ZIP 02840 · Newport, RI

Two governments run on your community's money

This page shows every government that serves ZIP 02840: the state, county, city or town and school district, and where each one's money comes from and goes.

Each government is shown for its own newest fiscal year on file, so the years differ. Figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, the government's own report, as named under Sources and more.

Where do my taxes go in 02840?
02840 is served by the State of Rhode Island and the City of Newport. In each one's latest recorded fiscal year, State of Rhode Island spent $12.3 billion (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024) and City of Newport spent $195 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024). Each government's money is separate.

Which governments collect property tax in 02840?
Of the governments serving 02840, City of Newport collected $92.6 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024) and State of Rhode Island collected $5.4 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024) in property tax. These are each government's total collections, not a bill for 02840.

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From the state down to your schools: where each one's money comes from and goes.

See the full budget for: Newport

Why not this year? Each figure is the newest year the U.S. Census Bureau has published for that government, so the years differ and are not the current year. Most governments post their current budget on their own website.

Where property tax goes in 02840

City of Newport$92.6 million

43% of its $214 million in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 · estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau

State of Rhode Island$5.4 million

<0.1% of its $12.4 billion in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2024

These are each government's total property tax collections, not your bill. Your own bill is split by each government's tax rate, shown on your property tax bill.

Your city

Public schools here are run by City of Newport, so school money is part of its budget.

Rhode Island has no county governments.

City of Newport

$195 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024. Estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau

Where the money comes from

City taxes48%Fees for services (water, sewer)27%State tax money19%Fines and other5.1%County and local tax money0.7%Federal tax money0.6%
Full Newport breakdown

What stands out

43%

of Newport's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 19%.

City taxes48%

Property tax
43%$92.6 million
Other taxes
4.8%$10.4 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 3 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$7.6 million
  • Other licenses$2.4 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$196 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$148 thousand
  • Amusement licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services27%

Fees for services
27%$57.6 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 8 more
  • Water$20.5 million
  • Sewer$19.6 million
  • Other service charges$11.7 million
  • Parking$2.4 million
  • Ports and waterways$1.5 million
  • Other school charges$1.4 million
  • Parks and recreation$244 thousand
  • School lunches$149 thousand
  • Housing$116 thousand
  • Garbage collection$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.6%

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

From the federal government
0.6%$1.3 million

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$40.0 million

County and local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.7%$1.5 million

Fines and other5.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$9.9 million
Fines
0.5%$1.1 million
Newport page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges31%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Running the government and other costs17%Water, sewer, trash and utilities15%Health and hospitals6.5%All other spending8.5%

What stands out

31%

of Newport's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. cities of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Full Newport breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
31%$59.8 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$59.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$43.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$22.0 million
  • Police$20.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$552 thousand
Running the government and other costs
17%$32.9 million
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$24.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$5.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
15%$29.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply
  • Sewer systems$15.3 million
  • Water supply$14.2 million
Health and hospitals
6.5%$12.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$12.7 million
Interest on debt
4.4%$8.6 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$6.5 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$2.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
1.8%$3.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingParking; ports and harbors and 1 more
  • Parking$2.2 million
  • Ports and harbors$1.4 million
  • Roads and highways$10 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.1%$2.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$2.1 million
Sent to other local governments
0.5%$1.0 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$955 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$56 thousand
Housing and community development
0.4%$746 thousand
Social services
0.3%$656 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$656 thousand
Newport page →

Your state

State of Rhode Island

$12.3 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State taxes42%Federal tax money37%Fees for services (college tuition, sewer)10%Fines and other9.8%Local tax money0.9%
Full Rhode Island breakdown

State taxes42%

Sales tax
13%$1.63 billion
Individual income tax
13%$1.59 billion
Other taxes
12%$1.44 billion
What's in other taxesAmusement taxes; other selective sales taxes and 16 more
  • Amusement taxes$408 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$231 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$172 million
  • Motor fuel taxes$151 million
  • Tobacco taxes$119 million
  • Public utility taxes$103 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$86.3 million
  • Estate and gift taxes$51.6 million
  • Other licenses$44.0 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$21.2 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$16.5 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$13.0 million
  • Driver's licenses$9.5 million
  • Corporation licenses$7.8 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$2.5 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1.3 million
  • Public utility licenses$559 thousand
  • Amusement licenses$291 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
4.8%$596 million
Property tax
<0.1%$5.4 million

Fees for services10%

Fees for services
10%$1.25 billion
What's in fees for servicesCollege tuition; other service charges and 14 more
  • College tuition$389 million
  • Other service charges$378 million
  • Sewer$111 million
  • University housing and dining$108 million
  • Airport$59.9 million
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$48.2 million
  • Parks and recreation$43.0 million
  • Transit fares$23.6 million
  • Other education charges$23.3 million
  • Housing$22.5 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$21.6 million
  • Road charges$10.5 million
  • Garbage collection$7.9 million
  • Hospital bills$2.6 million
  • School lunches$593 thousand
  • Other school charges$322 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money37%

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

From the federal government
37%$4.56 billion

Local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.9%$110 million

Fines and other9.8%

Interest, rents and other
9.6%$1.19 billion
Fines
0.1%$17.4 million
Rhode Island page →

Where the money goes

Social services37%Sent to local governments15%Schools and colleges13%Running the government and other costs7.5%Roads, transit and parking7.3%All other spending20%

What stands out

15%

of Rhode Island's spending goes to local governments.A typical state government spends 24%.

Full Rhode Island breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
37%$4.60 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; welfare institutions and 1 more
  • Other public welfare$4.51 billion
  • Welfare institutions$47.5 million
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$40.8 million
Sent to local governments
15%$1.89 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools; sent to local governments: general support and 10 more
  • Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$1.47 billion
  • Sent to local governments: general support$297 million
  • Sent to school districts$77.6 million
  • Sent to the federal government$16.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$10.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$6.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: other education$6.3 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$248 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$152 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: police$86 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$32 thousand
Schools and colleges
13%$1.55 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; elementary and secondary schools and 3 more
  • Colleges and universities$727 million
  • Elementary and secondary schools$346 million
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$192 million
  • Other education$155 million
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$129 million
Running the government and other costs
7.5%$923 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 4 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$391 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$239 million
  • Other and not broken out$195 million
  • Government buildings$78.8 million
  • Other government administration$16.4 million
  • Other government-run businesses$2.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.3%$899 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 3 more
  • Roads and highways$639 million
  • Public transit$157 million
  • Airports$76.1 million
  • Toll roads and bridges$27.9 million
  • Ports and harbors$4 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.0%$741 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
  • Public health$615 million
  • Hospitals$126 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.7%$703 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$256 million
  • Courts and legal services$200 million
  • Police$146 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$54.9 million
  • Inspections and regulation$46.4 million
Interest on debt
3.9%$485 million
Housing and community development
1.8%$226 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.3%$165 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$90.0 million
  • Sewer systems$74.9 million
Environment and natural resources
0.9%$116 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$116 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$46.6 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$42.4 million
  • Libraries$4.3 million
Rhode Island page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

State of Rhode Island. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

City of Newport. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

How a ZIP is matched. A ZIP code is not a government boundary, so we match it to the cities, counties and school districts that overlap it, using Census Bureau geography. Where a ZIP crosses several, each one is shown with its share of the ZIP. Each government's money covers its own operations only; the others listed here are separate.

Latest recorded year. The year differs by government: each block shows the newest fiscal year on file. A Census survey year covers fiscal years ending July 1 of the year before through June 30 of that year.