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CHARLOTTE CITY finances

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CHARLOTTE CITY

City or town in North Carolina (Mecklenburg County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 900,350.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$878.0 millionT
Charges and fees$990.8 millionA
Other general revenue$89.1 millionU
From the federal government$314.3 millionB
From the state government$62.4 millionC
From local governments$28.9 millionD
Spending: current operations$1.6 billionE
Spending: construction$1.1 billionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$174.7 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$2.4 millionL M Q S
General revenue$2.4 billionT A U B C D
Direct spending$2.9 billionE F G I J
Debt at year end$4.4 billion49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Air Trans$464.7 million
Sewerage$419.8 million
Transit Utilities$352.0 million
Water Utilities$340.8 million
Police Protection$330.4 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$171.5 million
Local Fire Protection$161.0 million
Regular Highways$130.8 million
Parks & Rec$124.4 million
General NEC$72.9 million
Solid Waste Mgt$71.4 million
Central Staff$50.6 million
Financial Adm$34.2 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$12.8 million
Health$9.7 million
Natural Resources NEC$8.8 million
Judicial$3.9 million
Welfare NEC$397,000
Parking$387,000
Libraries$3,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$4.1 billion
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$724.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$481.0 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$4.4 billion
A01Air Transportation Charges$302.2 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$15.1 million
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$3.8 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$2.9 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$42.1 million
A80Sewerage Charges$389.8 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$27.7 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$203,000
A91Water Utilities Revenue$193.9 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$13.0 million
B89Federal IG Other$314.3 million
C89State IG Other$62.4 million
D89Local IG Other$28.9 million
E01Air Trans Current Operation$193.0 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$34.0 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$152.3 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$3.9 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$46.7 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.9 million
E32Health-Current Operation$9.7 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$55.8 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$113.4 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$3,000
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$6.0 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$387,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$121.0 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$312.1 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$397,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$139.4 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$66.9 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$72.4 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$133.8 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$165.2 million
F01Air Trans Construction$271.6 million
F23Financial Adm-Construction$164,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$8.7 million
F29Central Staff-Construction$3.9 million
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$9.8 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$75.0 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$58.2 million
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$2.9 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$3.4 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$18.3 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$280.4 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$4.5 million
F89General NEC-Construction$581,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$207.0 million
F94Transit Utilities-Construction$186.8 million
I89General Interest on Debt$157.1 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$17.6 million
L89General NEC-IG to State$590,000
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$1.8 million
T01Property Tax$533.5 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$182.9 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$58.5 million
T24Motor Vehicle License$38.1 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$5.0 million
T29Other License Tax$59.9 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$9.5 million
U20Interest Earnings$311,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$69,000
U40Rents$1.6 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$10.8 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$66.9 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 372119194726.