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The price of local government in 2017: City of Abingdon

Budget 12

The City of Abingdon budget was $2.38 million for its 2017 fiscal year, or $1,967 per household.

That's a decrease of eight percent from 2016, when the city spent $2.59 million, or $2,139 per household.

Abingdon has 1,209 households and a population of 3,319.

Since 2001, the City of Abingdon budget has fallen by 28.3 percent, from $3.32 million. The city population has fallen 7.6 percent over the same period, from 3,591.

Salaries accounted for 27.2 percent of city spending in 2017. Abingdon property taxpayers paid $647,127 for 13 full-time employees and 28 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 16 full-time employees and eight part-time employees, and spent $614,008.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,319
$2,377,991
$647,127
27.2
41
$15,784
2016
3,319
$2,585,474
$634,568
24.5
48
$13,220
2015
3,319
$2,219,986
$643,344
29
45
$14,297
2014
3,319
$2,401,893
$675,436
28.1
45
$15,010
2013
3,319
$2,305,761
$653,918
28.4
39
$16,767
2012
3,319
$2,241,217
$708,582
31.6
42
$16,871
2011
3,256
$2,246,649
$693,366
30.9
43
$16,125
2010
3,256
$2,950,905
$649,371
22
47
$13,816
2009
3,269
$2,866,377
$652,961
22.8
40
$16,324
2008
3,352
$2,845,033
$583,491
20.5
24
$24,312
2007
3,352
$1,812,321
$620,885
34.3
24
$25,870
2006
3,379
$1,806,425
$634,714
35.1
33
$19,234
2005
3,591
$2,141,515
$683,314
31.9
33
$20,706
2004
3,591
$2,139,607
$688,978
32.2
32
$21,531
2003
3,591
$2,510,565
$669,551
26.7
27
$24,798
2002
3,591
$2,469,393
$640,300
25.9
20
$32,015
2001
3,591
$3,315,875
$614,008
18.5
24
$25,584

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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