FY2024 Proposed Budget

Iowa Metro Coalition Comparison The Metropolitan Coalition is an organization comprised of Iowa’s largest communities. FY2022 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

City

Iowa City

Ames

Des Moines

Waterloo

Population

74,828

66,427

137,710

62,799

214,133

67,314

$5,907,780

$4,307,092

$6,308,013

$2,397,448

$9,494,874

$2,597,618

City Income

City Income per Capita

$78.95

$64.84

$45.80

$38.18

$44.34

$38.59

County Income

$480,422

$176,242

$94,076

$275,828

$66,812

$56,189

State/Federal Income

$58,765

$65,592

$106,453

$26,442

$113,667

$37,320

Other Income

$339,294

$239,342

$1,011,321

$181,739

$518,344

$69,764

Total Income

$6,786,261

$4,788,268

$7,519,863

$2,881,457

$10,193,697

$2,760,891

$90.69

$72.08

$54.60

$45.88

$47.60

$41.01

Total Income per Capita

Expenditures:

Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs

City

Iowa City

Ames

Des Moines

Waterloo

Staff Expenditures

$5,248,061

$3,269,205

$5,093,163

$2,052,970

$7,311,961

$2,066,916

Collection Expenditures

$709,120

$641,882

$604,168

$315,381

$974,988

$248,987

Other Expenditures

$807,825

$877,181

$1,822,532

$546,305

$1,906,748

$273,331

Total Expenditures

$6,765,006

$4,788,268

$7,519,863

$2,914,656

$10,193,697

$2,589,234

Per Capita Expenditures

$90.41

$72.08

$54.60

$46.41

$47.60

$38.46

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