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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Carson took in $184 million and spent $132 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes68%Fines and other15%Federal tax money10%Fees for services (parks and recreation, transit fares)2.9%State tax money2.6%County and local tax money2.0%

What stands out

31%

of Carson's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 7.8%.

City taxes68%

Sales tax
31%$56.3 million
Other taxes
27%$50.5 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; occupation and business licenses and 3 more
  • Public utility taxes$24.5 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$17.4 million
  • Other licenses$5.9 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$2.0 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$632 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
9.5%$17.5 million

Fees for services2.9%

Fees for services
2.9%$5.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Other service charges$4.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.0 million
  • Transit fares$35 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money10%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
10%$18.7 million

State tax money2.6%

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

From the state
2.6%$4.8 million

County and local tax money2.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.0%$3.7 million

Fines and other15%

Interest, rents and other
14%$25.6 million
Fines
0.8%$1.5 million

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs31%Roads, transit and parking22%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Parks, recreation and libraries10%Housing and community development6.5%All other spending8.6%

What stands out

0.2%

of Carson's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 20%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
31%$41.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Other and not broken out$22.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$19.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
22%$28.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$25.9 million
  • Public transit$2.9 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$28.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and inspections and regulation
  • Police$24.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$4.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
10%$13.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$13.3 million
Housing and community development
6.5%$8.6 million
Interest on debt
5.9%$7.8 million
Environment and natural resources
2.4%$3.1 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3.1 million
Health and hospitals
0.2%$247 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$247 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$213 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$213 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Carson. 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 Carson 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.