City spending dashboard

Published Census recordsCass · ND

Fargo City, ND: government spending

Municipal government · survey 2024 · published finance observations

Published spending subtotal$461,809,000
Source coverage74 entries22 spending categories · individual-government records
DATAU.S. Census Bureau · survey 2024

Published revenue subtotal

$444,655,000

Money received · excludes borrowing

Entries needing verification

18

0 estimates · source checks, not fraud findings

Reported entries

56

Source flag R · other entries retain their original flags

Read this as a published-record subtotal. Subtotals combine only applicable entries published for this government and survey. Estimates and unknown classifications remain included and labeled. Missing entries are unknown, not zero; these records do not establish a complete city total, adopted budget or payment ledger.

Spending by public service

Survey 2024 · includes estimates where flagged

Stable = reported source entries. Warning = estimates, corrections, unknown classifications or alternative sources needing verification. Not applicable entries are excluded. These are source checks, not findings of fraud or service quality.

Other general spending

#1 Spend
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$100,225,000

Groups general spending that the source does not allocate to a more specific service. Underlying accounts are needed to identify each program.

Warning

Sewerage & wastewater

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$60,056,000

Funds sewer collection, treatment facilities and related infrastructure or operations.

Stable

Roads & bridges

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$48,162,000

Funds roads, bridges and associated construction, maintenance and administration.

Warning

Water utility

3 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$47,265,000

Funds public water supply, treatment, distribution and utility infrastructure.

Stable

Airports

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$32,194,000

Funds airports, air transportation facilities and related operations or capital works.

Stable

Police

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$28,077,000

Funds policing, law enforcement and associated operations and equipment.

Warning

Interest on general debt

1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$26,021,000

Pays interest on general government debt. Interest is separate from repayment of principal.

Stable

Fire protection

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$21,079,000

Funds fire protection, emergency response, staffing, equipment and facilities.

Warning

Parks & recreation

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$17,949,000

Funds parks, recreation facilities, maintenance and public recreation services.

Stable

Public health

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$17,260,000

Funds public-health services, prevention, health administration and related programs outside the separately classified hospital function.

Warning

Solid waste

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$15,301,000

Funds waste collection, disposal and related facilities or services.

Stable

Public transit

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$11,864,000

Funds public transit operations, infrastructure and debt interest when published.

Stable

Government administration

4 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$10,265,000

Funds general government administration, public buildings and related support functions.

Warning

Libraries

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$5,579,000

Funds public library collections, facilities, staffing and services.

Warning

Housing & community development

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$5,496,000

Funds housing and community development programs, projects and related assistance.

Stable

Finance & tax administration

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$3,583,000

Funds tax administration, treasury, accounting, budgeting and other financial management.

Warning

Natural resources

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$3,554,000

Funds conservation, resource management and related environmental or land programs.

Stable

Inspections & regulation

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$2,815,000

Funds licensing, protective inspections and regulation of activities covered by the source classification.

Warning

Courts & legal services

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$2,814,000

Funds courts, prosecution, legal services and the administration of justice.

Warning

Parking

2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$1,439,000

Funds public parking facilities and related administration or operations.

Stable

Corrections

1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$495,000

Funds incarceration, supervision, correctional facilities and related services.

Warning

Public assistance

1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$316,000

Funds public assistance, benefit administration and services for people who meet program eligibility rules.

Warning
Government identity & reporting limits

Which government is in this record?

Census source name
FARGO CITY
Government type
Municipal government (city, town, village or borough)
County label in source
Cass
Fiscal year-end month and day
December 31 — the identity file does not supply an ending calendar year.

Read the reporting limits first

Census edits these records to produce aggregate statistics. It warns that individual-government observations are not checked for accurate city time series and can contain reporting, coverage and processing errors. The 2022 census is broad; the 2024 annual survey is a sample. This page uses the latest available observation for this government, not a claim of current-year completeness.

Latest source flags: 56 reported (R); 18 alternative source (S). These flags do not establish fraud or audit assurance.

Original files and reproducible records

Survey years are retained as published. Amounts use source item codes and explicit flags; no missing value is replaced with zero. No cross-year growth or city rankings are inferred.

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