PSI Sci
New here? Follow the money and the votes · Not sure of your district? Find your U.S. House member · Find your state legislators

COUNCIL BLUFFS CITY finances

Money › Local governments in Iowa

COUNCIL BLUFFS CITY

City or town in Iowa (Pottawattamie County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); population 62,405.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$87.5 millionT
Charges and fees$53.0 millionA
Other general revenue$12.0 millionU
From the federal government$5.0 millionB
From the state government$14.3 millionC
From local governments$312,000D
Spending: current operations$128.6 millionE
Spending: construction$50.3 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$4.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$1.5 millionL M Q S
General revenue$172.2 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$183.4 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$101.7 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
General NEC$45.4 million
Water Utilities$36.7 million
Police Protection$21.6 million
Local Fire Protection$15.1 million
Parks & Rec$11.6 million
Sewerage$11.4 million
Regular Highways$9.2 million
Solid Waste Mgt$6.6 million
Financial Adm$5.8 million
Health$4.3 million
Libraries$3.3 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.5 million
Transit Utilities$2.0 million
Central Staff$1.1 million
Protective Inspection$1.1 million
Judicial$480,000
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$326,000
Natural Resources NEC$263,000
Parking$131,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$79.6 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$33.3 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$11.2 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$101.7 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$165,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$1.3 million
A80Sewerage Charges$15.4 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$7.0 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$12.7 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$16.3 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$158,000
B89Federal IG Other$5.0 million
C89State IG Other$14.3 million
D89Local IG Other$312,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$5.8 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$15.1 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$480,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$1.1 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.5 million
E32Health-Current Operation$4.3 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$9.2 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$326,000
E52Libraries-Current Operation$3.3 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$263,000
E60Parking-Current Operation$131,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$11.6 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$21.6 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.1 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$11.4 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$6.6 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$17.6 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$14.2 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$2.0 million
F89General NEC-Construction$27.8 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$22.4 million
I89General Interest on Debt$4.2 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$404,000
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$1.5 million
T01Property Tax$58.9 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$14.1 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$6.3 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$4.3 million
T29Other License Tax$3.9 million
U01Special Assessments$173,000
U11Sale of Property 2/$1.3 million
U20Interest Earnings$3.6 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.7 million
U40Rents$745,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$4.4 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 192155164540.