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PATERSON CITY finances

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PATERSON CITY

City or town in New Jersey (Passaic County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); population 156,661.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$171.4 millionT
Charges and fees$37.7 millionA
Other general revenue$25.3 millionU
From the federal government$62.7 millionB
From the state government$34.1 millionC
From local governments$1.5 millionD
Spending: current operations$286.6 millionE
Spending: construction$1.8 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$6.7 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$110,000L M Q S
General revenue$332.8 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$295.1 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$81.6 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
General NEC$92.2 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$47.8 million
Police Protection$46.4 million
Local Fire Protection$43.0 million
Sewerage$24.8 million
Parking$6.6 million
Parks & Rec$5.7 million
Regular Highways$4.8 million
Judicial$3.1 million
Central Staff$3.1 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.7 million
Health$2.5 million
Financial Adm$2.3 million
Libraries$2.2 million
Welfare NEC$1.1 million
Protective Inspection$15,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$92.3 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$10.7 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$81.6 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$297,000
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$2.1 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$7.5 million
A80Sewerage Charges$22.2 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$5.5 million
B89Federal IG Other$62.7 million
C89State IG Other$34.1 million
D89Local IG Other$1.5 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$2.3 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$43.0 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$3.1 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$3.1 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.7 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.5 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$4.8 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$47.6 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$2.2 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$5.6 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$5.7 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$46.4 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$15,000
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$1.1 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$24.2 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$92.2 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$216,000
F60Parking-Construction$1.0 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$588,000
I89General Interest on Debt$6.7 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$110,000
T01Property Tax$167.0 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$690,000
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$208,000
T27Public Utility License Tax$962,000
T29Other License Tax$2.5 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$13.2 million
U20Interest Earnings$3.6 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$2.9 million
U40Rents$198,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$5.4 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 342031184046.