ZIP 67203 · Wichita, KS

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 Kansas

$27.9 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State taxes45%Federal tax money25%Fees for services (hospital bills, college tuition)23%Fines and other6.8%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

23%

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

Full Kansas breakdown

State taxes45%

Individual income tax
16%$4.50 billion
Sales tax
15%$4.33 billion
Other taxes
6.3%$1.80 billion
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; motor fuel taxes and 15 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$514 million
  • Motor fuel taxes$458 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$251 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$171 million
  • Tobacco taxes$105 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$90.9 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$65.1 million
  • Severance taxes$35.0 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$32.7 million
  • Driver's licenses$32.1 million
  • Corporation licenses$24.5 million
  • Amusement licenses$10.4 million
  • Public utility licenses$4.2 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$3.9 million
  • Other licenses$2.9 million
  • Public utility taxes$314 thousand
  • Amusement taxes$313 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
5.1%$1.47 billion
Property tax
3.3%$953 million

Fees for services23%

Fees for services
23%$6.52 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 8 more
  • Hospital bills$4.55 billion
  • College tuition$815 million
  • Other service charges$479 million
  • University housing and dining$462 million
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$148 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$47.6 million
  • Housing$11.6 million
  • Other education charges$5.0 million
  • Road charges$3.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$736 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money25%

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

From the federal government
25%$7.15 billion

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.2%$51.9 million

Fines and other6.8%

Interest, rents and other
6.7%$1.92 billion
Fines
0.1%$36.1 million
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Where the money goes

Social services25%Sent to local governments24%Health and hospitals19%Schools and colleges15%Roads, transit and parking7.1%All other spending10%

What stands out

19%

of Kansas' spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical state government spends 5.7%.

Full Kansas breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
25%$6.92 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$6.82 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$54.7 million
  • Welfare institutions$21.8 million
  • Veterans' services$15.5 million
Sent to local governments
24%$6.76 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to school districts (colleges) and 17 more
  • Sent to school districts$5.82 billion
  • Sent to school districts (colleges)$279 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$225 million
  • Sent to local governments: general support$140 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$91.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$72.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$57.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$19.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$12.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$7.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$6.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$5.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$5.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$5.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$4.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$3.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$1.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$1.4 million
  • Sent to the federal government$21 thousand
Health and hospitals
19%$5.31 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$4.73 billion
  • Public health$575 million
Schools and colleges
15%$4.09 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; college housing, dining and bookstores and 2 more
  • Colleges and universities$2.95 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$648 million
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$274 million
  • Other education$219 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.1%$2.00 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; toll roads and bridges and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$1.85 billion
  • Toll roads and bridges$141 million
  • Airports$4.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.1%$1.14 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$459 million
  • Courts and legal services$340 million
  • Police$193 million
  • Inspections and regulation$97.2 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$47.9 million
Running the government and other costs
4.0%$1.11 billion
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$423 million
  • Other and not broken out$418 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$221 million
  • Government buildings$31.3 million
  • Other government administration$20.2 million
Environment and natural resources
1.0%$286 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$286 million
Housing and community development
0.5%$135 million
Interest on debt
0.4%$125 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$52.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$47.7 million
  • Libraries$4.5 million
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Your county

Sedgwick County

$313 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended December 31, 2023.

Where the money comes from

County taxes60%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)14%Federal tax money13%State tax money7.3%Fines and other4.4%Local tax money1.2%
Full Sedgwick County breakdown

What stands out

50%

of Sedgwick County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 29%.

