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Chignik's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Chignik took in $613 thousand and spent $591 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, parks and recreation)78%State tax money12%Fines and other5.7%City taxes4.6%

What stands out

78%

of Chignik's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes4.6%

Sales tax
2.4%$15 thousand
Other taxes
2.1%$13 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes
  • Other selective sales taxes$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services78%

Fees for services
78%$477 thousand
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; other government-run businesses and 7 more
  • Electric power$263 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$79 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$36 thousand
  • Water$32 thousand
  • Ports and waterways$28 thousand
  • Garbage collection$17 thousand
  • Sewer$14 thousand
  • Other service charges$5 thousand
  • Road charges$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money12%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
12%$73 thousand

Fines and other5.7%

Interest, rents and other
5.7%$35 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs43%Water, sewer, trash and utilities32%Parks, recreation and libraries13%Roads, transit and parking11%Police, fire, courts and jails1.2%

What stands out

13%

of Chignik's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
43%$257 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other government-run businesses and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$100 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$94 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$50 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$13 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
32%$187 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$113 thousand
  • Water supply$36 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$23 thousand
  • Sewer systems$15 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
13%$75 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$75 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
11%$65 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and ports and harbors
  • Roads and highways$47 thousand
  • Ports and harbors$18 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.2%$7 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Chignik. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Chignik itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.