Total Spending Per Capita

Total city expenditure per resident. Lower is generally better. Ranking 684 cities.

Fiscal Health Score Police Spending Per Capita Fire Spending Per Capita Parks & Recreation Per Capita Debt Per Capita Education Spending Per Capita

#	City	Grade	Population	Total Spending Per Capita
1	Santa Clara, CA	C	128K	$807,303
2	Alameda, CA	C	78K	$637,110
3	Maricopa, AZ	D	60K	$398,381
4	Orange, CA	D	139K	$372,005
5	Washington, DC	D	671K	$243,341
6	Monterey Park, CA	C	60K	$243,079
7	San Bernardino, CA	D	221K	$238,232
8	San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA	D	110K	$220,511
9	Riverside, CA	C	316K	$188,026
10	San Mateo, CA	C	104K	$185,341
11	San Francisco, CA	D	851K	$184,131
12	Tulare, CA	C	69K	$172,207
13	Sarasota, FL	C	56K	$168,190
14	Frederick, MD	C	78K	$160,619
15	Santa Barbara, CA	C	89K	$139,120
16	Santa Cruz, CA	C	61K	$138,595
17	Cambridge, MA	C	118K	$130,737
18	New York, NY	C	8.6M	$129,119
19	Hamilton, OH	B	63K	$116,276
20	Gulfport, MS	C	73K	$116,149
21	Miami Beach, FL	C	82K	$89,503
22	Los Angeles, CA	D	3.9M	$85,432
23	Union City, NJ	C	67K	$81,440
24	Santa Monica, CA	D	92K	$79,891
25	Merced, CA	D	88K	$77,022
26	Hartford, CT	C	121K	$76,660
27	Rochester, NY	D	211K	$75,154
28	Boston, MA	C	666K	$72,299
29	Sacramento, CA	C	524K	$71,020
30	New Brunswick, NJ	D	56K	$70,317
31	Passaic, NJ	C	70K	$70,270
32	Trenton, NJ	C	90K	$69,951
33	East Orange, NJ	D	69K	$69,459
34	Arlington, VA	C	236K	$69,233
35	Baltimore, MD	B	585K	$67,935
36	New Haven, CT	C	136K	$66,510
37	Huntington Park, CA	C	55K	$65,653
38	Springfield, MA	D	155K	$65,626
39	Flint, MI	F	82K	$65,339
40	Yonkers, NY	C	210K	$62,907
41	Richmond, VA	D	227K	$61,661
42	Urban Honolulu, HI	D	349K	$61,430
43	Ontario, CA	C	176K	$61,412
44	Buffalo, NY	C	277K	$60,354
45	Newton, MA	D	88K	$60,337
46	Madera, CA	C	67K	$60,288
47	Brockton, MA	D	105K	$58,373
48	Brookline, MA	D	63K	$58,050
49	Alexandria, VA	C	158K	$57,994
50	Newport News, VA	F	185K	$56,948
51	West New York, NJ	D	52K	$56,635
52	Philadelphia, PA	D	1.6M	$56,272
53	Syracuse, NY	C	146K	$55,830
54	Camden, NJ	D	72K	$55,742
55	Norman, OK	D	128K	$55,648
56	Waterbury, CT	D	114K	$55,426
57	Napa, CA	D	79K	$55,211
58	Lynn, MA	D	101K	$54,972
59	Lawrence, MA	D	88K	$52,564
60	Norwalk, CT	C	91K	$52,486
61	Stamford, CT	C	135K	$52,355
62	Broomfield, CO	D	74K	$52,307
63	Framingham, MA	D	72K	$51,890
64	Lancaster, PA	C	58K	$51,351
65	Norfolk, VA	D	237K	$50,880
66	Lawrence, KS	D	95K	$50,571
67	Bayonne, NJ	C	70K	$50,508
68	East Hartford, CT	D	51K	$50,447
69	Providence, RI	F	190K	$50,124
70	West Hartford, CT	B	64K	$49,530
71	New Bedford, MA	D	101K	$49,215
72	Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN	D	684K	$48,948
73	Lowell, MA	C	115K	$48,457
74	Milford city (balance), CT	C	51K	$48,322
75	Bridgeport, CT	B	148K	$48,031
76	Anchorage, AK	C	291K	$47,921
77	New Britain, CT	D	74K	$47,715
78	Suffolk, VA	B	95K	$47,680
79	Delray Beach, FL	D	67K	$47,360
80	Quincy, MA	D	101K	$47,287
81	Portsmouth, VA	B	97K	$46,704
82	Albany, NY	C	100K	$46,595
83	Warwick, RI	C	83K	$46,415
84	Peabody, MA	D	54K	$46,262
85	Indianapolis city (balance), IN	B	882K	$46,045
86	Chesapeake, VA	D	249K	$45,860
87	Hampton, VA	C	137K	$45,522
88	Revere, MA	D	61K	$45,493
89	Waltham, MA	D	65K	$45,238
90	Bristol, CT	D	61K	$44,977
91	Ames, IA	F	66K	$44,915
92	Taunton, MA	F	59K	$44,737
93	Schenectady, NY	D	68K	$44,459
94	Baton Rouge, LA	B	226K	$43,886
95	Erie, PA	D	95K	$43,394
96	Fresno, CA	C	542K	$43,387
97	Danbury, CT	C	86K	$43,358
98	Chicopee, MA	F	55K	$43,310
99	San Diego, CA	C	1.4M	$43,306
100	Greenville, SC	D	71K	$43,093

Showing top 100 of 684 cities

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. Per-capita figures based on American Community Survey population estimates.