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Palm Beach County government

Revenues and expenditures by account code and fund type, every local fiscal year EDR has tabulated from the Annual Financial Reports filed with the Department of Financial Services.

Revenues, FY2025$9,520,770,763
Revenues, change on FY2024+5.1%
Revenues per resident, FY2025$6,118
Expenditures, FY2025$8,951,719,501
Expenditures, change on FY2024+8.2%
Expenditures per resident, FY2025$5,752
Population, 20251,556,161
Revenues and expenditures by fiscal yearCounty governmentFY2025: $9,520,770,763 revenues

Totals of every account code, including transfers between funds and the Custodial Fund from FY2021. Real figures are in dollars of the latest fiscal year with a price index; per resident uses EDR's population for each year.

Revenues by categoryCounty governmentFY2025: $9,520,770,763

One line per EDR category heading: General Government Taxes, Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments, Intergovernmental Revenues, Charges for Services, Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits, Miscellaneous Revenues, Other Sources, Taxes, Intergovernmental Revenue, Permits and Franchise Fees, Franchise Fees, Licenses, and Permits, Permits, Fees, and Licenses.

Expenditures by categoryCounty governmentFY2025: $8,951,719,501

One line per EDR category heading: General Government Services (Not Court-Related), Public Safety, Physical Environment, Transportation, Economic Environment, Human Services, Culture / Recreation, Other Uses and Non-Operating, Court-Related Expenditures, Other Uses.

Revenues by account code

Account codes and names as the Department of Financial Services' Uniform Accounting System lists them, grouped under EDR's category headings. FY2025 beside FY2024; other years from the selector. The Custodial Fund column is the part of each line reported in a purely custodial capacity, a column DFS added in FY2021.

