HOUSTON CITY finances
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HOUSTON CITY
City or town in Texas (Harris County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 2,316,120.
Other years: 2024 · 2022
Summary
| What | Amount | Census item codes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes | $2.9 billion | T |
| Charges and fees | $2.2 billion | A |
| Other general revenue | $493.2 million | U |
| From the federal government | $563.9 million | B |
| From the state government | $551.2 million | C |
| From local governments | $490.1 million | D |
| Spending: current operations | $3.9 billion | E |
| Spending: construction | $1.3 billion | F |
| Spending: other capital outlay | $0 | G |
| Spending: interest on debt | $641.2 million | I |
| Spending: assistance and subsidies | $0 | J |
| Payments to other governments | $39.5 million | L M Q S |
| General revenue | $7.1 billion | T A U B C D |
| Direct spending | $5.8 billion | E F G I J |
| Debt at year end | $13.1 billion | 49U + 64V |
Spending by function
| Function (Census name) | Current operations + construction + capital |
|---|---|
| Police Protection | $980.5 million |
| Sewerage | $702.1 million |
| Air Trans | $588.8 million |
| Local Fire Protection | $517.0 million |
| Water Utilities | $451.6 million |
| Central Staff | $410.0 million |
| General NEC | $334.5 million |
| Regular Highways | $244.6 million |
| Health | $239.0 million |
| Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper | $213.5 million |
| Parks & Rec | $107.6 million |
| Protective Inspection | $86.8 million |
| Solid Waste Mgt | $84.4 million |
| Financial Adm | $65.3 million |
| Judicial | $59.9 million |
| Libraries | $51.9 million |
| General Public Bldg-Curr Oper | $40.5 million |
| Parking | $10.3 million |
Every item reported
| Code | Census description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 19U | Beg LT Debt O/S NEC | $13.1 billion |
| 29U | LTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC | $491.3 million |
| 39U | LTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC | $783.7 million |
| 49U | LTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC | $12.8 billion |
| 61V | Short Term Debt O/S-Beginning | $264.6 million |
| 64V | Short Term Debt O/S-End of FY | $353.0 million |
| A01 | Air Transportation Charges | $590.1 million |
| A50 | Housing & Comm Dev Charges | $1.3 million |
| A60 | Parking Facilities Charges | $8.7 million |
| A61 | Parks & Recreation Charges | $31.6 million |
| A80 | Sewerage Charges | $669.4 million |
| A81 | Solid Waste Charges | $10.2 million |
| A89 | All Other NEC Charges | $131.3 million |
| A91 | Water Utilities Revenue | $730.9 million |
| B89 | Federal IG Other | $563.9 million |
| C89 | State IG Other | $551.2 million |
| D89 | Local IG Other | $490.1 million |
| E01 | Air Trans Current Operation | $305.6 million |
| E23 | Financial Adm-Curr Operation | $65.3 million |
| E24 | Local Fire Protection Curr Operation | $496.3 million |
| E25 | Judicial-Current Operation | $59.8 million |
| E29 | Central Staff-Curr Operation | $405.7 million |
| E31 | General Public Bldg-Curr Oper | $39.0 million |
| E32 | Health-Current Operation | $206.1 million |
| E44 | Regular Highways-Current Oper | $135.0 million |
| E50 | Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper | $213.4 million |
| E52 | Libraries-Current Operation | $41.4 million |
| E60 | Parking-Current Operation | $10.0 million |
| E61 | Parks & Rec-Current Operation | $72.7 million |
| E62 | Police Protection-Current Oper | $957.2 million |
| E66 | Protective Inspection-Curr Op | $85.2 million |
| E80 | Sewerage-Current Operation | $257.5 million |
| E81 | Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper | $77.0 million |
| E89 | General NEC-Current Operation | $233.6 million |
| E91 | Water Utilities-Current Oper | $211.3 million |
| F01 | Air Trans Construction | $283.2 million |
| F23 | Financial Adm-Construction | $40,000 |
| F24 | Local Fire Protection Construction | $20.7 million |
| F25 | Judicial-Construction | $110,000 |
| F29 | Central Staff-Construction | $4.2 million |
| F31 | General Public Bldg-Constr | $1.5 million |
| F32 | Health-Construction | $32.9 million |
| F44 | Regular Highways-Construction | $109.7 million |
| F50 | Housing & Comm Dev-Constr | $97,000 |
| F52 | Libraries-Construction | $10.5 million |
| F60 | Parking-Construction | $264,000 |
| F61 | Parks & Rec-Construction | $34.9 million |
| F62 | Police Protection-Construction | $23.2 million |
| F66 | Protective Inspection-Constr | $1.6 million |
| F80 | Sewerage-Construction | $444.6 million |
| F81 | Solid Waste Mgt-Construction | $7.4 million |
| F89 | General NEC-Construction | $100.9 million |
| F91 | Water Utilities-Construction | $240.3 million |
| I89 | General Interest on Debt | $552.3 million |
| I91 | Water Utilities-Interest | $89.0 million |
| L89 | General NEC-IG to State | $4.4 million |
| M89 | General NEC-IG-Local NEC | $35.1 million |
| T01 | Property Tax | $1.6 billion |
| T09 | Total General Sales Taxes | $836.9 million |
| T11 | Amusement Tax | $176,000 |
| T15 | Public Utilities Tax | $151.7 million |
| T19 | Other Selective Sales Taxes | $82.5 million |
| T20 | Alcoholic Beverage License Tax | $1.4 million |
| T28 | Occup & Business License, NEC | $35.6 million |
| T29 | Other License Tax | $155.4 million |
| U01 | Special Assessments | $273.8 million |
| U11 | Sale of Property 2/ | $16.2 million |
| U20 | Interest Earnings | $104.1 million |
| U30 | Fines & Forfeits | $26.4 million |
| U40 | Rents | $336,000 |
| U41 | Royalties | $35,000 |
| U50 | Donations From Private Sources | $686,000 |
| U99 | Misc General Revenue NEC | $71.7 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 482201176169.