Budget Explorer · City of Jacksonville

Where the money comes from, and where it goes

Comparable revenue, spending, and debt for City of Jacksonville, on the same Census classification used for every city, county, and state in the Library — so the figures line up with peers rather than with the government's own budget book. Latest year: FY ending Sep 30, 2023. City of Jacksonville's own FY2026 budget, in its own structure, follows below.

Audited actuals · Census classification · 971K residents

At a glance

Total revenue

$5.17B

$5,318 per resident

Total spending

$5.80B

$5,974 per resident

Spending per resident

$5,974

82nd percentile of 71

Debt outstanding

$5.08B

$5,226 per resident · 64th percentile of 70

Own-source share

76%

36th percentile of 71

Capital share

21%

60th percentile of 71

Where the money comes from

$5.17B total

Own-source revenue (taxes, charges, interest) versus aid from other governments. Utility and trust revenue are shown alongside general revenue but run on their own books.

Property tax$951M18%
General sales tax$345M7%
Selective sales taxes$246M5%
License & other taxes$137M3%
Federal aid$222M4%
State & local aid$636M12%
Charges & fees$816M16%
Interest, fines, other$231M4%
Utility revenue$1.58B31%

Own-source share of general revenue 76% · federal aid 6% · property tax is 57% of taxes

Where it goes

$5.80B total

Current operations plus capital outlay, grouped by Census function. Interest on debt and transfers to other governments are broken out so they are not hidden inside services.

Utilities (water, power, gas)$1.90B33%
General government$1.58B27%
Public safety$863M15%
Transportation$513M9%
Environment & housing$418M7%
Culture & recreation$208M4%
Interest on debt$177M3%
Health & hospitals$137M2%
Public welfare$4.5M0%

Show top functions with operating vs. capital ▸

Function	Category	Operating	Capital	Total
Electric utility	Utilities (water, power, gas)	$1.13B	$236M	$1.37B
Financial administration	General government	$929M	$374K	$930M
Police protection	Public safety	$568M	$4.1M	$572M
General (unallocable)	General government	$283M	$287M	$569M
Water utility	Utilities (water, power, gas)	$80M	$456M	$536M
Fire protection	Public safety	$245M	$28M	$273M
Transit	Transportation	$206M	—	$206M
Air transportation	Transportation	$74M	$125M	$199M
Sewerage	Environment & housing	$175M	—	$175M
Parks & recreation	Culture & recreation	$141M	$26M	$167M
Health	Health & hospitals	$137M	$139K	$137M
Solid waste management	Environment & housing	$134M	—	$134M
Natural resources	Environment & housing	$68M	$7.7M	$75M
Highways	Transportation	$60M	$15M	$74M

Trend · 3 fiscal years

Nominal dollars. The Census Bureau cautions that single-government series are edited only for aggregates — read direction, not decimals.

Revenue

+20% over 2 yrs

$4.31B → $5.17B

Spending

+22% over 2 yrs

$4.75B → $5.80B

Debt outstanding

-0% over 2 yrs

$5.09B → $5.08B

How it compares · 71 cities and counties in the Library

Percentile within the cohort on each place's latest Census year. Higher is not better — the last column says what a high reading means so you can decide whether it matters here.

Measure	City of Jacksonville	Cohort median	Percentile	Higher means
Spending per resident	$5,974	$3,741	82nd	more spent per resident
Revenue per resident	$5,318	$3,548	73rd	more raised per resident
Taxes per resident	$1,729	$1,328	67th	heavier own-tax load
Debt per resident	$5,226	$3,865	64th	more borrowed per resident
Own-source share of revenue	76%	81%	36th	less dependent on aid
Federal aid share of revenue	6%	7%	43rd	more exposed to federal cuts
Capital share of spending	21%	18%	60th	more building, less operating
Interest share of spending	3%	4%	40th	more spend servicing debt
Debt ÷ annual revenue	0.98×	1.05×	45th	more leveraged

About this data

Census classification categories, not this government's own budget structure. Figures are audited actuals for the fiscal year shown, not the adopted budget.
The Census Bureau edits unit-level data only to produce state and national aggregates and advises against reading it as a precise time series for any single government; treat year-over-year moves under ~5% as noise.
Employee-retirement-system revenue is excluded (published separately by Census). Utility and insurance-trust revenue are shown separately from general revenue.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (Individual Unit public-use files), unit 122031101942 (Jacksonville City). Retrieved 2026-09-07. Classification manual.

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Adopted budget · FY2026

City of Jacksonville's own budget, in its own structure, read from its published budget book and checked against the total the document itself prints. This is the current year — more recent than the Census series above, but only comparable to this city's own history. Totals cover 39 departments.

$3.31B total

Public Works$645M19%
Jax Citywide Activities$516M16%
Fire and Rescue-Center$412M12%
Parks, Recreation & Community Services$302M9%
Office of Administrative Services$265M8%
Patrol & Enforcement$249M8%
Corrections$173M5%
Employee Services$113M3%
Investigations & Homeland Security$102M3%
Finance$95M3%
Police Services$72M2%
Technology Solutions Department$49M1%
All other (27)$318M10%

Parsed from the published budget book (pages 176-178) — all funds — general, special revenue, capital, enterprise, internal service and pension.
Figures are checked against the total the document itself prints before publishing.
Jacksonville's FY2026-27 budget was still proposed when this was parsed; FY2025-26 is the current adopted year.
Consolidated city-county government, so these figures include county functions other cities report separately.
Source: FY2025-26 Adopted Annual Budget (published budget book), retrieved 2026-09-08. Open the source document.

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