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Government budget and revenue in Nashua, New Hampshire: official figures

Nashua's city government took in $497.60 million in total revenue in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024, or $5,458 for each of its 91,161 residents (2024 figure in the finance file); per resident that is the 82nd highest of 582 US cities of 50,000 or more with reported figures in the 2024 Census survey.

City government revenue per resident
$5,458
2024
City government spending per resident
$5,610
2024
City long-term debt per resident
$5,118
2024

How much does Nashua spend and on what?

It spent $511.39 million in the same year, $5,610 per resident, the 89th highest of 582 US cities of 50,000 or more with reported figures in the 2024 Census survey. The largest identified functions were elementary and secondary schools (47.8%), the water utility (11.6%) and police (7.7%) of the total.

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How much tax does Nashua collect per resident?

Taxes raised $253.15 million ($2,777 per resident, the 30th highest of 582) in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024, 57.8% of general revenue, compared with 49.3% for all US city governments combined in 2022.

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What taxes does Nashua rely on?

Of Nashua's tax revenue in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024, property tax made up 98.4%, selective sales taxes (on utilities, fuel, alcohol, tobacco, hotels and others) 0.4%. Across all US city governments in 2022, property tax made up 48.1% and general sales tax 19.8%; Nashua's property tax share is the 14th highest of 580 US cities of 50,000 or more with reported figures in the 2024 Census survey.

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How much federal and state money does Nashua get?

Payments from other governments made up 25.9% of Nashua's city government's general revenue in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024: 0.7% from the federal government ($35 per resident), 25.0% from the state. For all US city governments in 2022 the aid share was 24.3%.

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How much does Nashua raise from fees and utilities?

Fees and charges for services such as sewerage, trash, parks and airports brought in $44.27 million, 10.1% of general revenue (all US city governments in 2022: 20.0%). Revenue of government-owned utilities (water, electricity, gas or transit) added $59.42 million.

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How much does Nashua spend on police?

Nashua's city government spent $39.31 million on police in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024, $431 per resident (the 197th highest of 582) and 7.7% of its total spending; police took 10.3% of spending across all US city governments in 2022.

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How much does Nashua spend on fire protection?

Fire protection cost $34.65 million, $380 per resident, in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024.

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Does Nashua city government run the schools?

Nashua's city government also pays for public schools: elementary and secondary education took $244.54 million, 47.8% of its spending in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024, which in most US cities is spent by a separate school district instead.

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How much debt does Nashua have?

At the end of the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024, Nashua's city government owed $466.55 million in long-term debt, $5,118 per resident (the 84th highest of 582). During the year it issued $72.61 million of new long-term debt and repaid $27.18 million.

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How much does Nashua pay in interest on its debt?

Interest on debt cost $20.30 million in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2024, 4.0% of total spending.

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How has the Nashua city budget changed?

Between the Census survey years 2022 and 2024 (not adjusted for inflation), total revenue per resident rose 8.4% from $5,037 to $5,458, spending per resident rose 13.9% to $5,610, taxes per resident rose 3.3% to $2,777.

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How Nashua compares with other cities in the United States

City government total revenue per resident, 2022 (Survey year 2022 (fiscal years ended July 2021 to June 2022))

Nashua ranks 84 of 731, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity government total revenue per resident, 2022
81Roanoke$5,077
82Santa Barbara$5,067
83Portsmouth$5,043
84Nashua$5,037
85Burbank$5,025
86New Britain$4,950
87Logan$4,948
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City government total spending per resident, 2022 (Survey year 2022 (fiscal years ended July 2021 to June 2022))

Nashua ranks 95 of 731, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity government total spending per resident, 2022
92Pasadena$4,994
93Fall River$4,987
94West New York$4,967
95Nashua$4,926
96Virginia Beach$4,920
97Chesapeake$4,917
98Bayonne$4,908
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City taxes collected per resident, 2022 (Survey year 2022 (fiscal years ended July 2021 to June 2022))

Nashua ranks 30 of 731, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity taxes collected per resident, 2022
27Richmond$2,735
28Bristol$2,734
29Danbury$2,711
30Nashua$2,687
31Denver$2,609
32Yonkers$2,574
33Newport Beach$2,545
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City spending on police per resident, 2022 (Survey year 2022 (fiscal years ended July 2021 to June 2022))

