Brevard County, Florida — Spending

Category-by-category spending for Brevard County, Florida, from the same published figures as the county overview.

Where did the money go?

Brevard County spending by major category, FY2015 vs. FY2024
	FY2015 spending
General Government Show account codesHide account codes (6 account codes) 511 — Legislative: FY2015 $1,494,659; FY2024 $1,958,695 512 — Executive: FY2015 $850,215; FY2024 $1,495,657 513 — Financial and Administrative: FY2015 $30,270,505; FY2024 $38,789,436 514 — Legal Counsel: FY2015 $1,453,249; FY2024 $1,959,934 515 — Comprehensive Planning: FY2015 $2,517,910; FY2024 $4,249,593 519 — Other General Government Services: FY2015 $26,655,246; FY2024 $44,133,155	$63,241,784	$92,586,470	+$29,344,686	+46.4%	$140.61
Debt Service Show account codesHide account codes (1 account code) 517 — Debt Service Payments: FY2015 $29,655,011; FY2024 $24,343,423	$29,655,011	$24,343,423	−$5,311,588	−17.9%	$36.97
Public Safety Show account codesHide account codes (8 account codes) 521 — Law Enforcement: FY2015 $67,331,931; FY2024 $116,115,544 522 — Fire Control: FY2015 $33,405,385; FY2024 $45,453,500 523 — Detention and/or Correction: FY2015 $41,978,018; FY2024 $50,364,967 524 — Protective Inspections: FY2015 $3,722,829; FY2024 $7,594,364 525 — Emergency and Disaster Relief Services: FY2015 $7,276,261; FY2024 $7,341,655 526 — Ambulance and Rescue Services: FY2015 $21,009,633; FY2024 $36,016,559 527 — Medical Examiners: FY2015 $1,472,640; FY2024 $3,206,672 529 — Other Public Safety: FY2015 $2,188,290; FY2024 $5,217,237	$178,384,987	$271,310,498	+$92,925,511	+52.1%	$412.05
Physical Environment Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 534 — Garbage / Solid Waste Control Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 536 — Water-Sewer Combination Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 537 — Conservation and Resource Management: FY2015 $8,831,226; FY2024 $42,472,147 538 — Flood Control / Stormwater Management: FY2015 $7,245,255; FY2024 $9,747,223	$16,076,481	$52,219,370	+$36,142,889	+224.8%	$79.31
Transportation Show account codesHide account codes (3 account codes) 541 — Road and Street Facilities: FY2015 $46,612,788; FY2024 $76,760,419 542 — Airports: FY2015 $616,156; FY2024 $724,660 544 — Mass Transit Systems: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0	$47,228,944	$77,485,079	+$30,256,135	+64.1%	$117.68
Economic Environment Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 552 — Industry Development: FY2015 $13,599,510; FY2024 $30,359,728 553 — Veteran's Services: FY2015 $237,997; FY2024 $535,165 554 — Housing and Urban Development: FY2015 $3,703,072; FY2024 $4,482,458 559 — Other Economic Environment: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0	$17,540,579	$35,377,351	+$17,836,772	+101.7%	$53.73
Human Services Show account codesHide account codes (6 account codes) 561 — Hospital Services: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $14,015,919 562 — Health Services: FY2015 $15,922,279; FY2024 $21,629,489 563 — Mental Health Services: FY2015 $2,389,446; FY2024 $3,402,246 564 — Public Assistance Services: FY2015 $3,805,978; FY2024 $5,742,425 565 — Developmental Disabilities Services: FY2015 $72,240; FY2024 $95,006 569 — Other Human Services: FY2015 $4,706,010; FY2024 $23,705,535	$26,895,953	$68,590,620	+$41,694,667	+155.0%	$104.17
Culture / Recreation Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 571 — Libraries: FY2015 $13,846,365; FY2024 $23,384,126 572 — Parks and Recreation: FY2015 $26,707,193; FY2024 $45,791,858 573 — Cultural Services: FY2015 $1,538,238; FY2024 not reported 575 — Special Recreation Facilities: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $4,082,078	$42,091,796	$73,258,062	+$31,166,266	+74.0%	$111.26
Other Uses and Non-Operating Show account codesHide account codes (0 account codes) No account codes are currently unclassified for this year.	$0	$0	$0	n/a	$0.00
Court-Related Show account codesHide account codes (23 account codes) 601 — General Administration - Court Administration: FY2015 $163,245; FY2024 $8,194,301 602 — General Court Administration - State Attorney Administration: FY2015 $408,598; FY2024 not reported 604 — General Administration - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $1,376,357; FY2024 $3,785,067 608 — General Court Administration - Jury Management: FY2015 $499,682; FY2024 not reported 614 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court: FY2015 $1,738,540; FY2024 not reported 622 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Drug Court: FY2015 $568,922; FY2024 not reported 634 — Circuit Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $1,214,428; FY2024 $4,283,218 654 — Circuit Court - Family - Clerk of Court: FY2015 $1,269,973; FY2024 not reported 661 — Circuit Court - Family - Masters / Hearing Officers: FY2015 $175,288; FY2024 $232,089 671 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Court Administration: FY2015 $25,353; FY2024 $408,109 674 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Clerk of Court: FY2015 $1,694,670; FY2024 not reported 685 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Guardian Ad Litem: FY2015 $7,169; FY2024 not reported 694 — Circuit Court - Probate - Clerk of Court: FY2015 $571,612; FY2024 not reported 711 — General Court Operations - Courthouse Security: FY2015 $6,025,981; FY2024 not reported 712 — General Court-Related Operations - Courthouse Facilities: FY2015 $4,338,154; FY2024 $5,764,497 716 — General Court-Related Operations - Clerk of Court-Related Technology: FY2015 $1,600,732; FY2024 $1,350,413 719 — General Court Operations - Other Costs: FY2015 $3,653,855; FY2024 not reported 724 — County Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court: FY2015 $1,822,452; FY2024 not reported 733 — County Court - Criminal - Misdemeanor Probation: FY2015 $366,238; FY2024 not reported 734 — County Court - Criminal - Drug Court: FY2015 $63,008; FY2024 not reported 739 — County Court - Criminal - Other Costs: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $501,102 744 — County Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $643,696; FY2024 $4,857,856 764 — County Court - Traffic - Clerk of Court: FY2015 $671,200; FY2024 not reported	$28,899,153	$29,376,652	+$477,499	+1.7%	$44.62
Residual Account codes not yet assigned to a major category. Show account codesHide account codes (0 account codes) No account codes are currently unclassified for this year.	$0	$0	$0	n/a	$0.00
Total spending	$450,014,688	$724,547,525	+$274,532,837	+61.0%	$1,100.39

