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Milwaukee City

Cities & villages · Milwaukee County · Wisconsin · population 563,305

$1,629,070,000revenue, 2024
$1,523,841,000spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$1,629,070,000 $1,523,841,000$105,229,000
2023$1,503,140,000 $1,414,169,000$88,971,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $317,697,000
  • State Shared Revenues $261,011,000
  • Federal Aids $234,747,000
  • Other Taxes $218,028,000
  • Other Financing Sources $196,974,000
  • Public Charges for Services $124,592,000
  • Tax Increments $72,887,000
  • Intergovernmental Charges for Services $54,376,000
  • Other Revenues $31,474,000
  • State Highway Aids $30,196,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Law Enforcement $346,725,000
  • Fire $168,424,000
  • General Government $154,741,000
  • Other Public Safety $153,830,000
  • Conservation and Development $132,331,000
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $112,283,000
  • Other Financing Uses $79,295,000
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $78,837,000
  • Solid Waste Collection and Disposal $52,682,000
  • Highway Construction $52,309,000
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $47,416,000
  • Road- Related Facilities $42,202,000

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$1,461,656,000 $1,366,310,000$95,346,000
2023$1,382,693,000 $1,302,875,000$79,818,000
2022$1,315,708,000 $1,364,847,000$-49,139,000
2021$1,218,399,000 $1,397,834,000$-179,435,000
2020$1,129,334,000 $1,410,307,000$-280,973,000
2019$1,135,213,000 $1,380,792,000$-245,579,000
2018$1,109,015,000 $1,347,244,000$-238,229,000
2017$1,051,520,000 $1,257,599,000$-206,079,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $363,890,000
  • State aid $295,430,000
  • Charges for services $295,237,000
  • Federal aid $209,758,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $92,814,000
  • Other revenue $91,204,000
  • Aid from other local governments $84,176,000
  • Other taxes $29,147,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Police $347,036,000
  • Highways & roads $172,117,000
  • Fire protection $137,919,000
  • General / other $120,662,000
  • Water utility $91,267,000
  • Sewer $70,471,000
  • Central staff $62,411,000
  • Interest on debt $60,773,000
  • Solid waste $51,642,000
  • Libraries $42,058,000
  • Health $41,925,000
  • Housing & community development $37,111,000

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.