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El Paso's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended April 30, 2022), El Paso took in $4.8 million and spent $3.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money64%Fees for services (sewer, water)22%City taxes11%Fines and other3.2%

What stands out

64%

of El Paso's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes11%

Property tax
8.9%$427 thousand
Other taxes
1.8%$88 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$77 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$1.1 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 1 more
  • Sewer$574 thousand
  • Water$327 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$160 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money64%

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

From the state
64%$3.0 million

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$155 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs38%Water, sewer, trash and utilities35%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Parks, recreation and libraries10%Roads, transit and parking0.4%Interest on debt0.1%

What stands out

10%

of El Paso's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
38%$1.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$848 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$538 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
35%$1.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply
  • Sewer systems$674 thousand
  • Water supply$586 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$590 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$590 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
10%$371 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$371 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.4%$14 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$14 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of El Paso. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended April 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 El Paso 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.