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

Missouri City, TX

Population: 74,517 (2022) · Small Cities (50K-100K)

C
59/100

Average fiscal health, some areas of concern

Total Spending
$687.8M
Per Capita
$9,230
Total Revenue
$182.8M
Total Debt
$0

Spending Breakdown

Utilities
29.7%$204.4M
Other
19.8%$136.3M
Fire Protection
19.7%$135.7M
Housing & Community Development
19.2%$132.2M
Public Welfare
8.6%$59.2M
Parks & Recreation
2.9%$20.0M

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
1.6%$2.9M
Income Tax
87.9%$160.7M
Intergovernmental
100.0%$182.8M
Charges & Fees
130.9%$239.4M
Other
94.1%$172.1M

Per Capita Spending by Department

Fire Protection$1,821/person
Parks & Recreation$268/person

Score Breakdown

Budget Balance & Reserves (25%)15/100
Debt Burden (20%)100/100
Pension Funding (20%)76/100
Spending Efficiency (15%)100/100
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

Missouri City, TX spends $9,230 per resident, based on total expenditures of $687.8M for a population of 74,517. The city has a Fiscal Health Score of C (59/100).

Missouri City, TX has total expenditures of $687.8M and total revenue of $182.8M. The city carries $0 in total debt, based on Census Bureau data from 2023.

Missouri City, 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.

Missouri City, TX has a Fiscal Health Score of C (59/100). 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.

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.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. cities, counties, and states. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.