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Economy

Per-Capita Spending for Local Government

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Source: New York State Office of the State Comptroller

What does this measure?

The annual per-capita spending for cities, towns, villages, and county within a county, adjusted for inflation.

Why is this important?

Government provides critical services to communities, but the cost to taxpayers can be burdensome and can hinder efforts to attract and retain business.

How is our region performing?

Local government spending per-capita for the region was $3,731 in 2019, similar to the spending in New York State (excluding NYC). In the region, local spending has increased 0.9% from 2018 and 8% from 2000. Spending in each county increased from 2019, except for Monroe and Livingston. Spending in 2019 was highest in Wyoming ($4,888) followed by Genesee ($3,979) and Monroe ($3,846). The City of Rochester spent just over $3,165 per capita, a 32% increase from 2000 and about $57 less than in 2018.

Notes about the data

Data are presented in constant 2020 dollars. New York State excludes New York City. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the fourth quarter.

Spending for Local Government

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
NYS (excluding NYC)	$3,469	$3,580	$3,608	$3,683	$3,764	$3,772	$3,814	$3,959	$3,954	$3,906	$3,970	$3,884	$3,874	$3,822	$3,802	$3,863	$3,898	$3,870	$3,858	$3,932
Region	$3,445	$3,420	$3,423	$3,403	$3,398	$3,360	$3,600	$3,625	$3,634	$3,658	$3,713	$3,681	$3,639	$3,667	$3,729	$3,796	$3,863	$3,756	$3,700	$3,731
Monroe	$3,655	$3,541	$3,542	$3,527	$3,484	$3,434	$3,868	$3,794	$3,818	$3,835	$3,857	$3,843	$3,793	$3,807	$3,874	$3,946	$4,085	$3,905	$3,857	$3,846
Surrounding Counties	$3,113	$3,227	$3,234	$3,205	$3,263	$3,243	$3,178	$3,361	$3,344	$3,380	$3,486	$3,426	$3,394	$3,442	$3,497	$3,556	$3,507	$3,516	$3,446	$3,546
Genesee	$3,527	$3,708	$3,585	$3,682	$4,001	$3,786	$3,472	$4,097	$3,807	$3,827	$3,873	$3,759	$3,766	$3,959	$4,036	$4,200	$4,106	$4,038	$3,824	$3,979
Livingston	$3,327	$3,105	$3,267	$3,240	$3,203	$3,243	$3,300	$3,443	$3,476	$3,666	$3,781	$3,404	$3,336	$3,567	$3,660	$3,578	$3,666	$3,810	$3,607	$3,604
Ontario	$3,044	$3,178	$3,273	$3,119	$3,036	$3,196	$3,102	$3,691	$3,569	$3,305	$3,395	$3,597	$3,652	$3,403	$3,401	$3,414	$3,371	$3,429	$3,581	$3,583
Orleans	$2,893	$3,057	$2,987	$2,828	$2,967	$2,887	$3,077	$2,856	$2,917	$2,975	$2,964	$3,036	$3,019	$3,251	$3,157	$3,097	$2,905	$2,907	$2,986	$3,011
Seneca	$2,556	$2,684	$2,792	$2,934	$3,300	$3,337	$3,311	$2,750	$2,759	$2,901	$2,976	$2,886	$2,926	$2,885	$3,047	$3,531	$3,233	$3,146	$3,410	$3,467
Wayne	$2,647	$2,754	$2,827	$2,848	$2,927	$2,747	$2,674	$2,851	$3,020	$2,996	$3,203	$3,106	$2,971	$3,089	$3,059	$3,132	$3,077	$2,910	$2,653	$2,976
Wyoming	$4,222	$4,013	$3,853	$3,910	$3,833	$3,893	$3,948	$3,990	$3,988	$4,285	$4,448	$4,265	$4,164	$4,284	$4,603	$4,529	$4,765	$5,121	$4,783	$4,888
Yates	$2,777	$4,074	$3,653	$3,497	$3,328	$3,361	$3,027	$2,572	$2,635	$3,163	$3,244	$3,158	$3,133	$3,087	$3,210	$3,362	$3,207	$3,058	$3,081	$3,134
Monroe County Local Areas
Rochester	$2,395	$2,462	$2,616	$2,562	$2,597	$2,591	$2,721	$2,599	$2,774	$2,834	$2,769	$2,926	$2,804	$2,978	$3,124	$3,271	$3,242	$3,359	$3,222	$3,165
Regional Cities
Batavia	$1,483	$1,894	$1,930	$2,093	$3,124	$2,985	$1,955	$1,918	$1,736	$1,864	$2,040	$1,610	$1,835	$1,725	$1,711	$2,055	$1,683	$1,974	$1,622	$1,885
Canandaigua	$1,938	$1,639	$2,273	$1,925	$1,833	$1,946	$1,941	$2,461	$2,110	$2,058	$2,161	$2,094	$1,950	$2,337	$2,014	$2,360	$2,155	$2,277	$2,495	$2,614
Geneva	$2,077	$1,962	$1,912	$1,972	$2,477	$2,080	$2,309	$3,418	$2,785	$2,214	$2,427		$2,500	$2,694	$2,404	$2,276	$2,559	$2,933	$3,330	$2,639

