ZIP 06605 · Bridgeport, CT

Two governments run on your community's money

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

Yearly budgets from each government's latest fiscal year on record. Tap one to jump to it.

Your state

State of Connecticut

$34.0 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State taxes59%Federal tax money30%Fees for services (college tuition, hospital bills)7.7%Fines and other3.6%
Full Connecticut breakdown

What stands out

26%

of Connecticut's money comes from a personal income tax.A typical state government gets 14%.

State taxes59%

Individual income tax
26%$10.0 billion
Sales tax
16%$6.23 billion
Other taxes
9.5%$3.72 billion
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor fuel taxes and 17 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.42 billion
  • Motor fuel taxes$560 million
  • Public utility taxes$338 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$281 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$260 million
  • Tobacco taxes$249 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$241 million
  • Estate and gift taxes$113 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$65.1 million
  • Driver's licenses$56.4 million
  • Amusement taxes$45.6 million
  • Corporation licenses$37.4 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$29.8 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$9.9 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$5.1 million
  • Other licenses$4.6 million
  • Public utility licenses$593 thousand
  • Amusement licenses$173 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$160 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
8.2%$3.20 billion

Fees for services7.7%

Fees for services
7.7%$3.03 billion
What's in fees for servicesCollege tuition; hospital bills and 13 more
  • College tuition$1.21 billion
  • Hospital bills$780 million
  • Other service charges$456 million
  • University housing and dining$333 million
  • Transit fares$77.3 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$50.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$39.0 million
  • Airport$33.4 million
  • Road charges$18.0 million
  • Housing$11.4 million
  • Other education charges$10.3 million
  • Parking$7.4 million
  • Garbage collection$7.4 million
  • Other government-run businesses$263 thousand
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$230 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money30%

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

From the federal government
30%$11.6 billion

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
<0.1%$12.3 million

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.3%$1.29 billion
Fines
0.3%$137 million
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Where the money goes

Sent to local governments24%Running the government and other costs16%Social services15%Schools and colleges14%Health and hospitals10%All other spending21%

What stands out

16%

of Connecticut's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical state government spends 6%.

Full Connecticut breakdown

Spending by category100%

Sent to local governments
24%$8.20 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools; sent to local governments: other public welfare and 16 more
  • Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$4.29 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$1.28 billion
  • Sent to local governments: general support$924 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$375 million
  • Sent to school districts$373 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$229 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$202 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$146 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$137 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$85.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$49.3 million
  • Sent to local governments: ports and harbors$31.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$29.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$19.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$6.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$6.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$4.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$3.7 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$5.52 billion
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 4 more
  • Other and not broken out$4.33 billion
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$585 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$534 million
  • Other government administration$67.1 million
  • Government buildings$2.0 million
  • Other government-run businesses$797 thousand
Social services
15%$4.95 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$4.89 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$30.5 million
  • Veterans' services$30.2 million
  • Welfare institutions$72 thousand
Schools and colleges
14%$4.65 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; college housing, dining and bookstores and 2 more
  • Colleges and universities$3.07 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$576 million
  • Other education$509 million
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$493 million
Health and hospitals
10%$3.39 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$2.22 billion
  • Public health$1.17 billion
Roads, transit and parking
8.9%$3.01 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 3 more
  • Roads and highways$2.18 billion
  • Public transit$788 million
  • Airports$32.9 million
  • Parking$6.5 million
  • Ports and harbors$1.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.7%$1.93 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$773 million
  • Courts and legal services$741 million
  • Police$296 million
  • Inspections and regulation$120 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$802 thousand
Interest on debt
5.1%$1.72 billion
Housing and community development
0.9%$301 million
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$220 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$220 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$85.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$73.4 million
  • Libraries$12.0 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$23.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$23.6 million
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Your city

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

Connecticut has no county governments.

City of Bridgeport

$889 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

City taxes44%State tax money44%Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)6.7%Federal tax money3.8%Fines and other1.2%County and local tax money0.3%

What stands out

44%

of Bridgeport's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 6.4%.

Full Bridgeport breakdown

City taxes44%

Property tax
42%$335 million
Other taxes
1.9%$15.3 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$10.4 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$3.2 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$1.8 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.7%

Fees for services
6.7%$53.4 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 6 more
  • Sewer$39.5 million
  • Other service charges$7.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$3.6 million
  • Airport$1.9 million
  • Parking$372 thousand
  • School lunches$146 thousand
  • Other school charges$97 thousand
  • Garbage collection$62 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.8%

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

From the federal government
3.8%$30.5 million

State tax money44%

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

From the state
44%$350 million

County and local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.3%$2.4 million

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$9.0 million
Fines
<0.1%$571 thousand
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Where the money goes

Schools and colleges55%Running the government and other costs13%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.5%Interest on debt4.1%All other spending8.1%

What stands out

55%

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

Full Bridgeport breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
55%$492 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$492 million
Running the government and other costs
13%$113 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$74.0 million
  • Government buildings$25.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$7.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$108 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$70.0 million
  • Police$28.8 million
  • Courts and legal services$5.5 million
  • Inspections and regulation$4.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.5%$67.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$42.5 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$24.4 million
Interest on debt
4.1%$36.2 million
Roads, transit and parking
2.8%$25.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$22.5 million
  • Airports$1.8 million
  • Parking$465 thousand
  • Ports and harbors$347 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.3%$20.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$11.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$8.2 million
Sent to other local governments
1.9%$16.6 million
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$16.6 million
Health and hospitals
0.5%$4.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.1 million
Social services
0.3%$3.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3.1 million
Housing and community development
0.2%$2.1 million
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$1.3 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.3 million
Bridgeport page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

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

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

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.