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BILLINGS CITY finances

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BILLINGS CITY

City or town in Montana (Yellowstone County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); population 119,960.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$77.9 millionT
Charges and fees$105.3 millionA
Other general revenue$55.6 millionU
From the federal government$27.0 millionB
From the state government$24.0 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$168.1 millionE
Spending: construction$91.7 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$9.1 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$289.8 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$268.9 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$260.7 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Water Utilities$40.1 million
Police Protection$30.9 million
Sewerage$30.3 million
Regular Highways$29.5 million
Local Fire Protection$27.7 million
Solid Waste Mgt$26.8 million
Air Trans$24.1 million
Parks & Rec$16.5 million
Transit Utilities$10.8 million
Central Staff$5.5 million
Libraries$4.6 million
Protective Inspection$2.5 million
Judicial$2.2 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$2.2 million
Financial Adm$2.0 million
Parking$1.7 million
Health$1.2 million
General NEC$1.0 million
Misc Comm Act$198,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$178.0 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$107.2 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$24.5 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$260.7 million
A01Air Transportation Charges$12.5 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$9.7 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$2.3 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$746,000
A80Sewerage Charges$22.3 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$21.1 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$8.7 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$27.1 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$818,000
B89Federal IG Other$27.0 million
C89State IG Other$24.0 million
E01Air Trans Current Operation$9.5 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$1.9 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$26.5 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$2.2 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$5.4 million
E32Health-Current Operation$1.2 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$14.3 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$1.5 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$4.6 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$1.5 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$12.8 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$30.6 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$2.3 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$11.8 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$18.9 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$1.0 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$14.6 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$7.3 million
F01Air Trans Construction$14.6 million
F03Misc Comm Act-Construction$198,000
F23Financial Adm-Construction$107,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$1.1 million
F29Central Staff-Construction$86,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$15.2 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$717,000
F60Parking-Construction$113,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$3.7 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$249,000
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$187,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$18.5 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$7.9 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$25.6 million
F94Transit Utilities-Construction$3.5 million
I89General Interest on Debt$5.7 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$3.4 million
T01Property Tax$69.2 million
T24Motor Vehicle License$2.7 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$719,000
T29Other License Tax$4.1 million
T99Taxes, NEC$1.1 million
U01Special Assessments$27.6 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$88,000
U20Interest Earnings$17.4 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.7 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$8.9 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 302111108127.