Long Beach, CA vs Minneapolis, MN
Side-by-side fiscal comparison · U.S. Census Bureau data (2023)
Long Beach, CA spends 56% more per resident than Minneapolis, MN: $34,250 against $21,910. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.
Long Beach, CA edges Minneapolis, MN on the Fiscal Health Score by 2 points — 67/100 (grade B) to 65/100 (grade B). At a margin this narrow the grade is close enough that the factor-level detail matters more than the composite.
Long Beach, CA reports no outstanding debt per resident in its Census filing, while Minneapolis, MN carries $644 per resident. Both cities pour the most per-resident dollars into the same function: parks and recreation leads in Long Beach, CA at $698 per resident and in Minneapolis, MN at $3,486.
On the revenue side both lean hardest on other revenue — 12% of total revenue in Long Beach, CA and 17% in Minneapolis, MN.
Summary
Long Beach spends 56.3% more per capita than Minneapolis ($12,340/person difference). Long Beach, CA has the stronger Fiscal Health Score (B, 67/100).
Fiscal Health Score
Key Metrics
Per Capita Spending by Department
Revenue Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Sales Tax | $36 | $1,989 |
| Income Tax | $1,760 | $994 |
| Intergovernmental | $1,688 | $2,929 |
| Charges & Fees | $2,424 | $2,040 |
| Other | $8,836 | $3,254 |
Spending Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Fire Protection | $0 | $683 |
| Highways & Roads | $0 | $221 |
| Public Welfare | $1,317 | $1,500 |
| Health | $477 | $0 |
| Hospitals | $2,751 | $0 |
| Parks & Recreation | $698 | $3,486 |
| Housing | $5,782 | $4,133 |
| Sewerage | $86 | $570 |
| Utilities | $3,889 | $2,398 |
| Interest on Debt | $2,718 | $0 |
| Other | $16,533 | $8,919 |
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Source: Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 2026.