Budget Explorer · City of Minneapolis

Where the money comes from, and where it goes

Comparable revenue, spending, and debt for City of Minneapolis, 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 Dec 31, 2023. City of Minneapolis's own 2026 budget, in its own structure, follows below.

Audited actuals · Census classification · 425K residents

At a glance

Total revenue

$1.31B

$3,077 per resident

Total spending

$1.18B

$2,782 per resident

Spending per resident

$2,782

33rd percentile of 71

Debt outstanding

$831M

$1,956 per resident · 19th percentile of 70

Own-source share

78%

42nd percentile of 71

Capital share

12th percentile of 71

Where the money comes from

$1.31B 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$401M31%
General sales tax$51M4%
Selective sales taxes$67M5%
License & other taxes$46M4%
Federal aid$100M8%
State & local aid$162M12%
Charges & fees$360M28%
Interest, fines, other$29M2%
Utility revenue$93M7%

Own-source share of general revenue 78% · federal aid 8% · property tax is 71% of taxes

Where it goes

$1.18B 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.

Public safety$339M29%
General government$210M18%
Environment & housing$201M17%
Culture & recreation$155M13%
Transportation$118M10%
Utilities (water, power, gas)$90M8%
Health & hospitals$36M3%
Interest on debt$33M3%
Transfers to other governments$332K0%

Show top functions with operating vs. capital ▸

Function	Category	Operating	Capital	Total
Police protection	Public safety	$260M	—	$260M
Sewerage	Environment & housing	$105M	$51M	$155M
Parks & recreation	Culture & recreation	$155M	—	$155M
General (unallocable)	General government	$141M	—	$141M
Water utility	Utilities (water, power, gas)	$62M	$28M	$90M
Fire protection	Public safety	$79M	—	$79M
Highways	Transportation	$71M	—	$71M
Parking	Transportation	$46M	$741K	$47M
Solid waste management	Environment & housing	$45M	$1.2M	$46M
Health	Health & hospitals	$36M	—	$36M
Central staff services	General government	$33M	—	$33M
Judicial & legal	General government	$18M	—	$18M
Financial administration	General government	$9.0M	—	$9.0M
General public buildings	General government	$8.8M	—	$8.8M

Trend · 3 fiscal years

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

Revenue

+22% over 2 yrs

$1.07B → $1.31B

Spending

-12% over 2 yrs

$1.35B → $1.18B

Debt outstanding

-5% over 2 yrs

$879M → $831M

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 Minneapolis	Cohort median	Percentile	Higher means
Spending per resident	$2,782	$3,741	33rd	more spent per resident
Revenue per resident	$3,077	$3,548	36th	more raised per resident
Taxes per resident	$1,328	$1,328	50th	heavier own-tax load
Debt per resident	$1,956	$3,865	19th	more borrowed per resident
Own-source share of revenue	78%	81%	42nd	less dependent on aid
Federal aid share of revenue	8%	7%	63rd	more exposed to federal cuts
Capital share of spending	7%	18%	12th	more building, less operating
Interest share of spending	3%	4%	29th	more spend servicing debt
Debt ÷ annual revenue	0.64×	1.05×	22nd	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 272053193551 (Minneapolis City). Retrieved 2026-09-07. Classification manual.

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Adopted budget · 2026

City of Minneapolis'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 21 departments.

$708M total

Police$226M32%
Fire$95M13%
Public Works$75M11%
Office of Public Service$64M9%
CPED$55M8%
Other/Non-Departmental$33M5%
Regulatory Services$31M4%
Health$29M4%
Attorney$23M3%
City Clerk$18M3%
Office of Community Safety$16M2%
Department of Neighborhood Safety$10.0M1%
All other (9)$34M5%

Parsed from the published budget book (pages 78-79) — General Fund only, including transfers.
The 21 departments sum exactly to the book's printed General Fund total of $708,057,064.
CPED is the Department of Community Planning and Economic Development.
Minneapolis's document site sits behind a bot challenge, so this book was read in a browser and is refreshed by hand.
Minneapolis budgets on a calendar year.
Source: 2026 Adopted Budget (General Fund Expenditures by Department) (published budget book), retrieved 2026-09-13. Open the source document.

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