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TAUNTON CITY finances

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TAUNTON CITY

City or town in Massachusetts (Bristol County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); population 59,922.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$142.0 millionT
Charges and fees$184.0 millionA
Other general revenue$25.4 millionU
From the federal government$25.5 millionB
From the state government$112.7 millionC
From local governments$619,000D
Spending: current operations$430.1 millionE
Spending: construction$61.9 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$4.9 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$8.0 millionL M Q S
General revenue$490.2 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$497.0 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$257.4 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Elem Sec Educ$175.6 million
Electric Utilities$109.6 million
General NEC$72.9 million
Sewerage$39.6 million
Police Protection$26.1 million
Local Fire Protection$19.3 million
Water Utilities$14.7 million
Regular Highways$7.5 million
Solid Waste Mgt$6.8 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$4.3 million
Financial Adm$2.8 million
Parks & Rec$2.5 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$2.5 million
Protective Inspection$2.0 million
Libraries$1.5 million
Central Staff$1.2 million
Welfare NEC$1.1 million
Health$1.0 million
Judicial$700,000
Natural Resources NEC$446,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$160.9 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$74.3 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$13.4 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$221.8 million
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$82.3 million
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$35.7 million
A09Elem Sec Ed Sch Lunch Charges$509,000
A10Elem Sec Educ Tuition and Transportation Charges$387,000
A12Elem Sec Educ NEC Charges$220,000
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$125,000
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$32,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$252,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$40,000
A80Sewerage Charges$17.0 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$2.1 million
A87Water Trans & Terminal Charges$7,000
A89All Other NEC Charges$4.8 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$16.5 million
A92Electric Utilities Revenue$142.0 million
B89Federal IG Other$25.5 million
C89State IG Other$112.7 million
D89Local IG Other$619,000
E12Elem Sec Educ-Current Oper$169.4 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$2.8 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$19.0 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$700,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$1.2 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$3.7 million
E32Health-Current Operation$1.0 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$7.1 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$2.5 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$1.4 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$446,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$2.1 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$25.8 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$2.0 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$1.1 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$6.9 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$6.8 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$57.1 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$9.5 million
E92Electric Utilities-Current Op$109.6 million
F12Elem Sec Educ-Construction$6.2 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$323,000
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$671,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$355,000
F52Libraries-Construction$57,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$329,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$307,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$32.7 million
F89General NEC-Construction$15.7 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$5.2 million
I89General Interest on Debt$3.7 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$872,000
I92Electric Utilities-Interest$345,000
L89General NEC-IG to State$564,000
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$7.5 million
T01Property Tax$138.1 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$1.4 million
T29Other License Tax$2.5 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$618,000
U20Interest Earnings$10.5 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$452,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$1.4 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$12.4 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 252005128102.