ZIP 48933 · Lansing, MI

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

State of Michigan

$98.8 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended September 30, 2023.

Where the money comes from

State taxes41%Federal tax money36%Fees for services (hospital bills, college tuition)17%Fines and other6.2%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

17%

of Michigan's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical state government gets 10%.

Full Michigan breakdown

State taxes41%

Sales tax
14%$12.7 billion
Individual income tax
12%$11.6 billion
Other taxes
8.9%$8.34 billion
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor fuel taxes and 17 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$2.33 billion
  • Motor fuel taxes$1.55 billion
  • Motor vehicle licenses$1.53 billion
  • Tobacco taxes$675 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$529 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$399 million
  • Amusement taxes$311 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$281 million
  • Other licenses$238 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$205 million
  • Driver's licenses$65.4 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$64.4 million
  • Public utility taxes$42.7 million
  • Public utility licenses$37.9 million
  • Severance taxes$27.6 million
  • Corporation licenses$24.3 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$22.5 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$40 thousand
  • Estate and gift taxes$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
3.4%$3.18 billion
Property tax
3.0%$2.81 billion

Fees for services17%

Fees for services
17%$15.6 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 12 more
  • Hospital bills$8.03 billion
  • College tuition$4.34 billion
  • Liquor stores$1.56 billion
  • University housing and dining$1.36 billion
  • Other service charges$164 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$58.2 million
  • Housing$43.7 million
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$32.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$8.7 million
  • Other education charges$6.7 million
  • Airport$529 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$443 thousand
  • Road charges$159 thousand
  • Transit fares$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money36%

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

From the federal government
36%$33.6 billion

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.3%$279 million

Fines and other6.2%

Interest, rents and other
6.1%$5.73 billion
Fines
0.1%$119 million
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Where the money goes

Sent to local governments34%Social services25%Schools and colleges16%Health and hospitals10%Running the government and other costs3.6%All other spending11%

What stands out

34%

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

Full Michigan breakdown

Spending by category100%

Sent to local governments
34%$34.0 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: other public welfare and 20 more
  • Sent to school districts$20.3 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$5.13 billion
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$2.45 billion
  • Sent to local governments: general support$1.68 billion
  • Sent to local governments: public health$1.02 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$856 million
  • Sent to school districts (colleges)$568 million
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$556 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$487 million
  • Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$437 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$221 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$80.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$40.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$35.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$31.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$29.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$25.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$17.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$13.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: other education$12.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$7.0 million
  • Sent to the federal government$2.2 million
Social services
25%$24.7 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 1 more
  • Other public welfare$24.4 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$304 million
  • Welfare institutions$31.7 million
Schools and colleges
16%$15.6 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 2 more
  • Colleges and universities$10.9 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.95 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$1.93 billion
  • Other education$812 million
Health and hospitals
10%$10.3 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$8.10 billion
  • Public health$2.22 billion
Running the government and other costs
3.6%$3.56 billion
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.63 billion
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.33 billion
  • Other government administration$346 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$250 million
  • Other government-run businesses$514 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.5%$3.45 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$1.68 billion
  • Police$733 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$361 million
  • Inspections and regulation$359 million
  • Courts and legal services$316 million
Roads, transit and parking
3.2%$3.14 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; toll roads and bridges and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$2.98 billion
  • Toll roads and bridges$92.2 million
  • Airports$63.4 million
  • Public transit$114 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.3%$1.27 billion
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores and garbage and solid waste
  • Liquor stores$1.26 billion
  • Garbage and solid waste$5.3 million
Interest on debt
1.0%$984 million
Housing and community development
0.9%$928 million
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$548 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$548 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$284 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$273 million
  • Libraries$11.1 million
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Your county

Ingham County

$538 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended December 31, 2023.

Where the money comes from

Federal tax money28%State tax money22%Fees for services (parks and recreation, parks, land and natural resources)20%County taxes19%Fines and other8.3%Local tax money2.3%

What stands out

28%

of Ingham County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 4.5%.

