ZIP 99556 · Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Two 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 Alaska

$12.5 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Federal tax money49%Fines and other24%State taxes19%Fees for services (airport, college tuition)8.1%Local tax money0.1%
Full Alaska breakdown

What stands out

24%

of Alaska's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical state government gets 7.3%.

State taxes19%

Other taxes
14%$1.47 billion
What's in other taxesSeverance taxes; other selective sales taxes and 13 more
  • Severance taxes$1.04 billion
  • Other selective sales taxes$82.1 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$73.9 million
  • Tobacco taxes$46.1 million
  • Motor fuel taxes$45.8 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$42.0 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$40.3 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$30.8 million
  • Amusement taxes$29.8 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$12.0 million
  • Other licenses$10.1 million
  • Public utility licenses$8.1 million
  • Public utility taxes$4.6 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2.6 million
  • Amusement licenses$633 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
3.7%$389 million
Property tax
1.2%$131 million

Fees for services8.1%

Fees for services
8.1%$857 million
What's in fees for servicesAirport; other government-run businesses and 12 more
  • Airport$213 million
  • Other government-run businesses$172 million
  • Other service charges$148 million
  • College tuition$127 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$45.1 million
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$38.6 million
  • University housing and dining$27.2 million
  • Electric power$25.8 million
  • Housing$25.3 million
  • Road charges$18.8 million
  • Other school charges$8.1 million
  • Hospital bills$4.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$3.6 million
  • School lunches$802 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money49%

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

From the federal government
49%$5.13 billion

Local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.1%$10.7 million

Fines and other24%

Interest, rents and other
24%$2.53 billion
Fines
0.2%$18.0 million
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Where the money goes

Social services26%Sent to local governments18%Roads, transit and parking15%Schools and colleges14%Running the government and other costs9.4%All other spending18%

What stands out

15%

of Alaska's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical state government spends 6.7%.

Full Alaska breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
26%$3.29 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; welfare institutions and 1 more
  • Other public welfare$3.20 billion
  • Welfare institutions$70.8 million
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$26.2 million
Sent to local governments
18%$2.25 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools; sent to local governments: other and not broken out and 16 more
  • Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$1.16 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$588 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$235 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$102 million
  • Sent to local governments: general support$76.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$44.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$21.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$12.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$3.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$2.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: ports and harbors$2.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$711 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$590 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$373 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$177 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$10 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other education$6 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: airports$1 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
15%$1.84 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$1.44 billion
  • Airports$331 million
  • Toll roads and bridges$70.1 million
Schools and colleges
14%$1.70 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; elementary and secondary schools and 3 more
  • Colleges and universities$840 million
  • Elementary and secondary schools$704 million
  • Other education$58.1 million
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$49.9 million
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$48.3 million
Running the government and other costs
9.4%$1.18 billion
What's in running the government and other costsOther government-run businesses; other and not broken out and 4 more
  • Other government-run businesses$349 million
  • Other and not broken out$323 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$309 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$151 million
  • Other government administration$31.7 million
  • Government buildings$14.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
8.4%$1.06 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$454 million
  • Courts and legal services$317 million
  • Police$204 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$45.4 million
  • Inspections and regulation$35.7 million
Environment and natural resources
4.0%$504 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$504 million
Health and hospitals
2.2%$270 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
  • Public health$222 million
  • Hospitals$47.5 million
Interest on debt
1.4%$177 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on electric power debt
  • Interest on general debt$166 million
  • Interest on electric power debt$11.4 million
Housing and community development
1.0%$123 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.9%$111 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power and gas supply
  • Electric power$104 million
  • Gas supply$7.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$22.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$14.7 million
  • Libraries$7.5 million
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Your county

This ZIP is outside any city or town, so Kenai Peninsula Borough provides local services like police and parks.

Public schools here are run by Kenai Peninsula Borough, so school money is part of its budget.

Kenai Peninsula Borough

$639 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, garbage collection)59%Borough taxes20%State tax money16%Fines and other2.9%Federal tax money1.8%

What stands out

59%

of Kenai Peninsula Borough's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 11%.

Full Kenai Peninsula Borough breakdown

Borough taxes20%

Property tax
13%$85.1 million
Sales tax
7.1%$47.5 million
Other taxes
0.5%$3.6 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$3.6 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services59%

Fees for services
59%$393 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 5 more
  • Hospital bills$380 million
  • Other service charges$6.5 million
  • Other school charges$3.5 million
  • Garbage collection$1.2 million
  • School lunches$760 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$287 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$190 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.8%

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

From the federal government
1.8%$11.7 million

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$108 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.9%$19.4 million
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Where the money goes

Health and hospitals59%Schools and colleges27%Police, fire, courts and jails4.3%Running the government and other costs4.1%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.0%All other spending3.5%

What stands out

27%

of Kenai Peninsula Borough's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. counties of 50,000 to 250,000 people spend nothing on this.

Full Kenai Peninsula Borough breakdown

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
59%$376 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$376 million
  • Public health$133 thousand
Schools and colleges
27%$175 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$175 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.3%$27.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$26.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.2 million
Running the government and other costs
4.1%$25.9 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$9.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$8.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6.2 million
  • Government buildings$1.8 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.0%$12.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$12.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
2.0%$12.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$12.5 million
Interest on debt
0.8%$5.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$2.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2.9 million
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$991 thousand
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$907 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$84 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$814 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$814 thousand
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Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

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

Kenai Peninsula Borough. 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.