FY27 Proposed Budget

Iowa Metro Coalition Comparison

The Metropolitan Coalition is an organization comprised of Iowa’s largest communities. FY2025 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

Coralville

Des Moines

Waterloo

Population

75,671

66,427

137,710

22,318

62,799

214,133

67,314

City Income

$6,497,192

$5,073,426 $7,681,091 $2,464,511 $2,806,594

$10,674,010

$2,636,416

City Income per Capita

$85.86

$76.38

$55.78

$110.43

$44.69

$49.85

$39.16

County Income

$611,069

$157,043

$79,162

$232,801

$303,739

$72,628

$72,154

State/Federal Income

$65,627

$57,476

$96,778

$42,482

$25,109

$99,265

$41,971

Other Income

$215,077

$11,742

$295,392

$13,967

$895

$17,870

$0

Total Income

$7,502,577

$5,647,146 $8,448,469 $2,840,027 $3,462,481 $11,364,493

$2,803,763

Total Income per Capita

$99.15

$85.01

$61.34

$127.25

$55.13

$53.07

$41.65

Expenditures:

Cedar Rapids

Council Bluffs

City

Iowa City

Ames

Coralville

Des Moines

Waterloo

Staff Expenditures

$5,893,823

$3,941,504

$6,153,120

$2,028,443 $2,437,029

$8,525,613

$2,454,101

Collection Expenditures

$720,796

$695,487

$713,192

$337,615

$340,602

$1,033,114

$258,590

Other Expenditures

$942,171

$1,010,155

$1,583,157

$324,937

$629,100

$2,260,753

$320,348

Total Expenditures

$7,556,790

$5,647,146

$8,449,469

$2,690,995 $3,406,731 $11,819,480

$2,943,039

Per Capita Expenditures

$99.86

$85.01

$61.35

$120.57

$54.25

$55.20

$43.72

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