Source: New York State Office of the State Comptroller
Notes: Figures are in constant 2020 dollars.

Total Spending for Local Government

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
NYS (excluding NYC)	38,048,140,807	39,467,663,015	39,922,168,563	40,908,611,573	41,889,691,795	41,938,158,966	42,375,361,110	44,018,874,817	44,062,707,206	43,655,910,193	44,475,059,941	43,606,371,116	43,490,707,331	42,912,688,027	42,652,073,176	42,806,678,372	43,522,793,180	43,160,005,999	42,978,569,793	43,708,053,528
Region	4,133,441,257	4,125,540,277	4,136,927,583	4,118,741,878	4,115,158,152	4,059,952,647	4,348,865,923	4,386,208,325	4,407,210,644	4,446,509,393	4,518,724,455	4,486,465,162	4,433,114,139	4,463,884,166	4,529,939,729	4,597,632,891	4,663,861,779	4,523,631,049	4,451,755,838	4,480,710,169
Monroe	2,687,401,916	2,620,061,010	2,625,864,650	2,615,933,887	2,582,155,693	2,536,095,620	2,855,785,001	2,804,388,130	2,829,400,392	2,851,253,295	2,870,951,709	2,869,877,436	2,834,746,599	2,849,091,781	2,895,391,076	2,941,779,729	3,038,495,363	2,900,636,183	2,865,283,243	2,852,799,599
Surrounding Counties	1,446,039,341	1,505,479,267	1,511,062,934	1,502,807,990	1,533,002,459	1,523,857,027	1,493,080,922	1,581,820,194	1,577,810,252	1,595,256,097	1,647,772,746	1,616,587,726	1,598,367,540	1,614,792,385	1,634,548,653	1,655,853,162	1,625,366,416	1,622,994,866	1,586,472,594	1,627,910,570
Genesee	213,560,676	223,651,229	216,109,278	222,432,143	240,963,855	227,396,578	208,040,945	245,537,254	227,991,300	229,346,314	232,112,184	225,117,347	224,695,311	234,005,870	237,003,588	245,555,443	238,181,910	233,378,671	219,821,977	227,903,195
Livingston	215,039,965	202,082,367	212,747,667	211,008,594	209,776,134	211,839,096	215,703,432	225,397,472	228,146,696	239,823,838	246,538,468	220,747,539	216,128,897	230,545,623	236,393,476	230,236,465	234,628,052	241,864,748	228,014,845	226,736,899
Ontario	304,432,254	320,383,967	333,049,328	320,041,799	313,879,199	333,246,145	324,585,564	388,363,094	379,372,706	354,332,334	367,001,764	390,642,510	396,637,233	371,072,543	371,842,515	373,000,212	368,173,853	375,554,277	393,014,307	393,345,041
Orleans	127,833,668	134,214,790	130,404,349	123,279,818	129,609,974	125,521,969	133,620,163	123,795,665	126,187,974	127,851,114	127,141,942	129,483,660	127,974,384	137,273,529	132,141,064	128,451,814	119,840,484	118,584,311	121,411,134	121,505,502
Seneca	85,178,327	93,317,525	97,832,689	103,322,021	116,523,949	117,372,856	116,622,748	97,544,096	97,573,998	102,365,545	104,915,237	102,107,754	103,548,964	101,684,972	106,286,528	122,876,809	112,214,668	107,725,270	116,540,141	117,928,733
Wayne	248,218,975	258,310,029	265,025,548	267,716,079	274,761,734	257,487,087	250,295,438	266,645,724	283,132,495	280,535,994	300,295,297	289,608,541	276,351,371	285,210,866	280,789,937	285,907,817	279,272,677	263,154,522	239,343,647	267,584,260
Wyoming	183,475,144	172,790,264	165,702,710	167,950,300	164,268,350	166,523,516	168,457,799	169,622,829	168,599,167	180,962,166	187,495,395	178,494,897	173,653,962	177,178,476	189,352,062	185,353,474	192,678,077	206,279,663	191,446,088	194,820,521
Yates	68,300,333	100,729,095	90,191,364	87,057,236	83,219,263	84,469,780	75,754,835	64,914,061	66,805,916	80,038,793	82,272,458	80,385,478	79,377,418	77,820,505	80,739,484	84,471,128	80,376,693	76,453,404	76,880,456	78,086,420
Monroe County Local Areas
Rochester	527,337,282	542,118,194	574,137,073	559,202,699	563,197,994	556,756,595	581,243,191	552,632,950	587,782,248	598,691,264	583,357,526	615,841,540	589,674,066	625,990,050	653,853,457	682,164,444	673,298,889	693,380,985	663,756,089	651,008,751
Regional Cities
Batavia	24,383,458	30,820,731	31,230,203	33,742,456	49,930,331	47,308,894	30,755,131	30,043,498	27,013,748	28,891,508	31,389,436	24,622,473	27,905,233	25,925,212	25,524,794	30,396,167	24,660,482	28,755,719	23,488,563	27,102,277
Canandaigua	22,027,323	18,417,692	25,401,874	21,376,635	20,187,601	21,299,175	21,004,970	26,375,276	22,500,947	21,797,799	22,890,636	22,086,616	20,490,661	24,525,529	21,073,600	24,571,991	22,256,622	23,420,218	25,538,330	26,544,107
Geneva	28,531,123	26,697,309	25,994,784	26,762,602	33,457,468	28,099,301	30,932,851	45,579,910	37,104,120	29,408,640	32,216,786		32,974,551	35,490,641	31,527,663	29,551,348	32,642,755	37,546,652	42,375,272	33,328,571

