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Terre Haute's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Terre Haute took in $212 million and spent $91.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)64%City taxes16%State tax money15%County and local tax money2.8%Fines and other1.2%Federal tax money0.7%

What stands out

64%

of Terre Haute's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 30%.

City taxes16%

Property tax
16%$33.3 million
Other taxes
0.3%$714 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$476 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$222 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services64%

Fees for services
64%$136 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 4 more
  • Sewer$130 million
  • Other service charges$4.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.8 million
  • Other government-run businesses$143 thousand
  • Airport$71 thousand
  • Transit fares$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.7%

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

From the federal government
0.7%$1.6 million

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$31.1 million

County and local tax money2.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.8%$6.0 million

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.2%$2.5 million

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails41%Water, sewer, trash and utilities20%Roads, transit and parking12%Running the government and other costs11%Interest on debt6.1%All other spending9.8%

What stands out

41%

of Terre Haute'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
41%$37.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$18.5 million
  • Police$17.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.9 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
20%$18.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$15.6 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.9 million
Roads, transit and parking
12%$11.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$5.0 million
  • Airports$3.4 million
  • Public transit$2.7 million
Running the government and other costs
11%$9.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$8.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$606 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$590 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$475 thousand
  • Government buildings$182 thousand
Interest on debt
6.1%$5.6 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.9%$3.6 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$3.6 million
Housing and community development
3.3%$3.0 million
Health and hospitals
2.7%$2.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.5 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$7 thousand
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$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Terre Haute. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of City of Terre Haute 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.