Full Ingham County breakdown

County taxes19%

Property tax
19%$105 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$549 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$350 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$199 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services20%

Fees for services
20%$111 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Other service charges$107 million
  • Parks and recreation$2.8 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1.1 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money28%

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

From the federal government
28%$154 million

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$123 million

Local tax money2.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.3%$12.5 million

Fines and other8.3%

Interest, rents and other
8.3%$45.6 million
Fines
<0.1%$201 thousand
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Where the money goes

Health and hospitals47%Running the government and other costs18%Roads, transit and parking11%Police, fire, courts and jails9.7%Social services8.2%All other spending6.1%

What stands out

47%

of Ingham County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people spends 7.9%.

Full Ingham County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
47%$252 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$252 million
Running the government and other costs
18%$97.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$86.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6.9 million
  • Government buildings$2.7 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
11%$58.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$53.9 million
  • Public transit$5.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.7%$52.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$32.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$19.0 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.3 million
Social services
8.2%$44.2 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$27.6 million
  • Other public welfare$16.6 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.1%$22.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$22.0 million
Interest on debt
1.4%$7.6 million
Environment and natural resources
0.3%$1.6 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.6 million
Housing and community development
0.2%$1.2 million
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$585 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$585 thousand
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Your city

City of Lansing

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

Where the money comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)58%City taxes15%State tax money12%Fines and other8.2%Federal tax money6.4%County and local tax money0.3%

What stands out

58%

of Lansing's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 30%.

Full Lansing breakdown

City taxes15%

Property tax
9.7%$85.4 million
Individual income tax
4.8%$42.2 million
Other taxes
0.2%$1.9 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$1.8 million
  • Other licenses$48 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services58%

Fees for services
58%$510 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 6 more
  • Electric power$362 million
  • Water$55.8 million
  • Sewer$39.8 million
  • Other service charges$37.7 million
  • Garbage collection$9.0 million
  • Parking$5.7 million
  • Other government-run businesses$386 thousand
  • Housing$294 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money6.4%

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

From the federal government
6.4%$56.5 million

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$107 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%$2.5 million

Fines and other8.2%

Interest, rents and other
8.0%$70.5 million
Fines
0.2%$1.8 million
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Where the money goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities54%Running the government and other costs17%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Roads, transit and parking5.9%Interest on debt5.3%All other spending6.4%

What stands out

54%

of Lansing's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 20%.

Full Lansing breakdown

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
54%$480 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$393 million
  • Water supply$55.7 million
  • Sewer systems$26.5 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$4.2 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$148 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$103 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$40.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.8 million
  • Other government-run businesses$265 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$105 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$53.6 million
  • Fire protection$42.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$8.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
5.9%$52.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$46.6 million
  • Parking$5.6 million
Interest on debt
5.3%$47.4 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on electric power debt; interest on general debt and 1 more
  • Interest on electric power debt$29.0 million
  • Interest on general debt$17.0 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$1.4 million
Housing and community development
3.5%$31.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.6%$22.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$22.9 million
Health and hospitals
0.2%$2.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.2 million
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Your schools

Lansing Public School District

$251 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State tax money59%School district taxes18%County and local tax money12%Federal tax money6.3%Fines and other4.2%Fees for services (school lunches)0.2%

What stands out

12%

of Lansing Public School District's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 1%.

Full Lansing Public School District breakdown

School district taxes18%

Property tax
18%$47.6 million

Fees for services0.2%

Fees for services
0.2%$649 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school lunches
  • Other school charges$610 thousand
  • School lunches$39 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money6.3%

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

From the federal government
6.3%$16.6 million

State tax money59%

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

From the state
59%$157 million

County and local tax money12%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
12%$32.1 million

Fines and other4.2%

Interest, rents and other
4.2%$11.1 million
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Where the money goes

Schools and colleges93%Sent to other local governments3.9%Interest on debt2.9%

What stands out

3.9%

of Lansing Public School District's spending goes to local governments.Most school districts with 5,000 to 25,000 students spend nothing on this.

Full Lansing Public School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
93%$234 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$234 million
Sent to other local governments
3.9%$9.7 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$9.7 million
Interest on debt
2.9%$7.3 million
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Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

State of Michigan. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

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

Lansing Public 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.