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Hawaiian Gardens's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Hawaiian Gardens took in $24.9 million and spent $26.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes83%Federal tax money7.6%Fees for services (parks and recreation)4.7%State tax money3.8%County and local tax money0.9%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

63%

of Hawaiian Gardens' money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 6.1%.

City taxes83%

Other taxes
63%$15.6 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 4 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$13.1 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1.4 million
  • Other licenses$702 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$189 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$183 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$38 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
10%$2.6 million
Sales tax
9.6%$2.4 million

Fees for services4.7%

Fees for services
4.7%$1.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$643 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$517 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.6%

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

From the federal government
7.6%$1.9 million

State tax money3.8%

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

From the state
3.8%$957 thousand

County and local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.9%$215 thousand

Fines and other0.5%

Fines
0.3%$85 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.1%$33 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs26%Police, fire, courts and jails26%Sent to other local governments18%Roads, transit and parking9.5%Parks, recreation and libraries9.5%All other spending11%

What stands out

18%

of Hawaiian Gardens' spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
26%$6.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$5.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$161 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
26%$6.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$4.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$2.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$239 thousand
Sent to other local governments
18%$4.8 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$4.8 million
Roads, transit and parking
9.5%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
  • Public transit$823 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
9.5%$2.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2.5 million
Housing and community development
6.7%$1.8 million
Interest on debt
4.2%$1.1 million
Health and hospitals
0.1%$37 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$37 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Hawaiian Gardens. 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 Hawaiian Gardens 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.