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NEWARK CITY finances

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NEWARK CITY

City or town in New Jersey (Essex County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 282,520.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$273.8 millionT
Charges and fees$153.0 millionA
Other general revenue$42.4 millionU
From the federal government$236.3 millionB
From the state government$113.7 millionC
From local governments$435,000D
Spending: current operations$869.6 millionE
Spending: construction$26.3 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$10.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$857,000L M Q S
General revenue$819.7 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$906.6 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$413.5 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
General NEC$202.5 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$191.4 million
Police Protection$160.1 million
Local Fire Protection$80.0 million
Water Utilities$64.8 million
Sewerage$63.8 million
Solid Waste Mgt$28.9 million
Financial Adm$25.8 million
Regular Highways$17.0 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$16.8 million
Libraries$10.5 million
Central Staff$10.5 million
Health$7.4 million
Parks & Rec$7.2 million
Judicial$6.5 million
Protective Inspection$2.7 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$414.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$9.2 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$404.8 million
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$9.2 million
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$8.7 million
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$22.6 million
A80Sewerage Charges$62.6 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$8.1 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$59.8 million
B89Federal IG Other$236.3 million
C89State IG Other$113.7 million
D89Local IG Other$435,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$25.8 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$80.0 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$6.5 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$10.5 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$16.8 million
E32Health-Current Operation$7.4 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$17.0 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$171.3 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$10.5 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$7.2 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$160.1 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$2.7 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$62.6 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$28.9 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$202.5 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$59.8 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$20.0 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$1.3 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$5.0 million
I89General Interest on Debt$6.1 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$4.6 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$857,000
T01Property Tax$252.1 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$1.9 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$5.8 million
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$877,000
T29Other License Tax$13.0 million
U20Interest Earnings$5.4 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$11.0 million
U40Rents$3.2 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$22.7 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 342013130835.