Minneapolis, MN vs Long Beach, CA
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 Minneapolis, MN at $3,486 per resident and in Long Beach, CA at $698.
On the revenue side both lean hardest on other revenue — 17% of total revenue in Minneapolis, MN and 12% in Long Beach, CA.
Summary
Long Beach spends 36.0% 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 | $1,989 | $36 |
| Income Tax | $994 | $1,760 |
| Intergovernmental | $2,929 | $1,688 |
| Charges & Fees | $2,040 | $2,424 |
| Other | $3,254 | $8,836 |
Spending Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Fire Protection | $683 | $0 |
| Highways & Roads | $221 | $0 |
| Public Welfare | $1,500 | $1,317 |
| Health | $0 | $477 |
| Hospitals | $0 | $2,751 |
| Parks & Recreation | $3,486 | $698 |
| Housing | $4,133 | $5,782 |
| Sewerage | $570 | $86 |
| Utilities | $2,398 | $3,889 |
| Interest on Debt | $0 | $2,718 |
| Other | $8,919 | $16,533 |
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Source: Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 2026.