CodeAccountFY2025FY2024ChangeOf which Custodial Fund, FY2025
General Government Taxes$2,171,653,792$1,987,010,190+9.3%$0
311Ad Valorem Taxes$1,940,230,468$1,765,908,587+9.9%$0
312.13Tourist Development Taxes$93,530,930$86,719,297+7.9%$0
312.3County Ninth-Cent Voted Fuel Tax$6,684,977$6,600,791+1.3%$0
312.41First Local Option Fuel Tax (1 to 6 Cents Local Option Fuel Tax)$24,727,548$24,632,973+0.4%$0
312.42Second Local Option Fuel Tax (1 to 5 Cents Local Option Fuel Tax) - County Proceeds$21,186,907$21,000,200+0.9%$0
314.1Utility Service Tax - Electricity$57,804,953$55,915,703+3.4%$0
314.4Utility Service Tax - Gas$2,626,415$2,486,403+5.6%$0
315.1State Communications Services Taxes$22,250,968$21,148,037+5.2%$0
316Local Business Tax (Chapter 205, F.S.)$2,610,626$2,598,199+0.5%$0
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$135,575,466$135,320,524+0.2%$0
322Building Permits (Buildling Permit Fees)$28,688,921$31,579,949-9.2%$0
323.1Franchise Fee - Electricity$47,808,840$45,792,645+4.4%$0
323.7Franchise Fee - Solid Waste$2,256,121$2,205,977+2.3%$0
324.11Impact Fees - Residential - Public Safety$1,071,577$1,096,688-2.3%$0
324.12Impact Fees - Commercial - Public Safety$209,241$723,089-71.1%$0
324.21Impact Fees - Residential - Physical Environment$1,107,589$1,000,169+10.7%$0
324.22Impact Fees - Commercial - Physical Environment$734,585$729,622+0.7%$0
324.31Impact Fees - Residential - Transportation$9,625,493$8,087,015+19.0%$0
324.32Impact Fees - Commercial - Transportation$7,874,612$9,911,868-20.6%$0
324.51Impact Fees - Residential - Human Services$710,033$840,061-15.5%$0
324.61Impact Fees - Residential - Culture / Recreation$2,929,704$3,233,522-9.4%$0
324.62Impact Fees - Commercial - Culture / Recreation$48,187$0
324.81Impact Fees - Residential - School$23,369,756$22,376,512+4.4%$0
325.1Special Assessments - Capital Improvement$1,676,023$1,037,221+61.6%$0
329.4Vessel Registration Fee$281,952$276,151+2.1%$0
329.5Other Fees and Special Assessments$7,182,832$6,430,035+11.7%$0
Intergovernmental Revenues$589,394,850$620,262,200-5.0%$0
331.1Federal Grant - General Government$859,986$783,374+9.8%$0
331.2Federal Grant - Public Safety$13,949,713$11,456,675+21.8%$0
331.39Federal Grant - Physical Environment - Other Physical Environment$14,970,195$37,788,512-60.4%$0
331.49Federal Grant - Transportation - Other Transportation$32,592,022$88,232,163-63.1%$0
331.5Federal Grant - Economic Environment$21,767,416$12,983,915+67.6%$0
331.51Federal Grant - American Rescue Plan Act Funds$12,349,539$11,835,677+4.3%$0
331.62Federal Grant - Human Services - Public Assistance$129,187$209,549-38.3%$0
331.69Federal Grant - Human Services - Other Human Services$29,779,601$24,931,354+19.4%$0
331.9Federal Grant - Other Federal Grants$1,637$31,622-94.8%$0
333Federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes$12,042$12,377-2.7%$0
334.1State Grant - General Government$610,321$2,495,858-75.5%$0
334.2State Grant - Public Safety$2,648,363$2,548,705+3.9%$0
334.39State Grant - Physical Environment - Other Physical Environment$84,290,694$53,171,952+58.5%$0
334.49State Grant - Transportation - Other Transportation$16,696,183$11,901,117+40.3%$0
334.5State Grant - Economic Environment$326,825$0
334.69State Grant - Human Services - Other Human Services$16,793,664$14,743,583+13.9%$0
334.7State Grant - Culture / Recreation$755,484$752,807+0.4%$0
334.82State Grant - Court-Related Grants - County Article V Trust Fund$629,572$667,522-5.7%$0
334.9State Grant - Other$263,748$30,492+765.0%$0
