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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Arapahoe took in $6.0 million and spent $4.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)69%City taxes18%Fines and other8.0%State tax money4.9%

What stands out

69%

of Arapahoe'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 taxes18%

Other taxes
11%$694 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$694 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
4.0%$241 thousand
Sales tax
2.8%$167 thousand

Fees for services69%

Fees for services
69%$4.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; electric power and 3 more
  • Other service charges$2.3 million
  • Electric power$1.4 million
  • Water$297 thousand
  • Sewer$85 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$65 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.9%

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

From the state
4.9%$299 thousand

Fines and other8.0%

Interest, rents and other
8.0%$483 thousand

Where it goes

Parks, recreation and libraries43%Water, sewer, trash and utilities35%Roads, transit and parking7.4%Running the government and other costs4.7%Police, fire, courts and jails3.7%All other spending5.8%

What stands out

43%

of Arapahoe'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%

Parks, recreation and libraries
43%$1.7 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$1.3 million
  • Libraries$429 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
35%$1.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 1 more
  • Electric power$1.1 million
  • Water supply$198 thousand
  • Sewer systems$63 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.4%$293 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$293 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.7%$187 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$97 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$75 thousand
  • Government buildings$15 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.7%$148 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Police$56 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$56 thousand
  • Fire protection$36 thousand
Housing and community development
3.5%$140 thousand
Interest on debt
1.6%$64 thousand
Social services
0.4%$15 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$15 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$11 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$11 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Arapahoe. 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 Arapahoe 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.