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RENSSELAER COUNTY finances

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RENSSELAER COUNTY

County in New York (Rensselaer County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 12/31); population 159,853.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$228.3 millionT
Charges and fees$110.6 millionA
Other general revenue$23.1 millionU
From the federal government$4.9 millionB
From the state government$76.5 millionC
From local governments$29.1 millionD
Spending: current operations$376.0 millionE
Spending: construction$51.6 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$4.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$3.6 millionJ
Payments to other governments$116.7 millionL M Q S
General revenue$472.4 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$435.8 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$118.5 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Higher Educ$124.0 million
Health$53.5 million
General NEC$47.5 million
Welfare NEC$46.0 million
Welfare Insts$42.4 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$26.5 million
Correction Insts$23.3 million
Regular Highways$19.4 million
Police Protection$9.0 million
Correction NEC$9.0 million
Judicial$8.6 million
Central Staff$7.3 million
Sewerage$5.7 million
Financial Adm$3.1 million
Transit Utilities$614,000
Protective Inspection$573,000
Parks & Rec$559,000
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$404,000
Natural Resources NEC$137,000
Local Fire Protection$71,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$115.6 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$4.8 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$1.8 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$118.5 million
A18Higher Educ Tuition Charges$37.8 million
A80Sewerage Charges$11.5 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$61.3 million
B89Federal IG Other$4.9 million
C89State IG Other$76.5 million
D89Local IG Other$29.1 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$23.1 million
E05Correction NEC-Current Oper$8.9 million
E18Higher Educ Current Operation$106.0 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$3.1 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$70,000
E25Judicial-Current Operation$7.8 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$7.3 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.8 million
E32Health-Current Operation$53.4 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$16.3 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$404,000
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$136,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$559,000
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$8.4 million
E77Welfare Insts-Curr Operation$42.4 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$46.0 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$4.8 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$43.8 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$591,000
F04Correction Insts-Construction$166,000
F05Correction-NEC-Construction$54,000
F18Higher Educ Construction$17.9 million
F23Financial Adm-Construction$3,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$1,000
F25Judicial-Construction$813,000
F29Central Staff-Construction$1,000
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$23.6 million
F32Health-Construction$88,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$3.1 million
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$1,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$602,000
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$573,000
F79Welfare NEC-Construction$33,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$901,000
F89General NEC-Construction$3.7 million
F94Transit Utilities-Construction$23,000
I89General Interest on Debt$4.6 million
J19Scholarships & Other Subsidies$3.6 million
L89General NEC-IG to State$39.4 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$77.2 million
T01Property Tax$64.7 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$161.1 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$911,000
T99Taxes, NEC$1.6 million
U01Special Assessments$275,000
U20Interest Earnings$8.3 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$306,000
U40Rents$25,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$165,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$13.9 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 361083170432.