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NEWARK CITY finances

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NEWARK CITY

City or town in New Jersey (Essex County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 12/31); population 305,344.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$275.8 millionT
Charges and fees$185.9 millionA
Other general revenue$30.5 millionU
From the federal government$196.3 millionB
From the state government$108.3 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$794.9 millionE
Spending: construction$18.8 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$11.3 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$796.9 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$825.0 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$317.2 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$196.8 million
Police Protection$159.3 million
General NEC$112.4 million
Local Fire Protection$88.4 million
Sewerage$58.8 million
Water Utilities$53.3 million
Solid Waste Mgt$29.8 million
Regular Highways$23.5 million
Central Staff$17.9 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$15.0 million
Financial Adm$12.5 million
Parks & Rec$12.3 million
Judicial$12.1 million
Libraries$10.9 million
Health$5.9 million
Parking$4.8 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$282.2 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$12.4 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$14.3 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$280.2 million
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$85.9 million
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$36.9 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$817,000
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$35.1 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$7.1 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$1.6 million
A80Sewerage Charges$71.3 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$4.2 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$5.1 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$60.7 million
B89Federal IG Other$196.3 million
C89State IG Other$108.3 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$12.5 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$88.4 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$12.1 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$17.9 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$15.0 million
E32Health-Current Operation$5.9 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$23.5 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$186.9 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$10.9 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$4.8 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$12.3 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$159.3 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$55.9 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$29.8 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$112.3 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$47.5 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$9.9 million
F60Parking-Construction$5,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$2.9 million
F89General NEC-Construction$100,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$5.8 million
I89General Interest on Debt$10.4 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$866,000
T01Property Tax$251.0 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$1.6 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$7.8 million
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$850,000
T29Other License Tax$14.5 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$842,000
U20Interest Earnings$17.4 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$7.8 million
U40Rents$3.2 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$1.4 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 342013130835.