FY2022

Iowa Metro Coalition Comparison The Metropolitan Coalition is an organization comprised of Iowa’s largest communities. FY2020 data, as reported to the State Library of Iowa, are used. Per capita metrics are based on the population of each city’s jurisdiction, not the service area of the library. While not all Metro Coalition cities’ data are presented, all five cities’ data are included in the ‘average without Iowa City’ calculations. For this report populations used is the city population and does not include contract areas which, for Iowa City, include rural Johnson County, Hills, University Heights and Lone Tree.

Revenue:

Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs

Des Moines

City

Iowa City

Ames

Waterloo

Population

67,862

58,965

126,326

62,230

204,220

68,406

4,010,453

4,089,785

5,726,494

2,725,425

7,316,532

1,837,384

City Income

City Income per Capita

59.10

69.36

45.33

43.80

35.83

26.86

County Income

450,177

171,748

78,437

249,389

60,860

62,969

State/Federal Income

66,984

70,880

97,423

25,099

102,275

39,604

Other Income

43,424

192,941

46,808

146,872

22,383

1,889

Total Income

6,032,599

4,525,354

6,571,107

3,158,816

8,040,701

2,633,539

88.90

76.75

52.02

50.76

39.37

38.50

Total Income per Capita

Expenditures:

Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs

Des Moines

City

Iowa City

Ames

Waterloo

Staff Expenditures

5,030,076

3,165,202

4,728,107

1,978,571

5,966,680

2,029,270

Collection Expenditures

716,143

576,377

590,412

270,199

1,130,284

209,975

Other Expenditures

794,769

783,775

1,163,281

483,044

1,353,029

214,757

Total Expenditures

6,540,988

4,525,354

6,481,800

2,731,814

8,449,993

2,454,002

Per Capita Expenditures

96.39

76.75

51.31

43.90

41.38

35.87

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