ZIP 93101 · Santa Barbara, CA

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 California

$522.8 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State taxes56%Federal tax money28%Fees for services (hospital bills, college tuition)8.7%Fines and other6.4%Local tax money1.4%
Full California breakdown

What stands out

26%

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

State taxes56%

Individual income tax
26%$123.1 billion
Sales tax
11%$53.3 billion
Other taxes
9.2%$44.1 billion
What's in other taxesMotor fuel taxes; motor vehicle licenses and 16 more
  • Motor fuel taxes$9.24 billion
  • Motor vehicle licenses$8.51 billion
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$8.27 billion
  • Occupation and business licenses$5.13 billion
  • Other selective sales taxes$4.65 billion
  • Insurance premium taxes$4.01 billion
  • Tobacco taxes$1.43 billion
  • Public utility taxes$967 million
  • Public utility licenses$605 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$418 million
  • Driver's licenses$400 million
  • Severance taxes$133 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$124 million
  • Corporation licenses$102 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$98.6 million
  • Amusement licenses$22.0 million
  • Other licenses$18.4 million
  • Estate and gift taxes$891 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
8.7%$41.4 billion
Property tax
0.7%$3.56 billion

Fees for services8.7%

Fees for services
8.7%$41.4 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 10 more
  • Hospital bills$22.1 billion
  • College tuition$10.6 billion
  • Other service charges$3.55 billion
  • University housing and dining$2.78 billion
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1.96 billion
  • Parks and recreation$257 million
  • Electric power$149 million
  • Road charges$34.3 million
  • Parking$21.6 million
  • Other government-run businesses$8.8 million
  • Housing$1.0 million
  • Other education charges$683 thousand

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%$133.8 billion

Local tax money1.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
1.4%$6.66 billion

Fines and other6.4%

Interest, rents and other
6.0%$28.7 billion
Fines
0.4%$1.77 billion
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Where the money goes

Sent to local governments39%Social services30%Schools and colleges12%Health and hospitals5.5%Police, fire, courts and jails4.8%All other spending8.3%

What stands out

39%

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

Full California breakdown

Spending by category100%

Sent to local governments
39%$205.0 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: other public welfare and 22 more
  • Sent to school districts$68.1 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$67.8 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$11.5 billion
  • Sent to school districts (colleges)$9.41 billion
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$8.79 billion
  • Sent to local governments: public health$8.48 billion
  • Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$4.85 billion
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$4.30 billion
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$3.93 billion
  • Sent to local governments: general support$3.92 billion
  • Sent to the federal government$3.60 billion
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$3.21 billion
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$1.80 billion
  • Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$1.63 billion
  • Sent to local governments: sewer systems$1.00 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$998 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$671 million
  • Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$250 million
  • Sent to local governments: other education$226 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$203 million
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$185 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$75.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$3.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$190 thousand
Social services
30%$158.6 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$156.1 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$1.83 billion
  • Welfare institutions$559 million
  • Veterans' services$22.8 million
Schools and colleges
12%$62.1 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 3 more
  • Colleges and universities$44.7 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$7.82 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$4.29 billion
  • Elementary and secondary schools$3.95 billion
  • Other education$1.34 billion
Health and hospitals
5.5%$29.0 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$25.2 billion
  • Public health$3.80 billion
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.8%$25.1 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; inspections and regulation and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$12.6 billion
  • Inspections and regulation$5.00 billion
  • Police$3.20 billion
  • Courts and legal services$2.29 billion
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$1.97 billion
Roads, transit and parking
2.5%$13.2 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$12.0 billion
  • Public transit$1.18 billion
  • Parking$6.1 million
  • Airports$5.7 million
Running the government and other costs
2.5%$12.9 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$7.89 billion
  • Other and not broken out$3.16 billion
  • Other government administration$1.10 billion
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$729 million
  • Other government-run businesses$8.3 million
Environment and natural resources
1.7%$9.02 billion
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$9.02 billion
Interest on debt
1.0%$5.39 billion
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.3%$1.54 billion
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; electric power and 2 more
  • Sewer systems$665 million
  • Electric power$378 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$284 million
  • Water supply$214 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$900 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$861 million
  • Libraries$39.4 million
Housing and community development
<0.1%$211 million
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Your county

Santa Barbara County

$1.49 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

County taxes34%State tax money31%Fees for services (garbage collection, sewer)24%Fines and other5.3%Federal tax money3.5%Local tax money2.2%

What stands out

31%

of Santa Barbara County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 19%.

