Water utility
#1 Spend3 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$82,733,000
Funds public water supply, treatment, distribution and utility infrastructure.
Warning
City spending dashboard
Published Census recordsNew Castle · DE
Wilmington City, DE: government spending
Municipal government · survey 2024 · published finance observations
Published spending subtotal$342,744,000
Source coverage46 entries14 spending categories · individual-government records
DATAU.S. Census Bureau · survey 2024
Published revenue subtotal
$318,105,000
Money received · excludes borrowing
Entries needing verification
46
46 estimates · source checks, not fraud findings
Reported entries
0
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 flaggedStable = 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.
Police
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$80,829,000
Funds policing, law enforcement and associated operations and equipment.
Warning
Fire protection
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$36,775,000
Funds fire protection, emergency response, staffing, equipment and facilities.
Warning
Government administration
4 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$35,684,000
Funds general government administration, public buildings and related support functions.
Warning
Solid waste
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$23,058,000
Funds waste collection, disposal and related facilities or services.
Warning
Finance & tax administration
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$15,318,000
Funds tax administration, treasury, accounting, budgeting and other financial management.
Warning
Sewerage & wastewater
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$15,175,000
Funds sewer collection, treatment facilities and related infrastructure or operations.
Warning
Roads & bridges
1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$12,226,000
Funds roads, bridges and associated construction, maintenance and administration.
Warning
Parks & recreation
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$12,074,000
Funds parks, recreation facilities, maintenance and public recreation services.
Warning
Parking
1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$9,546,000
Funds public parking facilities and related administration or operations.
Warning
Inspections & regulation
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$7,107,000
Funds licensing, protective inspections and regulation of activities covered by the source classification.
Warning
Interest on general debt
1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$5,722,000
Pays interest on general government debt. Interest is separate from repayment of principal.
Warning
Courts & legal services
1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$3,497,000
Funds courts, prosecution, legal services and the administration of justice.
Warning
Housing & community development
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$3,000,000
Funds housing and community development programs, projects and related assistance.
Warning
| Service | Published subtotal | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
Water utility #1 Spend3 source items · survey 2024 Funds public water supply, treatment, distribution and utility infrastructure. | $82,733,000 | Warning | |
Police 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds policing, law enforcement and associated operations and equipment. | $80,829,000 | Warning | |
Fire protection 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds fire protection, emergency response, staffing, equipment and facilities. | $36,775,000 | Warning | |
Government administration 4 source items · survey 2024 Funds general government administration, public buildings and related support functions. | $35,684,000 | Warning | |
Solid waste 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds waste collection, disposal and related facilities or services. | $23,058,000 | Warning | |
Finance & tax administration 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds tax administration, treasury, accounting, budgeting and other financial management. | $15,318,000 | Warning | |
Sewerage & wastewater 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds sewer collection, treatment facilities and related infrastructure or operations. | $15,175,000 | Warning | |
Roads & bridges 1 source item · survey 2024 Funds roads, bridges and associated construction, maintenance and administration. | $12,226,000 | Warning | |
Parks & recreation 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds parks, recreation facilities, maintenance and public recreation services. | $12,074,000 | Warning | |
Parking 1 source item · survey 2024 Funds public parking facilities and related administration or operations. | $9,546,000 | Warning | |
Inspections & regulation 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds licensing, protective inspections and regulation of activities covered by the source classification. | $7,107,000 | Warning | |
Interest on general debt 1 source item · survey 2024 Pays interest on general government debt. Interest is separate from repayment of principal. | $5,722,000 | Warning | |
Courts & legal services 1 source item · survey 2024 Funds courts, prosecution, legal services and the administration of justice. | $3,497,000 | Warning | |
Housing & community development 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds housing and community development programs, projects and related assistance. | $3,000,000 | Warning |
Debt & insurance-trust records
Debt issued, retired and outstanding are different measures; beginning and ending balances must not be summed. Trust contributions, benefits and assets have their own scope. These entries are separate from the spending overview.
Finance entries, with their source flags
Every original item remains available here. Amounts are converted from thousands of dollars; original codes, source labels and flags remain attached.
Government identity & reporting limits
Which government is in this record?
- Census source name
- WILMINGTON CITY
- Government type
- Municipal government (city, town, village or borough)
- County label in source
- New Castle
- Fiscal year-end month and day
- June 30 — the identity file does not supply an ending calendar year.
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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: 46 imputed (I). 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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