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STERLING CITY finances

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STERLING CITY

City or town in Illinois (Whiteside County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 04/30); population 14,313.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$11.1 millionT
Charges and fees$246.3 millionA
Other general revenue$19.2 millionU
From the federal government$423,000B
From the state government$11.3 millionC
From local governments$612,000D
Spending: current operations$266.5 millionE
Spending: construction$1.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$3.7 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$288.9 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$271.5 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$103.5 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Hospitals$245.2 million
General NEC$13.0 million
Police Protection$3.5 million
Local Fire Protection$2.2 million
Regular Highways$2.0 million
Financial Adm$823,000
Libraries$619,000
Parks & Rec$219,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$79.7 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$29.5 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$5.7 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$103.5 million
A36Hospital Charges$241.5 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$15,000
A80Sewerage Charges$3.5 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$1.3 million
B89Federal IG Other$423,000
C89State IG Other$11.3 million
D89Local IG Other$612,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$657,000
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$2.2 million
E36Hospitals-Current Oper$245.2 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$1.4 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$619,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$219,000
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$3.5 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$12.6 million
F23Financial Adm-Construction$166,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$669,000
F89General NEC-Construction$409,000
I89General Interest on Debt$3.7 million
T01Property Tax$6.1 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$1.1 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$3.3 million
T29Other License Tax$604,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$106,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$19.1 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 172195125084.