ZIP 12226 · Albany, NY

Four 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

New York State

$266.8 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended March 31, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State taxes45%Federal tax money38%Fees for services (hospital bills, electric power)9.1%Fines and other6.6%Local tax money0.5%
Full New York State breakdown

What stands out

8.9%

of New York State's money comes from business income taxes.A typical state government gets 3.8%.

State taxes45%

Individual income tax
21%$53.8 billion
Business income tax
8.9%$23.2 billion
Other taxes
8.4%$22.0 billion
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 16 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$8.06 billion
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$2.61 billion
  • Insurance premium taxes$2.49 billion
  • Estate and gift taxes$1.86 billion
  • Motor fuel taxes$1.60 billion
  • Motor vehicle licenses$1.42 billion
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$1.32 billion
  • Tobacco taxes$837 million
  • Public utility taxes$781 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$276 million
  • Driver's licenses$179 million
  • Amusement taxes$163 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$149 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$80.7 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$57.3 million
  • Corporation licenses$46.2 million
  • Public utility licenses$46.0 million
  • Other licenses$1.8 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
7.6%$20.0 billion

Fees for services9.1%

Fees for services
9.1%$23.9 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; electric power and 13 more
  • Hospital bills$8.13 billion
  • Electric power$6.73 billion
  • College tuition$3.04 billion
  • Other service charges$1.93 billion
  • Transit fares$1.76 billion
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$1.03 billion
  • University housing and dining$691 million
  • Parks and recreation$357 million
  • Airport$72.5 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$72.3 million
  • Other education charges$43.4 million
  • Road charges$12.2 million
  • Ports and waterways$11.8 million
  • Housing$1.8 million
  • Garbage collection$61 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money38%

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

From the federal government
38%$100.4 billion

Local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.5%$1.26 billion

Fines and other6.6%

Interest, rents and other
6.4%$16.8 billion
Fines
0.2%$393 million
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Where the money goes

Social services37%Sent to local governments34%Running the government and other costs6.6%Schools and colleges5.6%Health and hospitals4.8%All other spending13%

What stands out

5.6%

of New York State's spending goes to schools and colleges.A typical state government spends 15%.

Full New York State breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
37%$97.6 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$97.3 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$258 million
  • Welfare institutions$108 million
  • Veterans' services$8.5 million
Sent to local governments
34%$89.9 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools and 22 more
  • Sent to school districts$24.1 billion
  • Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$21.2 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$15.3 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$8.93 billion
  • Sent to local governments: public health$8.74 billion
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$4.04 billion
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$2.55 billion
  • Sent to local governments: general support$1.27 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other education$1.00 billion
  • Sent to local governments: sewer systems$616 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$608 million
  • Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$420 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$321 million
  • Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$280 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$157 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$132 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$122 million
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$80.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$49.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$21.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$17.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$9.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$8.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$4.2 million
Running the government and other costs
6.6%$17.6 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$12.6 billion
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$4.24 billion
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$339 million
  • Other government administration$247 million
  • Government buildings$201 million
  • Other government-run businesses$6 thousand
Schools and colleges
5.6%$15.0 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 3 more
  • Colleges and universities$12.1 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.86 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$1.01 billion
  • Other education$113 million
  • Elementary and secondary schools$992 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.8%$12.8 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$8.73 billion
  • Public health$4.06 billion
Roads, transit and parking
4.4%$11.8 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit; roads and highways and 3 more
  • Public transit$5.81 billion
  • Roads and highways$4.37 billion
  • Toll roads and bridges$1.36 billion
  • Airports$204 million
  • Ports and harbors$14.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.0%$7.90 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Courts and legal services$3.37 billion
  • Prisons and jails$3.03 billion
  • Police$1.10 billion
  • Inspections and regulation$199 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$196 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.5%$6.60 billion
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$6.51 billion
  • Water supply$51.6 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$29.6 million
  • Sewer systems$4.0 million
Interest on debt
2.0%$5.31 billion
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt; interest on public transit debt and 1 more
  • Interest on general debt$3.59 billion
  • Interest on public transit debt$1.14 billion
  • Interest on electric power debt$571 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$884 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$881 million
  • Libraries$3.1 million
Housing and community development
0.3%$803 million
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$617 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$617 million
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Your county

Albany County

$947 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended December 31, 2023.