County taxes60%

Property tax
50%$223 million
Sales tax
7.4%$33.2 million
Other taxes
2.6%$11.6 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 4 more
  • Other licenses$8.0 million
  • Public utility taxes$3.4 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$118 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$20 thousand
  • Amusement licenses$3 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$62.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$60.5 million
  • Garbage collection$2.2 million
  • Parks and recreation$182 thousand
  • Parking$28 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money13%

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

From the federal government
13%$60.0 million

State tax money7.3%

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

From the state
7.3%$32.8 million

Local tax money1.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.2%$5.4 million

Fines and other4.4%

Interest, rents and other
4.0%$18.1 million
Fines
0.4%$1.7 million
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Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails41%Running the government and other costs21%Roads, transit and parking20%Health and hospitals9.9%Parks, recreation and libraries4.3%All other spending4.2%

What stands out

20%

of Sedgwick County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people spends 6.3%.

Full Sedgwick County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
41%$129 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 4 more
  • Prisons and jails$42.9 million
  • Police$35.1 million
  • Fire protection$21.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$16.6 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$9.7 million
  • Inspections and regulation$3.8 million
Running the government and other costs
21%$64.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$37.3 million
  • Government buildings$19.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$8.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
20%$61.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$61.9 million
Health and hospitals
9.9%$31.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$31.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.3%$13.4 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$13.4 million
Interest on debt
1.7%$5.3 million
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$3.5 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3.5 million
Sent to other local governments
0.8%$2.5 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$1.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$766 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.6%$1.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.8 million
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Your city

City of Wichita

$937 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended December 31, 2023.

Where the money comes from

City taxes38%Fees for services (water, sewer)35%State tax money18%Fines and other8.5%

What stands out

18%

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

Full Wichita breakdown

City taxes38%

Property tax
19%$160 million
Sales tax
9.9%$82.6 million
Other taxes
8.6%$71.6 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$55.9 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$13.4 million
  • Other licenses$2.4 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services35%

Fees for services
35%$296 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 7 more
  • Water$130 million
  • Sewer$92.6 million
  • Airport$35.0 million
  • Other service charges$23.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$8.6 million
  • Garbage collection$2.5 million
  • Transit fares$2.4 million
  • Parking$1.4 million
  • Road charges$99 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$155 million

Fines and other8.5%

Interest, rents and other
7.7%$64.2 million
Fines
0.8%$6.9 million
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Where the money goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities38%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Roads, transit and parking14%Running the government and other costs12%Parks, recreation and libraries5.9%All other spending9.2%

What stands out

38%

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

Full Wichita breakdown

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
38%$356 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$281 million
  • Sewer systems$72.6 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$193 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$119 million
  • Fire protection$63.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$10.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
14%$135 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$73.6 million
  • Airports$43.4 million
  • Public transit$16.2 million
  • Parking$1.5 million
Running the government and other costs
12%$111 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$92.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6.4 million
  • Government buildings$4.8 million
  • Other government-run businesses$85 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.9%$55.7 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$45.0 million
  • Libraries$10.7 million
Interest on debt
4.9%$45.9 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$30.1 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$15.7 million
Health and hospitals
4.3%$40.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$40.3 million
Housing and community development
<0.1%$305 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$222 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$222 thousand
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Your schools

Wichita Unified School District 259

$822 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State tax money80%School district taxes13%Fines and other5.0%County and local tax money1.5%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)0.4%Federal tax money0.3%
Full Wichita Unified School District 259 breakdown

What stands out

13%

of Wichita Unified School District 259's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with 25,000+ students gets 33%.

School district taxes13%

Property tax
13%$110 million

Fees for services0.4%

Fees for services
0.4%$3.9 million
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; other school charges and 1 more
  • School lunches$2.3 million
  • Other school charges$1.5 million
  • School tuition and transportation$58 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government
0.3%$2.8 million

State tax money80%

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

From the state
80%$698 million

County and local tax money1.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.5%$13.2 million

Fines and other5.0%

Interest, rents and other
5.0%$43.6 million
Wichita Unified School District 259 page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges99%Interest on debt1.4%
Full Wichita Unified School District 259 breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
99%$810 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$810 million
Interest on debt
1.4%$11.4 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$6 thousand
Wichita Unified School District 259 page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

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

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

Wichita Unified School District 259. 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.