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STERLING HEIGHTS CITY finances

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STERLING HEIGHTS CITY

City or town in Michigan (Macomb County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 131,709.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$83.5 millionT
Charges and fees$66.9 millionA
Other general revenue$5.1 millionU
From the federal government$4.5 millionB
From the state government$40.5 millionC
From local governments$185,000D
Spending: current operations$186.3 millionE
Spending: construction$29.3 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$6.0 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$1.3 millionL M Q S
General revenue$200.6 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$221.6 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$236.0 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Police Protection$37.9 million
Regular Highways$35.6 million
Water Utilities$28.2 million
Local Fire Protection$25.4 million
Financial Adm$22.2 million
Sewerage$21.3 million
General NEC$16.7 million
Central Staff$6.1 million
Parks & Rec$5.6 million
Judicial$4.8 million
Solid Waste Mgt$4.6 million
Libraries$3.0 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.2 million
Protective Inspection$1.2 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$810,000
Health$10,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$217.6 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$30.8 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$12.4 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$236.0 million
A80Sewerage Charges$31.5 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$14.6 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$20.8 million
B89Federal IG Other$4.5 million
C89State IG Other$40.5 million
D89Local IG Other$185,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$22.2 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$24.0 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$4.8 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$6.1 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.2 million
E32Health-Current Operation$10,000
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$16.7 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$675,000
E52Libraries-Current Operation$2.8 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$5.4 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$35.9 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.2 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$20.9 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$4.6 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$10.6 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$28.2 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$1.4 million
F25Judicial-Construction$26,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$19.0 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$135,000
F52Libraries-Construction$230,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$289,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$1.9 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$343,000
F89General NEC-Construction$6.1 million
I89General Interest on Debt$3.3 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$2.7 million
L89General NEC-IG to State$1.3 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$27,000
T01Property Tax$81.0 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$2.6 million
U01Special Assessments$190,000
U11Sale of Property 2/$77,000
U20Interest Earnings$2,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.6 million
U40Rents$2.0 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$1.2 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 262099166734.