335.121State Shared Revenues - General Government - County Revenue Sharing Program$49,414,245$48,809,229+1.2%$0
335.13State Shared Revenues - General Government - Insurance License Tax$452,292$547,443-17.4%$0
335.14State Shared Revenues - General Government - Mobile Home License Tax$36,941$32,794+12.6%$0
335.15State Shared Revenues - General Government - Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$645,714$620,703+4.0%$0
335.16State Shared Revenues - General Government - Distribution of Sales and Use Taxes to Counties$4,641,896$4,650,151-0.2%$0
335.18State Shared Revenues - General Government - Local Government Half-Cent Sales Tax Program$121,188,596$122,676,007-1.2%$0
335.19State Shared Revenues - General Government - Other General Government$132,347,518$127,868,736+3.5%$0
335.21State Shared Revenues - Public Safety - Firefighter Supplemental Compensation$505,059$628,081-19.6%$0
335.22State Shared Revenues - Public Safety - Enhanced 911 Fee$9,132,644$9,162,477-0.3%$0
335.43State Shared Revenues - Transportation - Constitutional Fuel Tax (2 Cents Fuel Tax)$13,049,386$13,345,663-2.2%$0
335.44State Shared Revenues - Transportation - County Fuel Tax (1 Cent Fuel Tax)$5,732,995$5,806,984-1.3%$0
337.2Grants from Other Local Units - Public Safety$1,199,443$1,931,182-37.9%$0
337.3Grants from Other Local Units - Physical Environment$866,796$0
337.7Grants from Other Local Units - Culture / Recreation$60,000$0
339Payments from Other Local Units in Lieu of Taxes$695,133$6,683,809-89.6%$0
332Other Financial Assistance - Federal Source$2,921,687
Charges for Services$5,352,534,684$5,090,183,664+5.2%$4,078,523,506
341.1General Government - Recording Fees$8,867,691$8,910,353-0.5%$0
341.16General Government - County Portion ($2) of $4 Additional Service Charge$2,304,783$2,258,934+2.0%$0
341.2General Government - Internal Service Fund Fees and Charges$165,766,401$168,425,248-1.6%$0
341.3General Government - Administrative Service Fees$663,478$292,187+127.1%$0
341.55General Government - Fees Remitted to County from Supervisor of Elections$534,726$836,255-36.1%$0
341.8General Government - County Officer Commission and Fees$68,931,520$66,736,727+3.3%$0
341.9General Government - Other General Government Charges and Fees$4,033,451,701$3,794,544,230+6.3%$3,997,459,005
342.1Public Safety - Law Enforcement Services$21,685,814$22,783,620-4.8%$11,220,976
342.2Public Safety - Fire Protection$18,185,950$17,046,491+6.7%$0
342.4Public Safety - Emergency Management Service Fees / Charges$3,898,875$3,617,078+7.8%$0
342.6Public Safety - Ambulance Fees$39,326,429$46,466,858-15.4%$0
342.9Public Safety - Other Public Safety Charges and Fees$356,538$327,830+8.8%$0
343.4Physical Environment - Garbage / Solid Waste$386,855,178$370,234,208+4.5%$0
343.6Physical Environment - Water / Sewer Combination Utility$264,082,333$250,323,050+5.5%$0
343.9Physical Environment - Other Physical Environment Charges$2,541,311$5,385,391-52.8%$0
344.1Transportation - Airports$90,385,459$91,295,666-1.0%$0
344.3Transportation - Mass Transit$11,307,931$11,381,185-0.6%$0
344.5Transportation - Parking Facilities$369,770$425,256-13.0%$0
344.9Transportation - Other Transportation Charges$1,317,357$1,350,527-2.5%$0
346.4Human Services - Animal Control and Shelter Fees$1,412,464$1,710,945-17.4%$0
346.9Human Services - Other Human Services Charges$68,785$48,144+42.9%$0
347.2Culture / Recreation - Parks and Recreation$23,190,390$22,753,535+1.9%$0
347.3Culture / Recreation - Cultural Services$4,398,463$4,322,358+1.8%$0
