ZIP 94085 · Sunnyvale, CA

Five 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 Clara County

$12.3 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, sewer)50%State tax money26%County taxes18%Fines and other4.1%Federal tax money2.0%Local tax money0.4%

What stands out

50%

of Santa Clara County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 14%.

Full Santa Clara County breakdown

County taxes18%

Property tax
17%$2.14 billion
Other taxes
0.6%$76.6 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 3 more
  • Other licenses$26.9 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$25.4 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$19.6 million
  • Public utility taxes$3.6 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.0 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
0.6%$73.1 million

Fees for services50%

Fees for services
50%$6.27 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 7 more
  • Hospital bills$4.05 billion
  • Other service charges$2.16 billion
  • Other school charges$25.1 million
  • Sewer$19.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$6.8 million
  • Airport$5.5 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1.7 million
  • Road charges$967 thousand
  • School lunches$69 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.0%

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

From the federal government
2.0%$252 million

State tax money26%

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

From the state
26%$3.29 billion

Local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.4%$46.2 million

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
3.9%$488 million
Fines
0.2%$26.7 million
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Where the money goes

Health and hospitals64%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Social services9.7%Running the government and other costs8.9%Schools and colleges2.4%All other spending4.2%

What stands out

64%

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

Full Santa Clara County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
64%$7.93 billion
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
  • Public health$4.44 billion
  • Hospitals$3.50 billion
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$1.30 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 4 more
  • Prisons and jails$502 million
  • Courts and legal services$358 million
  • Police$237 million
  • Fire protection$172 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$26.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$2.1 million
Social services
9.7%$1.20 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.20 billion
Running the government and other costs
8.9%$1.10 billion
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$820 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$180 million
  • Government buildings$103 million
Schools and colleges
2.4%$292 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$292 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$174 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$107 million
  • Libraries$67.0 million
Sent to other local governments
1.0%$129 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$89.3 million
  • Sent to the state government$39.7 million
Roads, transit and parking
0.8%$98.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$93.2 million
  • Airports$5.4 million
Interest on debt
0.8%$95.8 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.1%$16.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$16.4 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$210 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$8.7 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$8.7 million
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Your city

City of Sunnyvale

$712 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

About 98% of this ZIP is in Sunnyvale.

Where the money comes from

Fees for services (garbage collection, water)44%City taxes40%Fines and other9.3%State tax money4.4%Federal tax money2.0%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

44%

of Sunnyvale'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 Sunnyvale breakdown

City taxes40%

Property tax
23%$129 million
Other taxes
8.6%$47.5 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; public utility taxes and 4 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$18.9 million
  • Public utility taxes$18.7 million
  • Other licenses$5.5 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$2.0 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$1.3 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1.2 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
7.7%$42.8 million

Fees for services44%

Fees for services
44%$246 million
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; water and 5 more
  • Garbage collection$94.1 million
  • Water$57.8 million
  • Sewer$56.1 million
  • Other service charges$27.7 million
  • Parks and recreation$9.6 million
  • Parking$431 thousand
  • Housing$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.0%

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

From the federal government
2.0%$11.0 million

State tax money4.4%

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

From the state
4.4%$24.3 million

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$2.4 million

Fines and other9.3%

Interest, rents and other
9.2%$51.0 million
Fines
0.1%$623 thousand
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Where the money goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities26%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Sent to other local governments17%Running the government and other costs16%Roads, transit and parking8.4%All other spending14%

What stands out

17%

of Sunnyvale's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities of 50,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Full Sunnyvale breakdown

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
26%$187 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste; water supply and 1 more
  • Garbage and solid waste$90.9 million
  • Water supply$58.6 million
  • Sewer systems$37.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$133 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$93.4 million
  • Fire protection$37.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.9 million
Sent to other local governments
17%$124 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$78.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$45.5 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$112 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$54.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$26.1 million
  • Government buildings$23.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$9.2 million
Roads, transit and parking
8.4%$59.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$41.9 million
  • Public transit$17.9 million
  • Parking$159 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.3%$59.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$48.0 million
  • Libraries$11.1 million
Housing and community development
3.5%$25.3 million
Interest on debt
1.5%$11.0 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$10.5 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$497 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$1.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.0 million
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Your schools

Fremont Union High School District

$325 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

About 91% of this ZIP is in Fremont Union High School District.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes77%State tax money11%Fines and other6.8%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)3.7%County and local tax money1.8%
Full Fremont Union High School District breakdown

What stands out

75%

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

School district taxes77%

Property tax
75%$235 million
Other taxes
1.6%$5.1 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$5.1 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.7%

Fees for services
3.7%$11.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school tuition and transportation and 1 more
  • Other school charges$10.3 million
  • School tuition and transportation$1.2 million
  • School lunches$69 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$34.5 million

County and local tax money1.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.8%$5.7 million

Fines and other6.8%

Interest, rents and other
6.8%$21.3 million
Fremont Union High School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges92%Interest on debt8.5%

What stands out

8.5%

of Fremont Union High School District's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students spends 2.3%.

Full Fremont Union High School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
92%$297 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$297 million
Interest on debt
8.5%$27.6 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$20 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$20 thousand
Fremont Union High School District page →

Sunnyvale School District

$179 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

About 91% of this ZIP is in Sunnyvale School District.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes75%State tax money14%Fines and other5.0%County and local tax money3.6%Fees for services (school lunches)2.6%
Full Sunnyvale School District breakdown

What stands out

74%

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

School district taxes75%

Property tax
74%$116 million
Other taxes
0.7%$1.1 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1.1 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.6%

Fees for services
2.6%$4.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school lunches
  • Other school charges$4.2 million
  • School lunches$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money14%

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

From the state
14%$22.2 million

County and local tax money3.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
3.6%$5.7 million

Fines and other5.0%

Interest, rents and other
5.0%$7.9 million
Sunnyvale School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges95%Interest on debt5.0%
Full Sunnyvale School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
95%$170 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$170 million
Interest on debt
5.0%$9.0 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$85 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$85 thousand
Sunnyvale 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 Clara 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 Sunnyvale. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Fremont Union High School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Sunnyvale 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.