FY25 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

$ 6,091,785 $4,495,226

$7,110,364

$2,523,068

$9,795,603

$2,756,935

City Income

City Income per Capita

$81.41

$67.85

$51.63

$40.18

$45.74

$40.96

County Income

$536,321

$182,463

$87,369

$300,956

$88,120

$58,516

State/Federal Income

$71,122

$63,761

$101,965

$28,194

$103,106

$38,534

Other Income

$327,658

$327.941

$663,22

$416,441

$629,925

$98,394

Total Income

$7,026,886

$5,069,391

$7,962,920

$3,265,659

$10,616,754

$2,952,379

$93.91

$76.31

$57.82

$52.00

$49.58

$43.86

Total Income per Capita

Expenditures:

Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs

City

Iowa City

Ames

Des Moines

Waterloo

Staff Expenditures

$5,437,007

$3,461,855

$5,408,554

$2,742,428

$7,739,678

$2,346,986

Collection Expenditures

$710,856

$668,656

$658,532

$435,453

$956,372

$262,927

Other Expenditures

$902,747

$938,880

$1,895,834

$594,451

$1,906,512

$272,307

Total Expenditures

$7,050,610

$5,069,391

$7,962,920

$3,772,332

$10,602,562

$2,882,220

Per Capita Expenditures

$94.22

$76.31

$57.82

$60.07

$49.51

$42.82

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