347.5Culture / Recreation - Special Recreation Facilities$7,165,534$5,918,107+21.1%$0
347.9Culture / Recreation - Other Culture / Recreation Charges$18,673$19,700-5.2%$0
348.24Court-Related Revenues - Circuit Court Criminal - Non-Local Fines and Forfeitures$69,843,525$69,843,525
348.921Court-Related Revenues - Restricted Board Revenue - Court Innovations / Local Requirements$226,199$237,541-4.8%$0
348.922Court-Related Revenues - Restricted Board Revenue - Legal Aid$226,199$237,541-4.8%$0
348.923Court-Related Revenues - Restricted Board Revenue - Law Library$226,199$237,541-4.8%$0
348.924Court-Related Revenues - Restricted Board Revenue - Juvenile Alternative Programs$226,199$237,541-4.8%$0
348.93Court-Related Revenues - Restricted Board Revenue - State Court Facility Surcharge ($30)$4,239,475$3,880,067+9.3%$0
348.932Court-Related Revenues - Restricted Board Revenue - Domestic Violence Surcharge$94,565$81,284+16.3%$0
349Other Charges for Services (Not Court-Related)$120,364,769$121,273,790-0.7%$0
342.5Public Safety - Protective Inspection Fees$600
348.42Court-Related Revenues - Circuit Court Civil - Service Charges$66,583,876
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$11,792,065$9,737,634+21.1%$0
351.3Court-Ordered Judgments and Fines - As Decided by County Court Civil$126,206$118,402+6.6%$0
351.5Court-Ordered Judgments and Fines - As Decided by Traffic Court$679,708$621,682+9.3%$0
351.7Court-Ordered Judgments and Fines - Intergovernmental Radio Communication Program$1,108,651$1,037,697+6.8%$0
352Fines - Library$52,599$47,157+11.5%$0
353Fines - Pollution Control Violations$72,786$68,959+5.5%$0
354Fines - Local Ordinance Violations$15,275$31,415-51.4%$0
358.2Sale of Contraband Property Seized by Law Enforcement$953,417$1,948,282-51.1%$0
359Other Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$8,783,423$5,864,040+49.8%$0
Miscellaneous Revenues$461,975,144$473,945,111-2.5%$152,358,961
361.1Interest and Other Earnings - Interest$221,583,996$220,443,241+0.5%$21,333
361.3Interest and Other Earnings - Net Increase (Decrease) in Fair Value of Investments-$6,145,045$466,388-1417.6%$0
361.4Interest and Other Earnings - Gain (Loss) on Sale of Investments$411$260+58.1%$0
362Rents and Royalties$14,515,920$14,061,336+3.2%$0
364Sales - Disposition of Fixed Assets$3,877,304$4,781,413-18.9%$0
365Sales - Sale of Surplus Materials and Scrap$8,928$8,281+7.8%$0
366Contributions and Donations from Private Sources$3,840,274$10,327,356-62.8%$0
367Licenses$1,513,007$1,397,201+8.3%$1,201,565
369.9Other Miscellaneous Revenues - Other$222,780,349$222,459,635+0.1%$151,136,063
Other Sources$797,844,762$745,485,952+7.0%$0
381Non-Operating - Inter-Fund Group Transfers In$549,265,383$477,975,283+14.9%$0
383.1Proceeds - Leases - Financial Agreements$17,885,900$77,800+22889.6%$0
384Proceeds - Debt Proceeds$9,208,954$122,899,267-92.5%$0
385Proceeds - Proceeds from Refunding Bonds$7,467,055$0
389.1Proprietary Non-Operating Sources - Interest$46,617,092$45,080,055+3.4%$0
389.5Proprietary Non-Operating Sources - Capital Contributions from Federal Government$34,861,589$6,872,738+407.2%$0
389.6Proprietary Non-Operating Sources - Capital Contributions from State Government$12,624,662$9,060,886+39.3%$0
389.7Proprietary Non-Operating Sources - Capital Contributions from Other Public Source$55,874,931$77,447,271-27.9%$0
389.9Proprietary Non-Operating Sources - Other Non-Operating Sources$64,039,196-$435,958-14789.3%$0
383.2Proceeds - Installment Purchase$6,508,610
Total, all account codes$9,520,770,763$9,061,945,275+5.1%$4,230,882,467

