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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Hawthorne took in $136 million and spent $213 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes70%Fees for services (housing, airport)16%Fines and other4.7%State tax money3.6%Federal tax money3.6%County and local tax money2.6%

What stands out

32%

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

City taxes70%

Sales tax
32%$43.0 million
Other taxes
23%$30.8 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; occupation and business licenses and 3 more
  • Public utility taxes$13.4 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$9.1 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$6.1 million
  • Other licenses$1.7 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$489 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
15%$21.1 million

Fees for services16%

Fees for services
16%$21.7 million
What's in fees for servicesHousing; other service charges and 4 more
  • Housing$11.7 million
  • Other service charges$3.1 million
  • Airport$2.5 million
  • Transit fares$2.2 million
  • Sewer$1.5 million
  • Parks and recreation$766 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.6%

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

From the federal government
3.6%$4.8 million

State tax money3.6%

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

From the state
3.6%$5.0 million

County and local tax money2.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.6%$3.5 million

Fines and other4.7%

Fines
3.3%$4.5 million
Interest, rents and other
1.5%$2.0 million

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails50%Running the government and other costs32%Roads, transit and parking6.2%Housing and community development5.8%Interest on debt3.0%All other spending3.4%

What stands out

50%

of Hawthorne's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 25%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
50%$106 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$52.0 million
  • Police$40.8 million
  • Fire protection$12.5 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.1 million
Running the government and other costs
32%$67.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$52.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$15.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$804 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.2%$13.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$8.1 million
  • Public transit$4.7 million
  • Airports$491 thousand
Housing and community development
5.8%$12.4 million
Interest on debt
3.0%$6.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.5%$5.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5.3 million
Health and hospitals
0.4%$853 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$853 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.3%$581 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$581 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$395 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$391 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Hawthorne. 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 Hawthorne 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.