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TOPEKA CITY finances

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TOPEKA CITY

City or town in Kansas (Shawnee County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 124,558.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$137.2 millionT
Charges and fees$154.1 millionA
Other general revenue$9.8 millionU
From the federal government$6.6 millionB
From the state government$11.6 millionC
From local governments$2.1 millionD
Spending: current operations$202.2 millionE
Spending: construction$7.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$6.7 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$321.3 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$216.1 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$456.8 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Regular Highways$45.7 million
Water Utilities$39.2 million
Police Protection$38.7 million
Sewerage$30.1 million
Local Fire Protection$27.7 million
Transit Utilities$9.5 million
Central Staff$4.6 million
Parks & Rec$2.8 million
Parking$2.5 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.3 million
Financial Adm$2.2 million
Judicial$1.7 million
General NEC$1.6 million
Natural Resources NEC$792,000
Protective Inspection$22,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$409.5 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$109.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$66.7 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$451.8 million
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$24.4 million
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$5.1 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$9.1 million
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$12.9 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$2.1 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$170,000
A80Sewerage Charges$33.4 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$10.9 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$84.5 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$889,000
B89Federal IG Other$6.6 million
C89State IG Other$11.6 million
D89Local IG Other$2.1 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$2.2 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$27.5 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$1.7 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$4.6 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.3 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$45.7 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$792,000
E60Parking-Current Operation$2.3 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$2.8 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$38.7 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$29.1 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$1.6 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$35.0 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$7.9 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$102,000
F60Parking-Construction$131,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$31,000
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$22,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$1.0 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$4.3 million
F94Transit Utilities-Construction$1.6 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$6.7 million
T01Property Tax$50.2 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$65.8 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$13.7 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$2.5 million
T24Motor Vehicle License$5.0 million
U01Special Assessments$4.1 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$117,000
U20Interest Earnings$707,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.9 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$3.0 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 202177164885.