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TACOMA CITY finances

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TACOMA CITY

City or town in Washington (Pierce County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 219,945.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$294.0 millionT
Charges and fees$859.5 millionA
Other general revenue$34.2 millionU
From the federal government$57.5 millionB
From the state government$50.7 millionC
From local governments$8.3 millionD
Spending: current operations$957.1 millionE
Spending: construction$223.7 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$58.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$1.3 billionT A U B C D
Direct spending$1.2 billionE F G I J
Debt at year end$1.9 billion49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Electric Utilities$456.8 million
Sewerage$112.9 million
Local Fire Protection$95.1 million
Water Utilities$93.9 million
Police Protection$90.6 million
Regular Highways$72.9 million
Solid Waste Mgt$69.4 million
Misc Comm Act$36.8 million
General NEC$32.2 million
Financial Adm$22.7 million
Parks & Rec$17.6 million
Protective Inspection$16.3 million
Libraries$14.7 million
Natural Resources NEC$13.1 million
Central Staff$11.6 million
Health$7.6 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$7.3 million
Parking$5.6 million
Judicial$3.8 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$1.8 billion
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$426.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$370.2 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$1.9 billion
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$36.2 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$2.2 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$3.9 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$7.2 million
A80Sewerage Charges$123.2 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$83.4 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$22.1 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$111.0 million
A92Electric Utilities Revenue$470.3 million
B89Federal IG Other$57.5 million
C89State IG Other$50.7 million
D89Local IG Other$8.3 million
E03Misc Comm Act-Current Oper$32.1 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$22.7 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$92.5 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$3.8 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$11.1 million
E32Health-Current Operation$7.6 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$35.1 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$6.9 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$13.6 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$3.6 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$17.2 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$90.6 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$16.3 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$77.7 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$57.5 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$28.6 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$62.2 million
E92Electric Utilities-Current Op$378.0 million
F03Misc Comm Act-Construction$4.7 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$2.6 million
F29Central Staff-Construction$493,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$37.8 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$378,000
F52Libraries-Construction$1.1 million
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$13.1 million
F60Parking-Construction$2.0 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$381,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$35.2 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$11.9 million
F89General NEC-Construction$3.6 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$31.7 million
F92Electric Utilities-Constr$78.8 million
I89General Interest on Debt$21.2 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$17.1 million
I92Electric Utilities-Interest$20.3 million
T01Property Tax$83.6 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$95.9 million
T11Amusement Tax$1.9 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$16.2 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$6.1 million
T24Motor Vehicle License$6.2 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$47.6 million
T29Other License Tax$18.9 million
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$17.6 million
U01Special Assessments$1.1 million
U20Interest Earnings$9.0 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$5.9 million
U40Rents$9.9 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$5.1 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$3.3 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 532053176868.