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COLUMBIA CITY finances

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COLUMBIA CITY

City or town in South Carolina (Richland County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 132,130.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$110.7 millionT
Charges and fees$210.4 millionA
Other general revenue$29.3 millionU
From the federal government$13.0 millionB
From the state government$32.2 millionC
From local governments$28.5 millionD
Spending: current operations$290.7 millionE
Spending: construction$155.1 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$31.9 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$858,000L M Q S
General revenue$424.1 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$477.8 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$880.0 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Water Utilities$128.0 million
Sewerage$102.4 million
Local Fire Protection$54.1 million
Police Protection$54.0 million
General NEC$26.1 million
Parks & Rec$12.8 million
Solid Waste Mgt$12.2 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$8.7 million
Regular Highways$8.2 million
Central Staff$8.0 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$7.1 million
Financial Adm$6.2 million
Parking$5.2 million
Judicial$4.3 million
Natural Resources NEC$2.8 million
Health$2.1 million
Protective Inspection$1.7 million
Welfare NEC$1.6 million
Electric Utilities$325,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$899.9 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$38.9 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$58.8 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$880.0 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$7.2 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$747,000
A80Sewerage Charges$85.8 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$521,000
A89All Other NEC Charges$1.9 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$114.2 million
B89Federal IG Other$13.0 million
C89State IG Other$32.2 million
D89Local IG Other$28.5 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$6.2 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$52.0 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$4.3 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$8.0 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$5.6 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.1 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$5.7 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$8.7 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$2.8 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$4.3 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$12.7 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$48.9 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.7 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$1.6 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$40.0 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$10.1 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$26.1 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$49.7 million
E92Electric Utilities-Current Op$325,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$2.1 million
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$1.5 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$2.5 million
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$45,000
F60Parking-Construction$914,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$120,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$5.2 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$62.4 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$2.1 million
F89General NEC-Construction$6,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$78.3 million
I89General Interest on Debt$7.4 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$24.5 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$858,000
T01Property Tax$47.6 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$22.1 million
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$276,000
T27Public Utility License Tax$12.1 million
T29Other License Tax$28.8 million
U01Special Assessments$1.0 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$522,000
U20Interest Earnings$4.0 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$4.4 million
U40Rents$3.3 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$153,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$16.0 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 452079174959.