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Madison City

Cities & villages · Dane County · Wisconsin · population 272,903

$1,000,288,693revenue, 2024
$1,011,740,623spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$1,000,288,693 $1,011,740,623$-11,451,930
2023$779,793,585 $723,036,390$56,757,195

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Other Financing Sources $350,787,463
  • General Property Taxes $286,236,816
  • Federal Aids $141,408,557
  • Tax Increments $42,239,787
  • Public Charges for Services $36,908,764
  • Interest Income $32,738,598
  • Other Taxes $23,716,443
  • State Shared Revenues $22,388,195
  • State Highway Aids $13,872,371
  • All Other State Aids $13,170,430

Where it went (2024)

  • Other Financing Uses $252,948,525
  • Conservation and Development $125,681,173
  • Other Transportation $115,296,578
  • Law Enforcement $95,590,243
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $75,198,389
  • Fire $73,313,270
  • General Government $53,989,841
  • Parks and Recreation $37,628,222
  • Health and Human Services $33,911,161
  • Culture and Education $32,816,562
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $31,262,234
  • Highway Construction $26,458,682

US Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$869,575,000 $754,517,000$115,058,000
2023$739,779,000 $738,864,000$915,000
2022$669,011,000 $654,893,000$14,118,000
2021$623,758,000 $592,525,000$31,233,000
2020$616,551,000 $651,051,000$-34,500,000
2019$579,932,000 $655,647,000$-75,715,000
2018$561,879,000 $587,472,000$-25,593,000
2017$539,047,000 $521,667,000$17,380,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $304,772,000
  • Charges for services $137,988,000
  • State aid $132,501,000
  • Federal aid $87,887,000
  • Other revenue $69,258,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $68,222,000
  • Other taxes $39,345,000
  • Aid from other local governments $29,602,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Transit $101,405,000
  • Highways & roads $92,604,000
  • Police $90,384,000
  • Fire protection $70,478,000
  • Housing & community development $64,788,000
  • General / other $64,745,000
  • Parks & recreation $52,832,000
  • Sewer $49,958,000
  • Water utility $30,423,000
  • Central staff $24,221,000
  • Interest on debt $21,757,000
  • Libraries $21,731,000

Meetings, agendas & budget documents

This government's minutes, agendas and budget documents will appear here once its website has been added to our collection.

These are reported actuals, not adopted budgets. Census amounts are published in thousands of dollars and rounded to the nearest $1,000. Sources: Census government finances, Wisconsin DOR.