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SPOKANE CITY finances

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SPOKANE CITY

City or town in Washington (Spokane County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 222,050.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$269.2 millionT
Charges and fees$262.9 millionA
Other general revenue$22.4 millionU
From the federal government$19.5 millionB
From the state government$42.5 millionC
From local governments$702,000D
Spending: current operations$453.9 millionE
Spending: construction$101.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$15.0 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$6.0 millionL M Q S
General revenue$617.2 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$570.1 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$461.2 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Solid Waste Mgt$74.4 million
Police Protection$71.9 million
Local Fire Protection$66.7 million
Water Utilities$63.6 million
Sewerage$62.6 million
Regular Highways$46.9 million
Libraries$45.8 million
Parks & Rec$30.7 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$25.0 million
Welfare NEC$17.4 million
General NEC$14.7 million
Judicial$7.8 million
Financial Adm$7.4 million
Central Staff$6.4 million
Protective Inspection$5.5 million
Natural Resources NEC$4.8 million
Health$2.9 million
Correction NEC$654,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$481.9 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$655,000
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$21.4 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$461.2 million
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$523,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$2.6 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$6.6 million
A80Sewerage Charges$63.7 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$75.4 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$18.3 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$95.8 million
B89Federal IG Other$19.5 million
C89State IG Other$42.5 million
D89Local IG Other$702,000
E05Correction NEC-Current Oper$654,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$7.4 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$66.5 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$7.8 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$6.4 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.9 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$19.4 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$25.0 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$8.4 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$52,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$22.9 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$71.5 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$5.5 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$17.4 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$50.9 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$72.7 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$14.5 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$53.9 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$196,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$27.4 million
F52Libraries-Construction$37.4 million
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$4.8 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$7.8 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$351,000
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$9,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$11.7 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$1.7 million
F89General NEC-Construction$205,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$9.7 million
I89General Interest on Debt$8.9 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$6.1 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$6.0 million
T01Property Tax$88.5 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$73.3 million
T11Amusement Tax$1.3 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$78.1 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$3.9 million
T21Amusement License Tax$4,000
T24Motor Vehicle License$3.4 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$5.0 million
T29Other License Tax$2.6 million
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$13.1 million
U01Special Assessments$211,000
U20Interest Earnings$4.5 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$9.0 million
U40Rents$4.8 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$1.4 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$2.6 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 532063205599.