Hialeah, FL
Population: 222,996 (2022) · Mid-Size Cities (100K-250K)
Average fiscal health, some areas of concern
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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
Hialeah, FL spends $10,232 per resident, based on total expenditures of $2.3B for a population of 222,996. The city has a Fiscal Health Score of C (60/100).
Hialeah, FL has total expenditures of $2.3B and total revenue of $1.3B. The city carries $782K in total debt, based on Census Bureau data from 2023.
Hialeah, 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.
Hialeah, FL has a Fiscal Health Score of C (60/100). 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.
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