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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Doral took in $88.0 million and spent $86.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes68%Federal tax money9.6%State tax money9.4%Fees for services (transit fares, parks and recreation)6.5%Fines and other6.2%County and local tax money0.3%

What stands out

36%

of Doral's money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 7.2%.

City taxes68%

Other taxes

36%$31.7 million

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; occupation and business licenses and 2 more

Public utility taxes$17.1 million
Occupation and business licenses$9.2 million
Other licenses$4.4 million
Motor fuel taxes$959 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax

32%$28.1 million

Fees for services6.5%

Fees for services

6.5%$5.7 million

What's in fees for servicesTransit fares; other service charges and 1 more

Transit fares$2.6 million
Other service charges$2.5 million
Parks and recreation$591 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.6%

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

From the federal government

9.6%$8.4 million

State tax money9.4%

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

From the state

9.4%$8.3 million

County and local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.3%$285 thousand

Fines and other6.2%

Interest, rents and other

4.6%$4.0 million

Fines

1.6%$1.4 million

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails37%Parks, recreation and libraries31%Running the government and other costs14%Roads, transit and parking13%Environment and natural resources2.8%Interest on debt2.5%

What stands out

31%

of Doral's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 6.4%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails

37%$31.6 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more

Police$25.8 million
Inspections and regulation$5.3 million
Courts and legal services$625 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

31%$26.7 million

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$26.7 million

Running the government and other costs

14%$12.1 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$7.2 million
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.9 million
Other and not broken out$926 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

13%$11.6 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$11.6 million

Environment and natural resources

2.8%$2.4 million

What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation

Natural resources, farming and conservation$2.4 million

Interest on debt

2.5%$2.2 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Doral. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Doral 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.