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RALEIGH CITY finances

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RALEIGH CITY

City or town in North Carolina (Wake County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 06/30); population 476,587.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$541.0 millionT
Charges and fees$466.3 millionA
Other general revenue$85.7 millionU
From the federal government$86.8 millionB
From the state government$62.2 millionC
From local governments$76.5 millionD
Spending: current operations$792.0 millionE
Spending: construction$436.9 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$59.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$135,000L M Q S
General revenue$1.3 billionT A U B C D
Direct spending$1.3 billionE F G I J
Debt at year end$1.6 billion49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Sewerage$260.1 million
Water Utilities$177.4 million
Police Protection$142.9 million
Parks & Rec$135.6 million
Transit Utilities$88.9 million
Local Fire Protection$80.2 million
General NEC$68.2 million
Regular Highways$62.2 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$60.8 million
Solid Waste Mgt$45.1 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$34.8 million
Natural Resources NEC$16.2 million
Financial Adm$14.8 million
Protective Inspection$14.0 million
Central Staff$12.6 million
Parking$9.1 million
Judicial$5.6 million
Misc Comm Act$401,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$1.7 billion
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$103.0 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$1.6 billion
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$20.0 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$14.0 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$25.7 million
A80Sewerage Charges$214.0 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$42.4 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$15.7 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$132.9 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$1.6 million
B89Federal IG Other$86.8 million
C89State IG Other$62.2 million
D89Local IG Other$76.5 million
E03Misc Comm Act-Current Oper$401,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$14.8 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$78.2 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$5.6 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$12.6 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$22.3 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$33.9 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$40.4 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$16.2 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$8.3 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$75.5 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$140.0 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$14.0 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$64.4 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$45.1 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$61.0 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$98.9 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$60.4 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$1.9 million
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$12.5 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$28.3 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$20.5 million
F60Parking-Construction$829,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$60.1 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$2.9 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$195.7 million
F89General NEC-Construction$7.2 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$78.5 million
F94Transit Utilities-Construction$28.5 million
I89General Interest on Debt$45.6 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$14.0 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$135,000
T01Property Tax$359.5 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$153.6 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$680,000
T24Motor Vehicle License$11.5 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$15.3 million
T29Other License Tax$282,000
U01Special Assessments$571,000
U11Sale of Property 2/$815,000
U20Interest Earnings$73.1 million
U40Rents$5.7 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$2.8 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$2.7 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 372183171305.