Charlotte County, Florida — Spending

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

Where did the money go?

Charlotte County spending by major category, FY2015 vs. FY2024
	FY2015 spending
General Government Show account codesHide account codes (7 account codes) 511 — Legislative: FY2015 $560,769; FY2024 $597,671 512 — Executive: FY2015 $716,784; FY2024 $1,364,209 513 — Financial and Administrative: FY2015 $16,719,995; FY2024 $27,990,903 514 — Legal Counsel: FY2015 $669,667; FY2024 $902,481 515 — Comprehensive Planning: FY2015 $3,334,845; FY2024 $4,704,914 516 — Non-Court Information Systems: FY2015 $3,290,065; FY2024 $6,783,150 519 — Other General Government Services: FY2015 $16,849,223; FY2024 $105,805,678	$42,141,348	$148,149,006	+$106,007,658	+251.6%	$698.41
Debt Service Show account codesHide account codes (0 account codes) No account codes are currently unclassified for this year.	$0	$0	$0	n/a	$0.00
Public Safety Show account codesHide account codes (8 account codes) 521 — Law Enforcement: FY2015 $58,666,251; FY2024 $122,680,383 522 — Fire Control: FY2015 $22,274,385; FY2024 $38,742,126 523 — Detention and/or Correction: FY2015 $3,705,726; FY2024 $6,015,729 524 — Protective Inspections: FY2015 $4,793,812; FY2024 $16,806,262 525 — Emergency and Disaster Relief Services: FY2015 $1,437,656; FY2024 $3,173,166 526 — Ambulance and Rescue Services: FY2015 $13,462,055; FY2024 $24,477,586 527 — Medical Examiners: FY2015 $526,238; FY2024 $1,202,691 529 — Other Public Safety: FY2015 $768,073; FY2024 $1,497,281	$105,634,196	$214,595,224	+$108,961,028	+103.1%	$1,011.66
Physical Environment Show account codesHide account codes (7 account codes) 533 — Water Utility Services: FY2015 $172,643; FY2024 $92,897 534 — Garbage / Solid Waste Control Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $179,925 535 — Sewer / Wastewater Services: FY2015 $203,205; FY2024 $225,486 536 — Water-Sewer Combination Services: FY2015 $161,079; FY2024 $465,047 537 — Conservation and Resource Management: FY2015 $5,337,196; FY2024 $8,849,472 538 — Flood Control / Stormwater Management: FY2015 $954,119; FY2024 $1,684,649 539 — Other Physical Environment: FY2015 $7,191,994; FY2024 $9,499,887	$14,020,236	$20,997,363	+$6,977,127	+49.8%	$98.99
Transportation Show account codesHide account codes (1 account code) 541 — Road and Street Facilities: FY2015 $77,801,944; FY2024 $112,077,163	$77,801,944	$112,077,163	+$34,275,219	+44.1%	$528.36
Economic Environment Show account codesHide account codes (3 account codes) 552 — Industry Development: FY2015 $1,170,776; FY2024 $1,118,355 553 — Veteran's Services: FY2015 $244,022; FY2024 $451,324 554 — Housing and Urban Development: FY2015 $2,753,165; FY2024 $5,272,208	$4,167,963	$6,841,887	+$2,673,924	+64.2%	$32.25
Human Services Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 562 — Health Services: FY2015 $4,856,533; FY2024 $7,610,083 563 — Mental Health Services: FY2015 $2,017,410; FY2024 $2,324,374 564 — Public Assistance Services: FY2015 $7,255,793; FY2024 $12,427,000 569 — Other Human Services: FY2015 $213,854; FY2024 $13,546,587	$14,343,590	$35,908,044	+$21,564,454	+150.3%	$169.28
Culture / Recreation Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 571 — Libraries: FY2015 $4,525,943; FY2024 $5,471,335 572 — Parks and Recreation: FY2015 $13,529,836; FY2024 $26,314,262 574 — Special Events: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $98,354 575 — Special Recreation Facilities: FY2015 $29,895,707; FY2024 $11,940,198 579 — Other Culture / Recreation: FY2015 $25,000; FY2024 not reported	$47,976,486	$43,824,149	−$4,152,337	−8.7%	$206.60
Other Uses and Non-Operating Show account codesHide account codes (3 account codes) 589 — Bank Fees: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $1,971 590 — Proprietary - Other Non-Operating Disbursements: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 591 — Proprietary - Non-Operating Interest Expense: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0	$0	$1,971	+$1,971	n/a	$0.01
Court-Related Show account codesHide account codes (25 account codes) 587 — Clerk of Court Excess Remittance: FY2015 $114,419; FY2024 $1,513,795 601 — General Administration - Court Administration: FY2015 $521,874; FY2024 $1,487,634 602 — General Administration - State Attorney Administration: FY2015 $223,959; FY2024 $431,640 603 — General Administration - Public Defender Administration: FY2015 $152,078; FY2024 $562,910 604 — General Administration - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $720,055; FY2024 $845,793 605 — General Administration - Judicial Support: FY2015 $51,797; FY2024 $35,569 607 — General Administration - Appeals: FY2015 $47,794; FY2024 $60,763 608 — General Administration - Jury Management: FY2015 $149,861; FY2024 $162,630 614 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $212,641; FY2024 $102,700 623 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Pre-Trial Release: FY2015 $497,319; FY2024 $845,560 629 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Other Costs: FY2015 $78,022; FY2024 $162,170 634 — Circuit Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $542,589; FY2024 $463,393 654 — Circuit Court - Family - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $113,449; FY2024 $78,286 664 — Circuit Court - Family - Domestic Violence Court: FY2015 $58,224; FY2024 $81,116 674 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $98,346; FY2024 $82,852 685 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Guardian Ad Litem: FY2015 $1,269; FY2024 $2,068 694 — Circuit Court - Probate - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $128,326; FY2024 $72,439 704 — Circuit Court - Probate - Public Guardian: FY2015 $185,600; FY2024 not reported 713 — General Court-Related Operations - Information Systems: FY2015 $840,208; FY2024 $839,869 714 — General Court-Related Operations - Public Law Library: FY2015 $17,507; FY2024 $6,787 716 — General Court-Related Operations - Clerk of Court-Related Technology: FY2015 $15,782; FY2024 $651,485 719 — General Court-Related Operations - Other Costs: FY2015 $1,586,390; FY2024 $3,085,847 724 — County Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $349,649; FY2024 $183,371 744 — County Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $131,661; FY2024 $81,639 764 — County Court - Traffic - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $299,902; FY2024 $301,183	$7,138,721	$12,141,499	+$5,002,778	+70.1%	$57.24
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	$313,224,484	$594,536,306	+$281,311,822	+89.8%	$2,802.80

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	$112,217,912	$0	$456
FY2016	$121,526,235	$0	$10,763
FY2017	$116,009,378	$0	$196,692
FY2018	$118,948,204	$0	$9,200
FY2019	$128,515,301	$0	$6,984
FY2020	$139,765,586	$0	$7,421
FY2021	$146,411,654	$0	$18,361
FY2022	$156,716,312	$0	$5,553
FY2023	$181,692,494	$666,213,937	$2,742
FY2024	$190,492,092	$714,675,937	$4,572

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-charlotte-expenditures
Ten-year spending change: fl-edr-charlotte-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-charlotte-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-charlotte-expenditures
Category spending: census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-charlotte-expenditures
Revenue: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-charlotte-revenues
Property tax: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-charlotte-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: charlottecountyexpenditures.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: charlottecountyrevenues.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).