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CHELSEA CITY finances

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CHELSEA CITY

City or town in Massachusetts (Suffolk County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 39,230.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$88.3 millionT
Charges and fees$28.6 millionA
Other general revenue$9.6 millionU
From the federal government$58.8 millionB
From the state government$123.9 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$218.5 millionE
Spending: construction$23.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$1.1 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$11.9 millionL M Q S
General revenue$309.2 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$242.8 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$33.5 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Elem Sec Educ$145.6 million
General NEC$30.7 million
Police Protection$12.1 million
Local Fire Protection$11.2 million
Sewerage$10.9 million
Regular Highways$9.7 million
Water Utilities$6.6 million
Protective Inspection$3.8 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$3.4 million
Solid Waste Mgt$2.5 million
Financial Adm$2.0 million
Central Staff$1.1 million
Parks & Rec$672,000
Libraries$414,000
Judicial$385,000
Health$382,000
Welfare NEC$359,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$33.2 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$4.6 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$4.3 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$33.5 million
A09Elem Sec Ed Sch Lunch Charges$485,000
A10Elem Sec Educ Tuition and Transportation Charges$39,000
A12Elem Sec Educ NEC Charges$36,000
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$23,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$318,000
A80Sewerage Charges$14.8 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$2.5 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$469,000
A91Water Utilities Revenue$9.9 million
B89Federal IG Other$58.8 million
C89State IG Other$123.9 million
E12Elem Sec Educ-Current Oper$142.0 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$2.0 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$11.2 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$385,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$1.1 million
E32Health-Current Operation$382,000
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$5.9 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$3.1 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$407,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$667,000
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$12.1 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$3.8 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$359,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$10.0 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$2.5 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$16.2 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$6.4 million
F12Elem Sec Educ-Construction$3.6 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$3.8 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$259,000
F52Libraries-Construction$7,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$5,000
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$28,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$923,000
F89General NEC-Construction$14.4 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$199,000
I89General Interest on Debt$936,000
I91Water Utilities-Interest$116,000
L89General NEC-IG to State$2.9 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$9.0 million
T01Property Tax$83.0 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$3.0 million
T29Other License Tax$2.2 million
U20Interest Earnings$217,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$3.0 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$780,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$5.6 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 252025106075.