Source How spending categories are defined (ADR-0009)

Reported separately — not included in total spending

These totals are tracked and published but are not part of the headline spending figures above.

Fiscal year	Enterprise and internal service funds	Fiduciary and custodial funds	Component units
FY2015	$150,826,819	$0	$4,319,584
FY2016	$159,802,684	$0	$6,138,122
FY2017	$170,810,703	$0	$7,646,510
FY2018	$172,457,311	$0	$6,774,408
FY2019	$170,918,173	$0	$7,718,423
FY2020	$186,833,429	$0	$7,901,064
FY2021	$191,086,195	$0	$9,911,197
FY2022	$200,643,089	$0	$10,077,590
FY2023	$222,079,319	$1,103,387,308	$9,668,486
FY2024	$229,617,665	$1,263,656,223	$12,690,388

How total spending is defined (ADR-0001)

Where these numbers come from

Every figure on this page is traced to the government file, census dataset, or price index it was computed from.

Latest spending: fl-edr-brevard-expenditures
Ten-year spending change: fl-edr-brevard-expenditures
Population change: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata
Inflation: bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2014-2023, bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2024-2024
Real spending change: bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2014-2023, bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2024-2024, fl-edr-brevard-expenditures
Real spending per resident: bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2014-2023, bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2024-2024, census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-brevard-expenditures
Category spending: census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-brevard-expenditures
Revenue: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-brevard-revenues
Property tax: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-brevard-revenues

BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted (CUUR0000SA0), 2014–2023 API response

Agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
File: cuur0000sa0-2014-2023.json
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
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BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted (CUUR0000SA0), 2024–2024 API response

Agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
File: cuur0000sa0-2024-2024.json
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
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Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 county population totals (co-est2020-alldata)

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau
File: co-est2020-alldata.csv
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
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Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 county population totals (co-est2024-alldata)

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau
File: co-est2024-alldata.csv
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
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Florida EDR county government expenditures by account code and fund type (compiled workbook)

Agency: Florida EDR
File: brevardcountyexpenditures.xlsx
Retrieved: September 22, 2026
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Florida EDR county government revenues by account code and fund type (compiled workbook)

Agency: Florida EDR
File: brevardcountyrevenues.xlsx
Retrieved: September 22, 2026
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See how each figure is defined: Total expenditures (ADR-0001), Population and inflation (ADR-0005), and Total revenue (ADR-0008).