Where the money comes from

County taxes66%State tax money18%Fees for services (parks and recreation, sewer)8.3%Fines and other3.6%Local tax money2.9%Federal tax money0.9%
Full Albany County breakdown

What stands out

54%

of Albany County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 2.7%.

County taxes66%

Sales tax
54%$501 million
Property tax
11%$98.8 million
Other taxes
1.4%$13.2 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 1 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$9.3 million
  • Other licenses$3.9 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$44 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.3%

Fees for services
8.3%$77.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$64.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$9.1 million
  • Sewer$3.0 million
  • Parking$1.1 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.9%

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

From the federal government
0.9%$8.3 million

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$171 million

Local tax money2.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.9%$26.8 million

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$33.7 million
Fines
<0.1%$232 thousand
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Where the money goes

Sent to other local governments38%Running the government and other costs16%Social services15%Health and hospitals10%Police, fire, courts and jails10%All other spending10%

What stands out

38%

of Albany County's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of 250,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Full Albany County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
38%$362 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$299 million
  • Sent to the state government$63.1 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$147 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$110 million
  • Government buildings$16.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$13.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6.5 million
Social services
15%$146 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$146 million
Health and hospitals
10%$98.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$98.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
10%$97.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 2 more
  • Prisons and jails$40.7 million
  • Police$25.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$23.7 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$7.7 million
Roads, transit and parking
4.2%$40.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$38.5 million
  • Public transit$1.4 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.5%$24.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$24.0 million
Interest on debt
2.5%$23.7 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$8.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$7.0 million
  • Libraries$1.2 million
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$1.2 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.2 million
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Your city

City of Albany

$247 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended December 31, 2023.

Where the money comes from

City taxes31%County and local tax money20%State tax money19%Federal tax money14%Fines and other14%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)3.8%

What stands out

20%

of Albany's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 0.9%.

Full Albany breakdown

City taxes31%

Property tax
26%$61.0 million
Other taxes
4.7%$11.2 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$7.8 million
  • Public utility taxes$3.4 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$31 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.8%

Fees for services
3.8%$8.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$4.6 million
  • Garbage collection$2.9 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.5 million
  • Electric power$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money14%

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

From the federal government
14%$32.2 million

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$44.0 million

County and local tax money20%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
20%$46.1 million

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
11%$26.3 million
Fines
2.5%$5.8 million
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Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails47%Running the government and other costs33%Roads, transit and parking9.5%Interest on debt4.1%Water, sewer, trash and utilities3.4%All other spending2.4%

What stands out

47%

of Albany's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 25%.

Full Albany breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
47%$116 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$67.5 million
  • Fire protection$42.7 million
  • Inspections and regulation$4.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.8 million
Running the government and other costs
33%$82.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$62.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$14.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.5 million
  • Government buildings$2.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
9.5%$23.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$23.5 million
Interest on debt
4.1%$10.2 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.4%$8.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$8.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.1%$5.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5.2 million
Health and hospitals
0.3%$662 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$662 thousand
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$41 thousand
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$41 thousand
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Your schools

Albany City School District

$357 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State tax money60%School district taxes34%Fines and other4.8%County and local tax money0.6%Federal tax money0.1%
Full Albany City School District breakdown

What stands out

33%

of Albany City School District's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 29%.

School district taxes34%

Property tax
33%$116 million
Other taxes
1.4%$4.8 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$4.8 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services<0.1%

Fees for services
<0.1%$116 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school lunches
  • Other school charges$102 thousand
  • School lunches$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.1%

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

From the federal government
0.1%$456 thousand

State tax money60%

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

From the state
60%$212 million

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$2.2 million

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.8%$17.1 million
Albany City School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges97%Interest on debt2.8%Sent to other local governments0.3%
Full Albany City School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
97%$346 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$346 million
Interest on debt
2.8%$9.9 million
Sent to other local governments
0.3%$941 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$941 thousand
Albany City School District page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

New York State. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

Albany County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

City of Albany. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

Albany City School District. 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.