Data from U.S. Census Bureau · 2026 ·
Methodology Home / Rankings / Total Revenue Per Capita Total Revenue Per Capita Total city revenue collected per resident. Higher is better. Ranking 675 cities.
# City Grade Population Total Revenue Per Capita 1 Santa Clara, CA C 128K $324,667 2 Alameda, CA C 78K $283,925 3 Washington, DC D 671K $277,701 4 San Francisco, CA D 851K $272,907 5 Urban Honolulu, HI D 349K $209,394 6 Hamilton, OH B 63K $204,195 7 Salt Lake City, UT C 201K $182,082 8 Atlanta, GA A 495K $156,803 9 Gainesville, FL B 142K $151,126 10 New York, NY C 8.6M $147,477 11 Miami Beach, FL C 82K $144,562 12 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN D 684K $138,595 13 Waco, TX B 141K $133,149 14 San Mateo, CA C 104K $127,126 15 Sarasota, FL C 56K $122,606 16 Denver, CO C 711K $122,063 17 Springfield, IL B 114K $112,589 18 Anaheim, CA B 347K $101,055 19 Riverside, CA C 316K $97,452 20 Frederick, MD C 78K $97,078 21 Lansing, MI C 113K $95,909 22 Orange, CA D 139K $91,528 23 Carmel, IN C 99K $90,764 24 Huntington Park, CA C 55K $87,954 25 Tacoma, WA C 219K $86,417 26 San Antonio, TX B 1.4M $85,853 27 Baton Rouge, LA B 226K $85,687 28 Chicago, IL C 2.7M $85,083 29 Oshkosh, WI A 66K $84,665 30 Quincy, MA D 101K $84,485 31 Owensboro, KY A 60K $82,731 32 Cleveland, OH B 370K $79,979 33 Birmingham, AL C 200K $79,635 34 Austin, TX B 958K $77,600 35 Richmond, VA D 227K $77,122 36 Seattle, WA C 735K $76,958 37 Arlington, VA C 236K $76,540 38 Long Beach, CA B 462K $75,389 39 Indianapolis city (balance), IN B 882K $74,799 40 Brookline, MA D 63K $74,745 41 Bossier City, LA B 63K $73,677 42 Norfolk, VA D 237K $73,324 43 Richmond, CA A 116K $72,573 44 Fargo, ND C 127K $71,744 45 Suffolk, VA B 95K $71,694 46 Portland, ME B 68K $71,637 47 West Hartford, CT B 64K $71,274 48 Baltimore, MD B 585K $70,679 49 New Brunswick, NJ D 56K $69,865 50 Evansville, IN B 117K $68,209 51 Monterey Park, CA C 60K $66,783 52 Bryan, TX B 85K $66,764 53 Conroe, TX B 92K $66,298 54 Pearland, TX B 124K $66,209 55 Palo Alto, CA D 68K $66,187 56 Portsmouth, VA B 97K $66,060 57 Santa Monica, CA D 92K $65,336 58 Schaumburg, IL A 78K $65,049 59 Columbia, SC B 137K $64,353 60 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA D 110K $64,222 61 Sacramento, CA C 524K $63,682 62 Roseville, CA B 149K $62,984 63 Folsom, CA B 81K $61,880 64 Bridgeport, CT B 148K $60,953 65 Arlington, TX A 393K $60,454 66 Tempe, AZ A 181K $56,620 67 Santa Cruz, CA C 61K $56,124 68 Rock Hill, SC A 74K $55,880 69 Houston, TX A 2.3M $55,600 70 Pasadena, CA B 138K $55,458 71 Pflugerville, TX B 65K $54,958 72 New Braunfels, TX B 93K $54,025 73 New Haven, CT C 136K $53,739 74 Evanston, IL A 77K $53,711 75 Lakeland, FL B 114K $53,558 76 Jacksonville, FL C 950K $53,517 77 Garland, TX B 244K $53,213 78 Broomfield, CO D 74K $53,042 79 Corona, CA A 158K $52,909 80 Colorado Springs, CO C 480K $52,777 81 Harrisonburg, VA D 52K $52,435 82 Mishawaka, IN A 51K $52,225 83 Queen Creek, AZ B 62K $51,339 84 Fort Lauderdale, FL C 183K $51,266 85 Santa Barbara, CA C 89K $51,006 86 Phoenix, AZ B 1.6M $50,709 87 Ontario, CA C 176K $50,219 88 Charlotte, NC C 875K $49,746 89 Tallahassee, FL C 198K $49,453 90 Berwyn, IL B 57K $48,762 91 Knoxville, TN C 192K $48,542 92 Waukegan, IL A 89K $48,533 93 South San Francisco, CA B 66K $48,383 94 West Palm Beach, FL B 118K $48,374 95 Victorville, CA B 134K $47,983 96 Portland, OR C 646K $47,970 97 Salem, OR B 176K $47,891 98 San Marcos, TX C 67K $47,816 99 Corpus Christi, TX B 318K $47,140 100 Frisco, TX B 202K $47,138
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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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