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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Hartford took in $969 million and spent $1.29 billion.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money51%City taxes33%Federal tax money10%Fees for services (parking, parks and recreation)2.5%Fines and other2.1%County and local tax money0.6%

What stands out

51%

of Hartford's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 6.4%.

City taxes33%

Property tax
32%$310 million
Other taxes
1.4%$13.3 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$12.9 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$410 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.5%

Fees for services
2.5%$24.3 million
What's in fees for servicesParking; other service charges and 6 more
  • Parking$10.4 million
  • Other service charges$9.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$3.5 million
  • School lunches$463 thousand
  • Other school charges$82 thousand
  • Garbage collection$80 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$64 thousand
  • Road charges$1 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%$99.1 million

State tax money51%

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

From the state
51%$496 million

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$6.1 million

Fines and other2.1%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$20.0 million
Fines
<0.1%$96 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges45%Running the government and other costs24%Police, fire, courts and jails7.8%Housing and community development6.9%Sent to other local governments6.5%All other spending10%

What stands out

45%

of Hartford's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. cities of 50,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
45%$580 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$580 million
Running the government and other costs
24%$305 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$295 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.8%$101 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$57.1 million
  • Fire protection$41.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.2 million
Housing and community development
6.9%$89.5 million
Sent to other local governments
6.5%$84.2 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$84.2 million
Health and hospitals
3.4%$44.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$44.4 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.1%$39.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$24.4 million
  • Libraries$15.4 million
Roads, transit and parking
2.3%$30.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$22.4 million
  • Parking$7.9 million
Interest on debt
1.0%$12.7 million
Social services
0.4%$4.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$4.7 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Hartford. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of City of Hartford 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.