Government budget and revenue in Cleveland, Tennessee: official figures
Cleveland's city government took in $470.86 million in total revenue in the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023, or $9,697 for each of its 48,557 residents (2024 figure in the finance file).
How much does Cleveland spend and on what?
It spent $367.84 million in the same year, $7,575 per resident. The largest identified functions were the electric utility (36.8%), elementary and secondary schools (21.6%) and the water utility (10.2%) of the total.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyHow much tax does Cleveland collect per resident?
Taxes raised $62.69 million ($1,291 per resident) in the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023, 30.6% of general revenue, compared with 49.3% for all US city governments combined in 2022.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyWhat taxes does Cleveland rely on?
Of Cleveland's tax revenue in the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023, property tax made up 56.8%, general sales tax 38.9%. Across all US city governments in 2022, property tax made up 48.1% and general sales tax 19.8%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyHow much federal and state money does Cleveland get?
Payments from other governments made up 40.0% of Cleveland's city government's general revenue in the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023: 0.9% from the federal government ($39 per resident), 28.0% from the state and 11.1% from other local governments. For all US city governments in 2022 the aid share was 24.3%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyHow much does Cleveland raise from fees and utilities?
Fees and charges for services such as sewerage, trash, parks and airports brought in $43.27 million, 21.1% of general revenue (all US city governments in 2022: 20.0%). Revenue of government-owned utilities (water, electricity, gas or transit) added $266.18 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyHow much does Cleveland spend on police?
Cleveland's city government spent $14.78 million on police in the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023, $304 per resident and 4.0% of its total spending; police took 10.3% of spending across all US city governments in 2022.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyHow much does Cleveland spend on fire protection?
Fire protection cost $14.81 million, $305 per resident, in the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyDoes Cleveland city government run the schools?
Cleveland's city government also pays for public schools: elementary and secondary education took $79.60 million, 21.6% of its spending in the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023, which in most US cities is spent by a separate school district instead.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyHow much debt does Cleveland have?
At the end of the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023, Cleveland's city government owed $266.38 million in long-term debt, $5,486 per resident. During the year it issued $101.17 million of new long-term debt and repaid $60.21 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyHow much does Cleveland pay in interest on its debt?
Interest on debt cost $10.17 million in the fiscal year ended 31 July 2023, 2.8% of total spending.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · saved copyAre the Cleveland budget figures reported or estimated?
Cleveland did not report most of its 2024 figures: the Census Bureau imputed 83% of the revenue dollars in its record, so these amounts are estimates and are left out of the city rankings.
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Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit files (item amounts for every sampled government, directory with population and fiscal year end, state estimates by type of government), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0967c4d30466…)
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