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LAKELAND CITY finances

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LAKELAND CITY

City or town in Florida (Polk County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 09/30); population 120,071.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$82.6 millionT
Charges and fees$526.5 millionA
Other general revenue$105.5 millionU
From the federal government$7.8 millionB
From the state government$17.5 millionC
From local governments$18.9 millionD
Spending: current operations$705.5 millionE
Spending: construction$20.6 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$20.9 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$20,000L M Q S
General revenue$758.8 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$747.0 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$725.9 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Electric Utilities$307.6 million
Financial Adm$141.7 million
Police Protection$58.9 million
Sewerage$30.2 million
Parks & Rec$29.1 million
Water Utilities$27.3 million
General NEC$26.7 million
Local Fire Protection$24.1 million
Regular Highways$18.6 million
Solid Waste Mgt$17.1 million
Air Trans$14.4 million
Natural Resources NEC$10.1 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$6.7 million
Protective Inspection$4.6 million
Libraries$4.1 million
Central Staff$3.1 million
Parking$1.4 million
Judicial$266,000
Welfare NEC$229,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$699.1 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$155.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$128.2 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$725.9 million
A01Air Transportation Charges$10.4 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$892,000
A44Regular Highway Charges$1.3 million
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$8.3 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$687,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$9.7 million
A80Sewerage Charges$40.7 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$17.8 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$5.4 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$41.9 million
A92Electric Utilities Revenue$389.4 million
B89Federal IG Other$7.8 million
C89State IG Other$17.5 million
D89Local IG Other$18.9 million
E01Air Trans Current Operation$14.4 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$141.7 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$24.0 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$266,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$3.1 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$11.7 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$6.2 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$4.1 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$7.7 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$1.4 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$28.8 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$48.3 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$4.6 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$229,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$30.2 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$17.1 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$26.7 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$27.3 million
E92Electric Utilities-Current Op$307.6 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$44,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$6.8 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$474,000
F52Libraries-Construction$9,000
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$2.4 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$320,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$10.6 million
I89General Interest on Debt$3.7 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$2.2 million
I92Electric Utilities-Interest$14.9 million
L89General NEC-IG to State$1,000
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$19,000
T01Property Tax$50.4 million
T12Insurance Premium Tax$2.6 million
T13Motor Fuels Sales Tax$6.7 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$17.3 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$3.1 million
T29Other License Tax$2.5 million
U01Special Assessments$10.6 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$227,000
U20Interest Earnings$46.7 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$2.8 million
U40Rents$12.1 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$1.5 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$31.6 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 122105184767.