Nashua ranks 198 of 731, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity spending on police per resident, 2022
195Tracy$401
196Vallejo$401
197Salinas$400
198Nashua$400
199Grapevine$400
200Lancaster$399
201Tinley Park$399
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City long-term debt outstanding per resident, end of fiscal 2022 (Survey year 2022 (fiscal years ended July 2021 to June 2022))

Nashua ranks 116 of 731, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity long-term debt outstanding per resident, end of fiscal 2022
113Norman$4,373
114Madison$4,364
115Anchorage$4,346
116Nashua$4,341
117Kingsport$4,320
118Cambridge$4,299
119Cape Coral$4,290
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Property tax as a share of city tax revenue, 2022 (Survey year 2022 (fiscal years ended July 2021 to June 2022))

Nashua ranks 15 of 730, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityProperty tax as a share of city tax revenue, 2022
12Lafayette98.8%
13Plainfield98.6%
14Elkhart98.3%
15Nashua98.3%
16South Bend98.2%
17Hartford98.0%
18Waterbury97.9%
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Federal, state and local aid as a share of city general revenue, 2022 (Survey year 2022 (fiscal years ended July 2021 to June 2022))

Nashua ranks 224 of 730, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityFederal, state and local aid as a share of city general revenue, 2022
221Chicago25.6%
222Bloomington25.6%
223Overland Park25.5%
224Nashua25.4%
225Little Rock25.3%
226Sterling Heights25.1%
227Danbury25.1%
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City government total revenue per resident, 2024 (Survey year 2024 (fiscal years ended July 2023 to June 2024))

Nashua ranks 82 of 582, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity government total revenue per resident, 2024
79Cleveland$5,538
80Brockton$5,511
81New Haven$5,483
82Nashua$5,458
83Kansas City$5,437
84Chicago$5,400
85Bridgeport$5,367
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City government total spending per resident, 2024 (Survey year 2024 (fiscal years ended July 2023 to June 2024))

Nashua ranks 89 of 582, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity government total spending per resident, 2024
86Manchester$5,728
87Huntsville$5,680
88Marietta$5,643
89Nashua$5,610
90Ontario$5,520
91West New York$5,510
92New Bedford$5,475
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City taxes collected per resident, 2024 (Survey year 2024 (fiscal years ended July 2023 to June 2024))

Nashua ranks 30 of 582, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity taxes collected per resident, 2024
27Virginia Beach$2,822
28Birmingham$2,814
29Suffolk$2,789
30Nashua$2,777
31Palo Alto$2,716
32Chesapeake$2,694
33Hartford$2,681
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City spending on police per resident, 2024 (Survey year 2024 (fiscal years ended July 2023 to June 2024))

Nashua ranks 197 of 582, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity spending on police per resident, 2024
194Fairfield$432
195Hillsboro$432
196Phoenix$431
197Nashua$431
198Roseville$429
199Renton$423
200Bartlett$422
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City long-term debt outstanding per resident, end of fiscal 2024 (Survey year 2024 (fiscal years ended July 2023 to June 2024))

Nashua ranks 84 of 582, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityCity long-term debt outstanding per resident, end of fiscal 2024
81Lake Elsinore$5,173
82Pasadena$5,157
83San Luis Obispo$5,157
84Nashua$5,118
85Sugar Land$5,052
86Oak Park$5,043
87Madison$5,021
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Property tax as a share of city tax revenue, 2024 (Survey year 2024 (fiscal years ended July 2023 to June 2024))

Nashua ranks 14 of 580, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityProperty tax as a share of city tax revenue, 2024
11Bayonne98.7%
12Norwalk98.7%
13Waterbury98.6%
14Nashua98.4%
15Terre Haute97.9%
16Cranston97.8%
17Passaic97.7%
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Federal, state and local aid as a share of city general revenue, 2024 (Survey year 2024 (fiscal years ended July 2023 to June 2024))

Nashua ranks 182 of 582, highest first. City government only: in many cities schools, transit, water or other services are run by separate governments or the county, so totals are not like-for-like. Per resident figures use the population the Census finance file gives each government. Governments whose figures were mostly imputed by the Census Bureau are left out. The government of Washington, DC, also carries out the functions of a state.

RankCityFederal, state and local aid as a share of city general revenue, 2024
179Lancaster26.2%
180Bethlehem26.0%
181Gainesville25.9%
182Nashua25.9%
183Smyrna25.8%
184Kokomo25.8%
185New York25.8%
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