Full Santa Barbara County breakdown

County taxes34%

Property tax
30%$490 million
Other taxes
3.1%$52.1 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 4 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$17.7 million
  • Other licenses$16.2 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$8.3 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$5.1 million
  • Public utility taxes$4.5 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$238 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
1.3%$21.6 million

Fees for services24%

Fees for services
24%$398 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 7 more
  • Other service charges$284 million
  • Garbage collection$72.3 million
  • Sewer$16.8 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$9.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$9.5 million
  • Other school charges$4.7 million
  • Road charges$907 thousand
  • Transit fares$46 thousand
  • Water$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.5%

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

From the federal government
3.5%$57.7 million

State tax money31%

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

From the state
31%$512 million

Local tax money2.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.2%$36.5 million

Fines and other5.3%

Interest, rents and other
5.1%$84.5 million
Fines
0.2%$3.9 million
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Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails32%Health and hospitals19%Social services14%Running the government and other costs11%Schools and colleges8.7%All other spending16%

What stands out

8.7%

of Santa Barbara County's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. counties of 250,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Full Santa Barbara County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
32%$470 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 4 more
  • Police$131 million
  • Fire protection$112 million
  • Prisons and jails$98.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$81.0 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$46.5 million
  • Inspections and regulation$904 thousand
Health and hospitals
19%$285 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$285 million
Social services
14%$203 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$203 million
Running the government and other costs
11%$164 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$102 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$38.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$23.2 million
Schools and colleges
8.7%$129 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$129 million
Roads, transit and parking
5.7%$84.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$84.1 million
  • Public transit$362 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.4%$50.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Garbage and solid waste$40.3 million
  • Sewer systems$6.8 million
  • Water supply$3.0 million
Environment and natural resources
2.5%$36.6 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$36.6 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.3%$34.4 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$29.5 million
  • Libraries$4.9 million
Interest on debt
1.7%$25.2 million
Sent to other local governments
0.5%$7.3 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$7.3 million
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Your city

City of Santa Barbara

$457 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Fees for services (water, electric power)53%City taxes34%Fines and other6.9%Federal tax money3.1%State tax money2.4%

What stands out

53%

of Santa Barbara'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 Santa Barbara breakdown

City taxes34%

Other taxes
13%$69.0 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; public utility taxes and 3 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$32.3 million
  • Public utility taxes$22.6 million
  • Other licenses$9.1 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$4.3 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$838 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
12%$66.3 million
Property tax
9.1%$48.8 million

Fees for services53%

Fees for services
53%$287 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; electric power and 7 more
  • Water$69.5 million
  • Electric power$54.1 million
  • Garbage collection$38.4 million
  • Airport$32.1 million
  • Sewer$28.7 million
  • Other service charges$25.8 million
  • Ports and waterways$19.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$9.8 million
  • Parking$9.5 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.1%

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

From the federal government
3.1%$16.8 million

State tax money2.4%

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

From the state
2.4%$13.1 million

County and local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
<0.1%$83 thousand

Fines and other6.9%

Interest, rents and other
6.6%$35.4 million
Fines
0.3%$1.7 million
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Where the money goes

Roads, transit and parking24%Water, sewer, trash and utilities24%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Parks, recreation and libraries14%Environment and natural resources7.2%All other spending9.6%

What stands out

7.2%

of Santa Barbara's spending goes to the environment and natural resources.Most U.S. cities of 50,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Full Santa Barbara breakdown

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
24%$109 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$53.4 million
  • Airports$27.9 million
  • Ports and harbors$16.3 million
  • Parking$11.3 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
24%$108 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; garbage and solid waste and 2 more
  • Water supply$47.9 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$38.0 million
  • Sewer systems$21.7 million
  • Electric power$462 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$100 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$55.5 million
  • Fire protection$37.7 million
  • Inspections and regulation$7.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
14%$63.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$53.6 million
  • Libraries$9.8 million
Environment and natural resources
7.2%$33.0 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$33.0 million
Running the government and other costs
7.0%$31.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$28.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$3.3 million
Housing and community development
1.3%$6.0 million
Interest on debt
1.1%$4.9 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$4.3 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$613 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$990 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$990 thousand
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Your schools

Santa Barbara Unified School District

$282 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes69%State tax money23%Fines and other6.2%County and local tax money1.2%Fees for services (school lunches)0.5%
Full Santa Barbara Unified School District breakdown

What stands out

69%

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

School district taxes69%

Property tax
69%$190 million

Fees for services0.5%

Fees for services
0.5%$1.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school lunches
  • Other school charges$828 thousand
  • School lunches$473 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$10 thousand

State tax money23%

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

From the state
23%$63.1 million

County and local tax money1.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.2%$3.4 million

Fines and other6.2%

Interest, rents and other
6.2%$17.1 million
Santa Barbara Unified School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges95%Interest on debt4.2%Sent to other local governments0.6%
Full Santa Barbara Unified School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
95%$269 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$269 million
Interest on debt
4.2%$11.8 million
Sent to other local governments
0.6%$1.7 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$1.7 million
Santa Barbara Unified School District page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

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

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

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

Santa Barbara Unified 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.