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CARY TOWN finances

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CARY TOWN

City or town in North Carolina (Wake County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 173,587.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$181.4 millionT
Charges and fees$109.6 millionA
Other general revenue$21.2 millionU
From the federal government$10.4 millionB
From the state government$25.4 millionC
From local governments$343,000D
Spending: current operations$272.3 millionE
Spending: construction$21.7 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$12.0 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$348.3 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$306.0 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$437.3 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
General NEC$63.2 million
Water Utilities$58.2 million
Local Fire Protection$31.2 million
Police Protection$29.9 million
Parks & Rec$25.3 million
Regular Highways$23.2 million
Sewerage$13.5 million
Central Staff$10.7 million
Solid Waste Mgt$10.6 million
Transit Utilities$8.8 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$5.9 million
Protective Inspection$5.6 million
Financial Adm$5.2 million
Natural Resources NEC$1.7 million
Judicial$992,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$336.3 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$125.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$24.1 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$437.3 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$4.2 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$7.2 million
A80Sewerage Charges$50.9 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$12.9 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$804,000
A91Water Utilities Revenue$33.3 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$254,000
B89Federal IG Other$10.4 million
C89State IG Other$25.4 million
D89Local IG Other$343,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$5.2 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$31.1 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$992,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$10.7 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$23.2 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$5.9 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$1.7 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$25.1 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$29.7 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$5.6 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$1.1 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$10.6 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$62.7 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$49.9 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$8.8 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$36,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$162,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$223,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$12.4 million
F89General NEC-Construction$558,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$8.4 million
I89General Interest on Debt$5.5 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$6.4 million
T01Property Tax$116.9 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$52.4 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$1.4 million
T24Motor Vehicle License$7.2 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$3.5 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$341,000
U20Interest Earnings$95,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$76,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$64,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$20.6 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 372183131775.