Beaumont, TX
Population: 114,573 (2022) · Mid-Size Cities (100K-250K)
Excellent fiscal health, strong reserves, low debt, well-funded pensions
Spending Breakdown
Spending data sourced from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances. Per-capita comparisons use the Lincoln Institute's Fiscally Standardized Cities methodology for fair cross-city benchmarking.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Beaumont, TX spends $20,572 per resident, based on total expenditures of $2.4B for a population of 114,573. The city has a Fiscal Health Score of A (82/100).
Beaumont, TX has total expenditures of $2.4B and total revenue of $3.3B. The city carries $45.2M in total debt, based on Census Bureau data from 2023.
Beaumont, TX employs 0 government workers, of which 0 are full-time. The average government salary is $0, with 0.0 employees per 10,000 residents.
Beaumont, TX has a Fiscal Health Score of A (82/100). This score evaluates budget balance, debt burden, pension funding, spending efficiency, revenue diversity, and 3-year fiscal trajectory compared to peer cities of similar population.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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