City government · Aroostook County, ME

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Caribou took in $68.6 million and spent $78.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, garbage collection)82%City taxes16%Fines and other1.0%State tax money0.9%

What stands out

82%

of Caribou's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes16%

Property tax
16%$10.7 million
Other taxes
0.4%$308 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$308 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services82%

Fees for services
82%$56.3 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 4 more
  • Hospital bills$54.1 million
  • Other service charges$1.9 million
  • Garbage collection$249 thousand
  • Housing$39 thousand
  • Road charges$33 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.9%

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

From the state
0.9%$618 thousand

Fines and other1.0%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$673 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals88%Police, fire, courts and jails6.0%Roads, transit and parking2.9%Parks, recreation and libraries1.2%Running the government and other costs0.9%All other spending1.0%

What stands out

88%

of Caribou's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
88%$69.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$69.2 million
  • Public health$139 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.0%$4.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$2.5 million
  • Police$2.2 million
Roads, transit and parking
2.9%$2.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$970 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$743 thousand
  • Libraries$227 thousand
Running the government and other costs
0.9%$725 thousand
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$350 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$305 thousand
  • Government buildings$70 thousand
Housing and community development
0.8%$645 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$139 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$139 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$11 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Caribou. 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 Caribou 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.