |
| F24 | Local Fire Protection Construction | $13.6 million |
| F25 | Judicial-Construction | $84,000 |
| F29 | Central Staff-Construction | $739,000 |
| F31 | General Public Bldg-Constr | $13,000 |
| F32 | Health-Construction | $41,000 |
| F44 | Regular Highways-Construction | $39.0 million |
| F52 | Libraries-Construction | $9.0 million |
| F59 | Natural Resources NEC-Constr | $856,000 |
| F61 | Parks & Rec-Construction | $14.4 million |
| F62 | Police Protection-Construction | $38.6 million |
| F66 | Protective Inspection-Constr | $108,000 |
| F80 | Sewerage-Construction | $61.6 million |
| F89 | General NEC-Construction | $13.8 million |
| F94 | Transit Utilities-Construction | $35.2 million |
| I89 | General Interest on Debt | $32.3 million |
| I91 | Water Utilities-Interest | $2.4 million |
| L89 | General NEC-IG to State | $33.9 million |
| T01 | Property Tax | $1.3 billion |
| T13 | Motor Fuels Sales Tax | $49.5 million |
| T15 | Public Utilities Tax | $64.8 million |
| T19 | Other Selective Sales Taxes | $51.0 million |
| T28 | Occup & Business License, NEC | $40.3 million |
| T29 | Other License Tax | $37.1 million |
| U01 | Special Assessments | $71.1 million |
| U11 | Sale of Property 2/ | $8.8 million |
| U20 | Interest Earnings | $26.7 million |
| U30 | Fines & Forfeits | $6.7 million |
| U40 | Rents | $2.4 million |
| U50 | Donations From Private Sources | $15.0 million |
| U99 | Misc General Revenue NEC | $39.4 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 121099101897.