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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), El Dorado took in $34.3 million and spent $28.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes36%Fees for services (water, sewer)34%Fines and other26%State tax money3.1%

What stands out

23%

of El Dorado's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 4.9%.

City taxes36%

Property tax
20%$7.0 million
Sales tax
9.6%$3.3 million
Other taxes
6.6%$2.3 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$1.5 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$466 thousand
  • Other licenses$256 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$11.7 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 5 more
  • Water$5.1 million
  • Sewer$3.4 million
  • Garbage collection$2.1 million
  • Other service charges$977 thousand
  • Airport$231 thousand
  • Gas$31 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money3.1%

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

From the state
3.1%$1.1 million

Fines and other26%

Interest, rents and other
23%$7.9 million
Fines
3.2%$1.1 million

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs25%Water, sewer, trash and utilities24%Interest on debt19%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Parks, recreation and libraries7.4%All other spending6.6%

What stands out

19%

of El Dorado's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
25%$7.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$4.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.8 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$683 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$209 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
24%$6.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Water supply$2.9 million
  • Sewer systems$2.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.7 million
  • Gas supply$22 thousand
Interest on debt
19%$5.4 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$3.9 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$1.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$5.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$2.8 million
  • Fire protection$2.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$271 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.4%$2.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$1.5 million
  • Libraries$650 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.5%$1.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports and roads and highways
  • Airports$871 thousand
  • Roads and highways$705 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.1%$322 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$322 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of El Dorado. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of City of El Dorado 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.