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Data from U.S. Census Bureau · 2026 · Methodology
CitySpend

Deerfield Beach, FL

Population: 86,455 (2022) · Small Cities (50K-100K)

C
51/100

Average fiscal health, some areas of concern

Total Spending
$1.5B
Per Capita
$17,488
Total Revenue
$835.5M
Total Debt
$0

Spending Breakdown

Other
46.1%$696.4M
Housing & Community Development
23.0%$347.9M
Utilities
15.5%$234.1M
Fire Protection
6.8%$102.2M
Parks & Recreation
3.7%$56.1M
Sewerage
3.1%$46.9M
Public Welfare
1.3%$20.4M
Hospitals
0.5%$7.9M
Police
0.0%$62K

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.

Revenue Sources

Sales Tax
2.0%$16.8M
Income Tax
21.6%$180.8M
Intergovernmental
100.0%$835.5M
Charges & Fees
19.6%$163.4M
Other
18.2%$151.9M

Per Capita Spending by Department

Police$1/person
Fire Protection$1,182/person
Parks & Recreation$649/person

Score Breakdown

Budget Balance & Reserves (25%)4/100
Debt Burden (20%)100/100
Pension Funding (20%)76/100
Spending Efficiency (15%)67/100
Revenue Diversity (10%)0/100
Trend Direction (10%)50/100

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Data source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023). Population from American Community Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Deerfield Beach, FL spends $17,488 per resident, based on total expenditures of $1.5B for a population of 86,455. The city has a Fiscal Health Score of C (51/100).

Deerfield Beach, FL has total expenditures of $1.5B and total revenue of $835.5M. The city carries $0 in total debt, based on Census Bureau data from 2023.

Deerfield Beach, FL employs 0 government workers, of which 0 are full-time. The average government salary is $0, with 0.0 employees per 10,000 residents.

Deerfield Beach, FL has a Fiscal Health Score of C (51/100). 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.

The this entity record above pulls directly from the Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. municipal and county government finances distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. cities, counties, and states with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.