Source: New York State Office of the State Comptroller
Notes: Figures are in constant 2020 dollars.

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INDICATORS - Grouped by Topic	REGIONAL VALUE	YEAR	NYS COMPARISON	TREND \| REGION
Prenatal Care	78%	2019	3	1 Increasing
Prenatal Care, by Race/Ethnicity			0	10 Not Applicable*
Babies Born with Low Birth Weights	8.4%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Babies Born with Low Birth Weights, Race/Ethnicity			0	10 Not Applicable*
Infant Mortality Rate	6.9	2017-19	2	0 Maintaining
Infant Mortality Rate, Race/Ethnicity			0	10 Not Applicable*
Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels	0.8%	2019	2	-1 Decreasing
Children in Poverty	18%	2017-21	3	1 Increasing
Children in Poverty, Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Single-Parent Families	39%	2017-21	2	1 Increasing
Single-Parent Families, by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Rate of Child Abuse and Neglect	20	2020	2	1 Increasing
Rate of Foster Care Admissions	1.8	2020	2	-1 Decreasing
Rate of Teen Pregnancy	1.3%	2019	3	-1 Decreasing
Rate of Teen Births	12	2019	2	-1 Decreasing
Tourism Spending	$1,399	2021	1	0 Maintaining
Recreation Spending	$83	2021	1	-1 Decreasing
Voter Registration Rate	84%	2021	2	1 Increasing
Voter Participation Rate	64%	2020	3	1 Increasing
Registered Library Borrowers	55%	2020	3	-1 Decreasing
Library Visits	2.5	2020	3	-1 Decreasing
Charitable Contributions as a Percentage of Income	0.8%	2020	2	-1 Decreasing
Households Without Vehicles	10%	2017-21	3	0 Maintaining
Total Population	1.4%	2021	2	1 Increasing
Means of Transportation to Work		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Population by Age		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Workers’ Commute Time, by Means of Transportation to Work		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Population by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Crashes Involving Pedestrians	2.6	2022	3	0 Maintaining
Population by Age and Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Crashes Involving Cyclists	1.4	2022	3	-1 Decreasing
Disengaged Youth, Ages 16 to 19	6%	2017-21	3	-1 Decreasing
Vehicle Crashes Resulting in Injuries and Fatalities	60	2022	3	-1 Decreasing
Median Household Income	$64,995	2017-21	1	-1 Decreasing
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	24	2022	2	-1 Decreasing
Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Miles of Dedicated Bike Infrastructure		2023	0	10 Not Applicable*
People Living in Poverty	13%	2017-21	3	1 Increasing
RTS Ridership	8	2022	0	-1 Decreasing
People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
People Living in Poverty, by Sex		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
RTS On-time Performance			0	10 Not Applicable*
Public Assistance Recipients	1.2%	2021	3	-1 Decreasing
Approval Rate for Public Assistance Applications	22%	2021	0	-1 Decreasing
Females Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Seniors Living in Poverty, by Sex		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Households Receiving SNAP	13%	2017-21	3	-1 Decreasing
Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Female Seniors Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Tax Filers Receiving Earned Income Tax Credit	14%	2020	3	-1 Decreasing
EITC Dollars	$153	2020	2	-1 Decreasing
Change in Total Jobs	2.3%	2021	2	1 Increasing
Change in Number of Business Establishments by Sector		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
Change in Jobs by Sector		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
Sector Shares of Regional Total Employment		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
Unemployment Rate	4.9%	2021	3	1 Increasing
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Average Salary by Sector		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
Change in Average Salary Since 2000	12%	2021	3	1 Increasing