Expenditures by account code

Account codes and names as the Department of Financial Services' Uniform Accounting System lists them, grouped under EDR's category headings. FY2025 beside FY2024; other years from the selector. The Custodial Fund column is the part of each line reported in a purely custodial capacity, a column DFS added in FY2021.

CodeAccountFY2025FY2024ChangeOf which Custodial Fund, FY2025
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$4,967,833,208$4,640,362,461+7.1%$4,110,977,602
511Legislative$30,535,195$36,428,418-16.2%$0
513Financial and Administrative$4,265,101,063$4,024,162,028+6.0%$4,110,977,602
514Legal Counsel$8,756,895$7,680,851+14.0%$0
515Comprehensive Planning$10,788,457$10,305,751+4.7%$0
517Debt Service Payments$94,778,294$88,637,855+6.9%$0
519Other General Government Services$557,873,304$473,147,558+17.9%$0
Public Safety$1,612,883,305$1,463,782,655+10.2%$10,738,093
521Law Enforcement$810,514,761$737,224,161+9.9%$10,738,093
522Fire Control$475,559,760$429,033,925+10.8%$0
523Detention and/or Correction$226,801,583$208,096,609+9.0%$0
524Protective Inspections$43,463,840$32,965,625+31.8%$0
525Emergency and Disaster Relief Services$38,883,265$39,182,667-0.8%$0
527Medical Examiners$6,892,721$6,347,599+8.6%$0
528Consumer Affairs$1,559,178$1,651,351-5.6%$0
529Other Public Safety$9,208,197$9,280,718-0.8%$0
Physical Environment$637,730,741$590,657,453+8.0%$0
534Garbage / Solid Waste Control Services$350,755,442$340,087,124+3.1%$0
536Water-Sewer Combination Services$229,668,098$215,481,455+6.6%$0
537Conservation and Resource Management$57,307,201$35,088,874+63.3%$0
Transportation$404,661,025$394,911,389+2.5%$0
541Road and Street Facilities$138,660,354$137,518,522+0.8%$0
542Airports$98,566,723$89,830,746+9.7%$0
544Mass Transit Systems$167,433,948$167,562,121-0.1%$0
Economic Environment$176,761,142$172,140,271+2.7%$0
551Employment Opportunity and Development$630,432$569,097+10.8%$0
552Industry Development$58,146,456$55,842,841+4.1%$0
553Veteran's Services$355,679$403,481-11.8%$0
554Housing and Urban Development$29,492,090$37,509,736-21.4%$0
559Other Economic Environment$88,136,485$77,815,116+13.3%$0
Human Services$153,077,063$129,696,718+18.0%$0
562Health Services$60,866,494$43,893,991+38.7%$0
563Mental Health Services$5,102,908$5,156,571-1.0%$0
564Public Assistance Services$5,869,303$6,068,354-3.3%$0
565Developmental Disabilities Services$1,379,498$1,328,504+3.8%$0
569Other Human Services$79,858,860$73,249,298+9.0%$0
Culture / Recreation$225,155,176$180,897,733+24.5%$0
571Libraries$66,208,471$72,806,605-9.1%$0
572Parks and Recreation$158,946,705$108,091,128+47.0%$0
Other Uses and Non-Operating$570,286,829$498,171,008+14.5%$0
581Inter-fund Group Transfers Out$549,265,383$477,975,283+14.9%$0
590Proprietary - Other Non-Operating Disbursements$11,175,215$14,689,725-23.9%$0
591Proprietary - Non-Operating Interest Expense$9,846,231$5,506,000+78.8%$0
Court-Related Expenditures$203,331,012$205,746,610-1.2%$115,649,593
601General Administration - Court Administration$3,685,211$3,938,705-6.4%$0
602General Administration - State Attorney Administration$391,220$465,419-15.9%$0
603General Administration - Public Defender Administration$284,788$257,947+10.4%$0
604General Administration - Clerk of Court Administration$118,464,459$127,595,971-7.2%$115,649,593
605General Administration - Judicial Support$464,297$496,476-6.5%$0
608General Administration - Jury Management$877,455$859,023+2.1%$0
614Circuit Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration$5,006,355$4,357,762+14.9%$0
622Circuit Court - Criminal - Drug Court$970,055$892,875+8.6%$0
623Circuit Court - Criminal - Pre-Trial Release$1,931,373$1,785,615+8.2%$0
634Circuit Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration$4,451,767$4,085,310+9.0%$0
654Circuit Court - Family - Clerk of Court Administration$3,512,723$3,309,613+6.1%$0
674Circuit Court - Juvenile - Clerk of Court Administration$1,831,233$1,815,916+0.8%$0
685Circuit Court - Juvenile - Guardian Ad Litem$246,806$234,300+5.3%$0
694Circuit Court - Probate - Clerk of Court Administration$1,756,626$1,434,976+22.4%$0
704Circuit Court - Probate - Public Guardian$152,542$152,5420.0%$0
711General Court-Related Operations - Courthouse Security$30,815,525$27,472,835+12.2%$0
713General Court-Related Operations - Information Systems$14,058,443$13,006,638+8.1%$0
714General Court-Related Operations - Public Law Library$578,678$546,317+5.9%$0
724County Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration$3,460,681$3,068,660+12.8%$0
744County Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration$2,744,359$2,762,499-0.7%$0
764County Court - Traffic - Clerk of Court Administration$7,646,416$7,207,211+6.1%$0
Total, all account codes$8,951,719,501$8,276,366,298+8.2%$4,237,365,288

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