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SPOKANE CITY finances

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SPOKANE CITY

City or town in Washington (Spokane County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 12/31); population 230,160.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$284.1 millionT
Charges and fees$290.3 millionA
Other general revenue$50.5 millionU
From the federal government$10.1 millionB
From the state government$74.7 millionC
From local governments$1.1 millionD
Spending: current operations$578.2 millionE
Spending: construction$118.2 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$13.6 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$7.2 millionL M Q S
General revenue$710.8 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$710.0 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$437.6 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Solid Waste Mgt$101.6 million
Police Protection$96.6 million
Water Utilities$87.3 million
Sewerage$81.5 million
Local Fire Protection$78.9 million
Regular Highways$58.7 million
General NEC$41.8 million
Welfare NEC$36.2 million
Parks & Rec$35.0 million
Libraries$17.0 million
Natural Resources NEC$15.7 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$14.5 million
Judicial$9.0 million
Central Staff$8.9 million
Protective Inspection$6.2 million
Financial Adm$3.7 million
Health$2.8 million
Correction NEC$1.0 million

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$452.5 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$8.5 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$23.4 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$437.6 million
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$582,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$3.1 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$8.6 million
A80Sewerage Charges$70.3 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$88.4 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$21.7 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$97.5 million
B89Federal IG Other$10.1 million
C89State IG Other$74.7 million
D89Local IG Other$1.1 million
E05Correction NEC-Current Oper$1.0 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$3.7 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$78.3 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$9.0 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$8.9 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.8 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$28.9 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$14.5 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$11.3 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$50,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$27.8 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$89.2 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$6.0 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$36.2 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$64.1 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$93.3 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$41.4 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$61.8 million
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$590,000
F25Judicial-Construction$54,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$29.8 million
F52Libraries-Construction$5.7 million
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$15.6 million
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$7.2 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$7.4 million
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$162,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$17.4 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$8.3 million
F89General NEC-Construction$365,000
F91Water Utilities-Construction$25.5 million
I89General Interest on Debt$10.2 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$3.4 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$7.2 million
T01Property Tax$99.2 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$82.0 million
T11Amusement Tax$1.8 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$75.3 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$5.5 million
T21Amusement License Tax$13,000
T24Motor Vehicle License$3.3 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$6.3 million
T29Other License Tax$2.1 million
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$8.7 million
U01Special Assessments$162,000
U20Interest Earnings$12.2 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$8.1 million
U40Rents$5.0 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$1.2 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$23.8 million

Source: State and local government finances 2024, annual survey sample of units (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.