Change in Average Salary Since 2000 by Sector		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
Employment-to-Population Ratio	59%	2017-21	3	-1 Decreasing
Prekindergarten Participation	41%	2021	2	1 Increasing
School Spending Per Student	$23,561	2020	1	1 Increasing
Instructional Spending Per Student	$16,983	2020	1	1 Increasing
Students Receiving Special Education Services		2021	0	-1 Decreasing
Grade 3 English	37%	2022	2	1 Increasing
Grade 3 English by Student Subgroup		2022	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 3 English by Race/Ethnicity		2022	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 3 Math	40%	2022	2	1 Increasing
Grade 3 Math by Student Subgroup		2022	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 3 Math by Race/Ethnicity		2022	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 8 English	39%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Grade 8 English by Student Subgroup		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 8 English by Race/Ethnicity		2019	0	10 Not Applicable*
Grade 8 Math	49%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Regents Algebra 1	73%	2019	3	1 Increasing
Regents English	83%	2019	2	1 Increasing
Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate	88%	2022	3	1 Increasing
Cohort Graduation Rate, Beyond Four Years	90%	2022	3	1 Increasing
Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate by Race/Ethnicity		2022	0	10 Not Applicable*
Education Levels of Adults		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Education Levels of Adults by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
People Without Health Insurance	5%	2020	3	-1 Decreasing
Supply of Doctors	35.3	2019	1	1 Increasing
Mortality Rate	693	2019	1	-1 Decreasing
Chlamydia Rate	53	2020	2	1 Increasing
Chlamydia Rates, Race/Ethnicity, Monroe County			0	10 Not Applicable*
Gonorrhea Rate	37	2020	1	1 Increasing
Maternal Health, by Race/Ethnicity		2018-20	0	10 Not Applicable*
Gonorrhea Rates, Race/Ethnicity, Monroe County			0	10 Not Applicable*
Early Syphilis Rates	2.8	2020	3	1 Increasing
Early Syphilis Rates within Monroe County, by Race/Ethnicity			0	10 Not Applicable*
People Living with HIV	105	2021	0	1 Increasing
People Living with HIV by Race/Ethnicity		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
People Living with AIDS	124	2021	0	1 Increasing
People Living with AIDS by Race/Ethnicity		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
Percent of Days with Good Air Quality			0	10 Not Applicable*
Alcohol-related Crashes	2.7	2021	2	-1 Decreasing
Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment by Primary Substance		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
Median Home Value	$151,405	2017-21	1	1 Increasing
Median Rental Prices	$936	2017-21	3	-1 Decreasing
Housing Affordability for Homeowners	2.3	2017-21	3	0 Maintaining
Housing Affordability for Homeowners by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Overall Housing Cost Burden	28%	2017-21	3	-1 Decreasing
Housing Affordability for Renters	32%	2017-21	3	10 Not Applicable*
Rent Burdened Households	48%	2017-21	3	-1 Decreasing
Housing Affordability for Renters by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Homeownership Rate	68%	2017-21	3	-1 Decreasing
Homeownership Rate by Race/Ethnicity		2017-21	0	10 Not Applicable*
Vacant Housing Units	9%	2017-21	3	1 Increasing
Homeless Persons			0	10 Not Applicable*
Serious Crimes	165	2021	3	-1 Decreasing
Violent Crimes	25	2021	3	1 Increasing
Victims of Domestic Violence	59	2021	0	-1 Decreasing
Incarceration Rates	10.0	2021	0	-1 Decreasing
Incarceration Rates, by Race/Ethnicity		2018	0	10 Not Applicable*
Arrest Rates	125.2	2021	3	-1 Decreasing
Arrest Rates, by Race/Ethnicity		2021	0	10 Not Applicable*
Per-Capita Spending for Local Government	$3,731	2019	0	1 Increasing
Female to Male Earnings Ratio	0.70	2017-21	3	0 Maintaining

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