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ORANGE COUNTY finances

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ORANGE COUNTY

County in North Carolina (Orange County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 149,077.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$261.8 millionT
Charges and fees$53.0 millionA
Other general revenue$10.0 millionU
From the federal government$10.9 millionB
From the state government$168.2 millionC
From local governments$4.1 millionD
Spending: current operations$460.4 millionE
Spending: construction$28.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$16.9 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$1.5 millionL M Q S
General revenue$507.9 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$505.5 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$322.4 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Elem Sec Educ$308.5 million
Welfare NEC$34.7 million
Police Protection$30.0 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$20.8 million
Liquor Stores$20.2 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$11.2 million
Health$10.8 million
Financial Adm$9.7 million
Solid Waste Mgt$9.0 million
Central Staff$7.8 million
Local Fire Protection$7.7 million
Parks & Rec$5.8 million
General NEC$3.2 million
Transit Utilities$3.0 million
Libraries$2.3 million
Protective Inspection$1.2 million
Correction Insts$969,000
Natural Resources NEC$866,000
Judicial$760,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$295.4 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$58.6 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$31.5 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$322.4 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$1.9 million
A09Elem Sec Ed Sch Lunch Charges$121,000
A10Elem Sec Educ Tuition and Transportation Charges$3.3 million
A12Elem Sec Educ NEC Charges$217,000
A36Hospital Charges$3.7 million
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$37,000
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$1.1 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$4.2 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$11.3 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$3.9 million
A90Liquor Stores Revenue$23.1 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$17,000
B89Federal IG Other$10.9 million
C89State IG Other$168.2 million
D89Local IG Other$4.1 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$969,000
E12Elem Sec Educ-Current Oper$295.2 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$9.7 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$7.7 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$760,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$7.8 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$5.9 million
E32Health-Current Operation$10.8 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$11.2 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$2.3 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$866,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$5.8 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$30.0 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.2 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$34.7 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$9.0 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$3.2 million
E90Liquor Stores-Current Oper$20.2 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$3.0 million
F12Elem Sec Educ-Construction$13.3 million
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$14.9 million
I89General Interest on Debt$16.9 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$1.5 million
T01Property Tax$213.9 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$43.1 million
T10Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax$530,000
T24Motor Vehicle License$959,000
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$364,000
T29Other License Tax$497,000
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$2.5 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$409,000
U20Interest Earnings$257,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.1 million
U40Rents$388,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$2.1 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$5.8 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 371135194511.