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BUFFALO CITY finances

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BUFFALO CITY

City or town in New York (Erie County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); population 276,486.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$110.3 millionT
Charges and fees$164.4 millionA
Other general revenue$65.2 millionU
From the federal government$109.2 millionB
From the state government$1.2 billionC
From local governments$127.3 millionD
Spending: current operations$1.9 billionE
Spending: construction$140.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$33.2 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$3.5 millionL M Q S
General revenue$1.7 billionT A U B C D
Direct spending$2.0 billionE F G I J
Debt at year end$542.8 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Elem Sec Educ$1.2 billion
General NEC$313.5 million
Police Protection$115.0 million
Local Fire Protection$86.2 million
Solid Waste Mgt$66.2 million
Regular Highways$66.1 million
Sewerage$65.2 million
Parks & Rec$41.3 million
Water Utilities$32.6 million
Central Staff$17.3 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$13.3 million
Financial Adm$9.2 million
Protective Inspection$6.2 million
Judicial$4.9 million
Parking$3.2 million
Health$2.1 million
Libraries$569,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$483.7 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$98.6 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$39.5 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$542.8 million
A09Elem Sec Ed Sch Lunch Charges$1.0 million
A12Elem Sec Educ NEC Charges$11,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$7.5 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$339,000
A80Sewerage Charges$63.2 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$25.9 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$17.1 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$49.2 million
B89Federal IG Other$109.2 million
C89State IG Other$1.2 billion
D89Local IG Other$127.3 million
E12Elem Sec Educ-Current Oper$1.1 billion
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$9.2 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$76.9 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$4.9 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$17.3 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$12.1 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.1 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$31.8 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$3.2 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$9.3 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$114.6 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$5.8 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$49.6 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$64.3 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$295.2 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$32.6 million
F12Elem Sec Educ-Construction$26.2 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$9.3 million
F29Central Staff-Construction$74,000
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$1.3 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$34.3 million
F52Libraries-Construction$569,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$32.0 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$373,000
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$349,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$15.7 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$1.9 million
F89General NEC-Construction$18.3 million
I89General Interest on Debt$33.2 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$3.5 million
T01Property Tax$87.6 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$12.1 million
T21Amusement License Tax$30,000
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$1.9 million
T29Other License Tax$8.8 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$993,000
U20Interest Earnings$27.4 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$6.9 million
U40Rents$1.7 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$19,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$28.2 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 362029186634.