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WICHITA CITY finances

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WICHITA CITY

City or town in Kansas (Sedgwick County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 391,731.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$279.0 millionT
Charges and fees$269.1 millionA
Other general revenue$44.5 millionU
From the federal government$0B
From the state government$38.5 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$393.3 millionE
Spending: construction$84.0 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$16.8 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$631.2 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$494.1 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$1.2 billion49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Police Protection$98.9 million
Regular Highways$68.1 million
Local Fire Protection$51.9 million
Water Utilities$46.9 million
Sewerage$43.8 million
Parks & Rec$42.2 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$27.4 million
Air Trans$20.5 million
General NEC$18.1 million
Transit Utilities$12.8 million
Central Staff$11.8 million
Judicial$10.0 million
Libraries$9.2 million
Financial Adm$5.7 million
Solid Waste Mgt$3.2 million
Health$2.2 million
Natural Resources NEC$1.8 million
Parking$1.4 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$1.1 million
Welfare NEC$343,000
Misc Comm Act$20,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$1.1 billion
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$101.5 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$91.1 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$1.1 billion
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$111.0 million
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$138.0 million
A01Air Transportation Charges$29.2 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$4,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$963,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$9.0 million
A80Sewerage Charges$87.9 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$2.7 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$23.9 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$113.1 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$2.4 million
C89State IG Other$38.5 million
E01Air Trans Current Operation$20.3 million
E03Misc Comm Act-Current Oper$20,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$5.7 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$51.9 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$10.0 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$11.8 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$1.1 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.2 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$33.5 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$9.2 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$1.8 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$1.4 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$30.0 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$98.9 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$343,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$41.5 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$2.4 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$18.1 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$40.6 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$12.6 million
F01Air Trans Construction$159,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$34.6 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$27.4 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$12.2 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$2.4 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$805,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$6.3 million
F94Transit Utilities-Construction$158,000
I89General Interest on Debt$16.8 million
I94Transit Utilities-Interest$14,000
T01Property Tax$147.6 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$72.7 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$48.0 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$8.5 million
T29Other License Tax$2.2 million
U01Special Assessments$22.3 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$260,000
U20Interest Earnings$1.6 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$10.9 million
U40Rents$2.7 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$6.8 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 202173201810.