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CHARLESTON CITY finances

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CHARLESTON CITY

City or town in West Virginia (Kanawha County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 45,879.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$92.0 millionT
Charges and fees$62.0 millionA
Other general revenue$5.0 millionU
From the federal government$5.8 millionB
From the state government$4.6 millionC
From local governments$74,000D
Spending: current operations$124.4 millionE
Spending: construction$21.3 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$2.5 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$169.4 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$148.2 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$71.7 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Police Protection$27.9 million
Local Fire Protection$26.1 million
Sewerage$20.4 million
Parks & Rec$19.7 million
General NEC$12.1 million
Regular Highways$8.2 million
Central Staff$8.1 million
Financial Adm$6.6 million
Solid Waste Mgt$5.0 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$3.3 million
Judicial$3.0 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$1.8 million
Misc Comm Act$980,000
Welfare NEC$980,000
Libraries$956,000
Parking$631,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$77.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$5.3 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$71.7 million
A60Parking Facilities Charges$2.5 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$16.9 million
A80Sewerage Charges$21.2 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$4.1 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$17.3 million
B89Federal IG Other$5.8 million
C89State IG Other$4.6 million
D89Local IG Other$74,000
E03Misc Comm Act-Current Oper$980,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$6.6 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$26.1 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$3.0 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$8.1 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$1.8 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$8.2 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$3.3 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$956,000
E60Parking-Current Operation$631,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$19.6 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$27.9 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$980,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$10.6 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$5.0 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$655,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$125,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$9.8 million
F89General NEC-Construction$11.4 million
I89General Interest on Debt$2.5 million
T01Property Tax$16.8 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$17.9 million
T10Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax$1.0 million
T11Amusement Tax$291,000
T15Public Utilities Tax$2.8 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$2.8 million
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$48.6 million
T29Other License Tax$1.8 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$368,000
U20Interest Earnings$328,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.2 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$862,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$2.2 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 542039176983.