Data from U.S. Census Bureau · 2026 ·
Methodology Home / Rankings / Fire Spending Per Capita Fire Spending Per Capita Fire department spending per resident. Lower is generally better. Ranking 619 cities.
# City Grade Population Fire Spending Per Capita 1 Miami Beach, FL C 82K $24,284 2 Delray Beach, FL D 67K $16,595 3 Lakeland, FL B 114K $13,064 4 Alameda, CA C 78K $11,239 5 New York, NY C 8.6M $11,050 6 Chicago, IL C 2.7M $10,754 7 Jacksonville, FL C 950K $9,436 8 Hollywood, FL D 153K $9,279 9 Maricopa, AZ D 60K $9,115 10 Sarasota, FL C 56K $9,073 11 Fort Lauderdale, FL C 183K $7,663 12 Tampa, FL F 389K $7,576 13 Miami, FL C 444K $7,399 14 Santa Barbara, CA C 89K $7,135 15 Philadelphia, PA D 1.6M $7,082 16 Fort Myers, FL B 89K $6,994 17 Tallahassee, FL C 198K $6,805 18 Pompano Beach, FL C 112K $6,697 19 Pensacola, FL C 54K $6,513 20 Clearwater, FL C 117K $6,340 21 Boca Raton, FL D 98K $5,767 22 Santa Cruz, CA C 61K $5,649 23 Orlando, FL B 308K $5,632 24 Largo, FL C 83K $5,456 25 Orange, CA D 139K $5,428 26 Gainesville, FL B 142K $5,350 27 Sunrise, FL D 97K $5,331 28 Pembroke Pines, FL D 170K $5,067 29 Boynton Beach, FL B 80K $4,709 30 Homestead, FL B 80K $4,632 31 White Plains, NY B 59K $4,541 32 Washington, DC D 671K $4,262 33 Kissimmee, FL C 78K $4,201 34 Daytona Beach, FL B 73K $4,122 35 Lancaster, PA C 58K $4,067 36 San Mateo, CA C 104K $4,056 37 Plantation, FL C 93K $3,964 38 Miramar, FL B 135K $3,802 39 St. Petersburg, FL B 259K $3,795 40 Tamarac, FL C 72K $3,622 41 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA D 110K $3,567 42 Coral Springs, FL C 134K $3,453 43 North Port, FL C 77K $3,440 44 San Bernardino, CA D 221K $3,342 45 Davie, FL B 106K $3,273 46 Cape Coral, FL B 199K $3,232 47 Lansing, MI C 113K $3,190 48 Battle Creek, MI C 52K $3,072 49 Frederick, MD C 78K $3,051 50 St. Cloud, FL C 60K $3,010 51 Lauderhill, FL B 74K $3,000 52 Southfield, MI C 76K $2,904 53 Winter Haven, FL B 51K $2,836 54 Carson, NV B 58K $2,831 55 New Haven, CT C 136K $2,676 56 Tulare, CA C 69K $2,648 57 Melbourne, FL B 85K $2,638 58 Boulder, CO D 107K $2,590 59 Monterey Park, CA C 60K $2,565 60 Grand Junction, CO D 66K $2,563 61 Norwalk, CT C 91K $2,529 62 Sacramento, CA C 524K $2,466 63 Waterbury, CT D 114K $2,439 64 Detroit, MI B 637K $2,429 65 Greenville, SC D 71K $2,341 66 Queen Creek, AZ B 62K $2,293 67 San Francisco, CA D 851K $2,281 68 St. Clair Shores, MI C 59K $2,133 69 Madison, AL D 57K $2,129 70 Hamilton, OH B 63K $2,102 71 South Bend, IN D 103K $2,100 72 Warren, MI C 139K $2,024 73 Taylor, MI C 63K $2,023 74 Mobile, AL C 186K $2,010 75 Wilmington, DE F 71K $2,007 76 Lafayette, LA D 122K $1,967 77 Dearborn, MI B 108K $1,938 78 Cincinnati, OH A 309K $1,931 79 Grand Rapids, MI D 198K $1,930 80 Olympia, WA C 55K $1,926 81 Apopka, FL B 55K $1,866 82 Royal Oak, MI B 58K $1,864 83 Port Orange, FL C 63K $1,841 84 Riverside, CA C 316K $1,839 85 Redmond, WA D 74K $1,825 86 Missouri City, TX C 75K $1,821 87 Everett, WA B 111K $1,790 88 Davis, CA C 67K $1,789 89 Charleston, SC C 150K $1,726 90 Galveston, TX C 53K $1,715 91 Portland, OR C 646K $1,700 92 Denver, CO C 711K $1,668 93 Bethlehem, PA A 77K $1,642 94 Sterling Heights, MI B 134K $1,634 95 Jupiter, FL C 61K $1,630 96 Ann Arbor, MI D 122K $1,572 97 Richland, WA C 61K $1,479 98 Palm Bay, FL B 122K $1,440 99 Napa, CA D 79K $1,437 100 Sanford, FL B 61K $1,421
Showing top 100 of 619 cities
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. Per-capita figures based on American Community Survey population estimates.
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