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PHILADELPHIA CITY finances

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PHILADELPHIA CITY

City or town in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia City County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 1,578,487.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$4.6 billionT
Charges and fees$2.2 billionA
Other general revenue$142.1 millionU
From the federal government$757.1 millionB
From the state government$2.2 billionC
From local governments$26.6 millionD
Spending: current operations$9.2 billionE
Spending: construction$623.6 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$351.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$389.7 millionL M Q S
General revenue$9.9 billionT A U B C D
Direct spending$10.2 billionE F G I J
Debt at year end$5.6 billion49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Health$2.2 billion
General NEC$1.1 billion
Financial Adm$1.0 billion
Police Protection$783.9 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$479.9 million
Water Utilities$418.9 million
Central Staff$413.8 million
Air Trans$402.2 million
Judicial$374.7 million
Sewerage$366.0 million
Gas Utilities$365.4 million
Local Fire Protection$344.9 million
Regular Highways$251.5 million
Welfare NEC$251.1 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$249.1 million
Correction Insts$228.2 million
Solid Waste Mgt$194.8 million
Parks & Rec$106.0 million
Correction NEC$96.1 million
Natural Resources NEC$79.0 million
Protective Inspection$52.3 million
Libraries$47.3 million
Transit Utilities$565,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$5.6 billion
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$1.2 billion
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$1.2 billion
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$5.6 billion
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$3.0 million
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$3.0 million
A01Air Transportation Charges$321.2 million
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$3.2 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$23.9 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$2.3 million
A80Sewerage Charges$301.8 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$1.0 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$515.3 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$416.8 million
A93Gas Utilities Revenue$646.7 million
B89Federal IG Other$757.1 million
C89State IG Other$2.2 billion
D89Local IG Other$26.6 million
E01Air Trans Current Operation$231.9 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$228.2 million
E05Correction NEC-Current Oper$96.1 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$1.0 billion
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$343.1 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$374.7 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$413.8 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$178.6 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.2 billion
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$232.3 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$479.9 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$47.3 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$79.0 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$93.6 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$776.7 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$52.3 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$251.1 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$309.6 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$194.8 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$1.1 billion
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$144.9 million
E93Gas Utilities-Current Oper$365.4 million
E94Transit Utilities-Current Op$565,000
F01Air Trans Construction$170.3 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$1.8 million
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$70.5 million
F32Health-Construction$2.3 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$19.2 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$12.5 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$7.2 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$56.4 million
F89General NEC-Construction$9.3 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$274.0 million
I89General Interest on Debt$210.1 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$93.0 million
I93Gas Utilities-Interest on Debt$48.5 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$389.7 million
T01Property Tax$723.3 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$487.5 million
T11Amusement Tax$2.9 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$230.4 million
T29Other License Tax$77.2 million
T40Indiv Income Tax$2.0 billion
T41Corporation Net Income Tax$746.2 million
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$304.0 million
U01Special Assessments$26.4 million
U20Interest Earnings$36.4 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$33.1 million
U40Rents$496,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$43.5 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$2.3 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 422101133602.