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PATERSON CITY finances

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PATERSON CITY

City or town in New Jersey (Passaic County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 144,801.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$167.6 millionT
Charges and fees$31.7 millionA
Other general revenue$8.3 millionU
From the federal government$57.8 millionB
From the state government$50.8 millionC
From local governments$1.6 millionD
Spending: current operations$252.4 millionE
Spending: construction$812,000F
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$7.1 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$127,000L M Q S
General revenue$318.0 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$260.3 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$136.1 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
General NEC$78.1 million
Police Protection$44.5 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$42.1 million
Local Fire Protection$40.7 million
Sewerage$14.1 million
Regular Highways$7.8 million
Parking$4.5 million
Parks & Rec$4.4 million
Judicial$3.0 million
Central Staff$2.9 million
Health$2.5 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.3 million
Financial Adm$2.3 million
Libraries$2.0 million
Solid Waste Mgt$1.2 million
Welfare NEC$740,000
Protective Inspection$29,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$140.3 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$4.2 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$136.1 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$133,000
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$2.9 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$5.9 million
A80Sewerage Charges$16.4 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$6.4 million
B89Federal IG Other$57.8 million
C89State IG Other$50.8 million
D89Local IG Other$1.6 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$2.3 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$40.7 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$3.0 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$2.9 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.3 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.5 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$7.8 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$42.0 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$2.0 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$3.9 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$4.4 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$44.5 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$29,000
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$740,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$14.1 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$1.2 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$78.1 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$174,000
F60Parking-Construction$638,000
I89General Interest on Debt$7.1 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$127,000
T01Property Tax$162.0 million
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$238,000
T27Public Utility License Tax$996,000
T29Other License Tax$4.4 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$29,000
U20Interest Earnings$1.6 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$2.6 million
U40Rents$112,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$4.0 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 342031184046.