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CAMBRIDGE CITY finances

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CAMBRIDGE CITY

City or town in Massachusetts (Middlesex County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 119,192.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$567.5 millionT
Charges and fees$660.1 millionA
Other general revenue$57.9 millionU
From the federal government$101.6 millionB
From the state government$344.5 millionC
From local governments$7.6 millionD
Spending: current operations$1.4 billionE
Spending: construction$195.0 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$21.5 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$13.1 millionL M Q S
General revenue$1.7 billionT A U B C D
Direct spending$1.6 billionE F G I J
Debt at year end$512.4 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Hospitals$869.2 million
Elem Sec Educ$315.7 million
General NEC$131.2 million
Police Protection$47.9 million
Regular Highways$40.2 million
Local Fire Protection$34.3 million
Parks & Rec$26.1 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$22.6 million
Protective Inspection$18.8 million
Sewerage$18.3 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$16.7 million
Water Utilities$16.3 million
Libraries$10.8 million
Solid Waste Mgt$8.8 million
Financial Adm$7.5 million
Central Staff$5.1 million
Judicial$2.3 million
Parking$1.2 million
Welfare NEC$841,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$493.5 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$81.8 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$62.8 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$512.4 million
A09Elem Sec Ed Sch Lunch Charges$286,000
A12Elem Sec Educ NEC Charges$122,000
A36Hospital Charges$564.9 million
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$312,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$10.8 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$1.3 million
A80Sewerage Charges$57.2 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$8.7 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$16.5 million
B89Federal IG Other$101.6 million
C89State IG Other$344.5 million
D89Local IG Other$7.6 million
E12Elem Sec Educ-Current Oper$288.1 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$7.5 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$34.2 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$2.3 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$5.1 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$5.1 million
E36Hospitals-Current Oper$821.6 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$9.9 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$7.1 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$10.8 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$1.2 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$26.1 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$47.3 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$18.7 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$841,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$2.9 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$8.8 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$89.2 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$12.4 million
F12Elem Sec Educ-Construction$27.6 million
F23Financial Adm-Construction$1,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$107,000
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$17.5 million
F36Hospitals-Construction$47.7 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$30.3 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$9.6 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$40,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$641,000
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$82,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$15.4 million
F89General NEC-Construction$42.0 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$3.9 million
I89General Interest on Debt$21.5 million
L89General NEC-IG to State$11.2 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$1.9 million
T01Property Tax$506.0 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$13.8 million
T29Other License Tax$47.7 million
U20Interest Earnings$12.9 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$9.4 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$1.2 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$34.5 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 252017166448.