Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY
Population: 321,276 (2022) · Large Cities (250K+)
Excellent fiscal health, strong reserves, low debt, well-funded pensions
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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
Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY spends $13,449 per resident, based on total expenditures of $4.3B for a population of 321,276. The city has a Fiscal Health Score of A (84/100).
Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY has total expenditures of $4.3B and total revenue of $5.3B. The city carries $0 in total debt, based on Census Bureau data from 2023.
Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY employs 0 government workers, of which 0 are full-time. The average government salary is $0, with 0.0 employees per 10,000 residents.
Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY has a Fiscal Health Score of A (84/100). 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 Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY, 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.
Every number on this page links back to the Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
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 Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 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.