Monroe County, Florida — Spending

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

Where did the money go?

Monroe County spending by major category, FY2015 vs. FY2024
	FY2015 spending
General Government Show account codesHide account codes (7 account codes) 511 — Legislative: FY2015 $1,669,132; FY2024 not reported 512 — Executive: FY2015 $1,166,158; FY2024 $949,198 513 — Financial and Administrative: FY2015 $16,288,235; FY2024 $10,142,899 514 — Legal Counsel: FY2015 $1,891,731; FY2024 $3,148,778 515 — Comprehensive Planning: FY2015 $1,511,761; FY2024 $3,356,293 518 — Pension Benefits: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $34,920 519 — Other General Government Services: FY2015 $7,770,681; FY2024 $36,978,664	$30,297,698	$54,610,752	+$24,313,054	+80.2%	$674.97
Debt Service Show account codesHide account codes (1 account code) 517 — Debt Service Payments: FY2015 $12,155,144; FY2024 $10,387,697	$12,155,144	$10,387,697	−$1,767,447	−14.5%	$128.39
Public Safety Show account codesHide account codes (8 account codes) 521 — Law Enforcement: FY2015 $44,928,154; FY2024 $109,300,372 522 — Fire Control: FY2015 $11,255,624; FY2024 $21,151,049 523 — Detention and/or Correction: FY2015 $4,001,564; FY2024 $9,100,744 524 — Protective Inspections: FY2015 $4,886,525; FY2024 $8,246,599 525 — Emergency and Disaster Relief Services: FY2015 $654,822; FY2024 $2,380,197 526 — Ambulance and Rescue Services: FY2015 $1,180,113; FY2024 $3,919,649 527 — Medical Examiners: FY2015 $643,519; FY2024 $755,118 529 — Other Public Safety: FY2015 $29,545,313; FY2024 $14,997,579	$97,095,634	$169,851,307	+$72,755,673	+74.9%	$2,099.31
Physical Environment Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 534 — Garbage / Solid Waste Control Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 535 — Sewer / Wastewater Services: FY2015 $59,209,024; FY2024 $1,947,215 537 — Conservation and Resource Management: FY2015 $2,432,943; FY2024 $6,383,769 538 — Flood Control / Stormwater Management: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $7,491,753 539 — Other Physical Environment: FY2015 $255,437; FY2024 $3,362,778	$61,897,404	$19,185,515	−$42,711,889	−69.0%	$237.13
Transportation Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 541 — Road and Street Facilities: FY2015 $11,649,448; FY2024 $13,961,425 542 — Airports: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 543 — Water: FY2015 $231,247; FY2024 not reported 544 — Mass Transit Systems: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $319,337 549 — Other Transportation Systems / Services: FY2015 $102,974; FY2024 $3,123,053	$11,983,669	$17,403,815	+$5,420,146	+45.2%	$215.11
Economic Environment Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 551 — Employment Development: FY2015 $18,000; FY2024 not reported 552 — Industry Development: FY2015 $29,863,827; FY2024 $55,529,495 553 — Veteran's Services: FY2015 $583,621; FY2024 $1,067,660 554 — Housing and Urban Development: FY2015 $805,403; FY2024 $1,277,152 559 — Other Economic Environment: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $321,705	$31,270,851	$58,196,012	+$26,925,161	+86.1%	$719.29
Human Services Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 561 — Hospitals: FY2015 $1,286; FY2024 not reported 562 — Health Services: FY2015 $2,089,283; FY2024 $5,969,408 563 — Mental Health Services: FY2015 $1,226,416; FY2024 $1,042,858 564 — Public Assistance Services: FY2015 $2,717,854; FY2024 $2,591,220 569 — Other Human Services: FY2015 $2,752,944; FY2024 $4,000,108	$8,787,783	$13,603,594	+$4,815,811	+54.8%	$168.14
Culture / Recreation Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 571 — Libraries: FY2015 $2,888,862; FY2024 $5,801,971 572 — Parks and Recreation: FY2015 $2,825,091; FY2024 $7,649,976 575 — Special Recreation Facilities: FY2015 $10,683; FY2024 $7,651 579 — Other Culture / Recreation: FY2015 $197,000; FY2024 $112,800	$5,921,636	$13,572,398	+$7,650,762	+129.2%	$167.75
Other Uses and Non-Operating Show account codesHide account codes (1 account code) 592 — Extraordinary Items (Loss): FY2015 $0; FY2024 not reported	$0	$0	$0	n/a	$0.00
Court-Related Show account codesHide account codes (30 account codes) 601 — General Administration - Court Administration: FY2015 $50,291; FY2024 $347,848 602 — General Administration - State Attorney Administration: FY2015 $330,682; FY2024 $559,316 603 — General Administration - Public Defender Administration: FY2015 $594,785; FY2024 $496,919 604 — General Administration - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $715,044; FY2024 $2,507,386 605 — General Administration - Judicial Support: FY2015 $141,638; FY2024 $330,038 608 — General Administration - Jury Management: FY2015 $112,481; FY2024 $210,562 609 — General Administration - Pre-Filing Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $695,726 614 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $721,158; FY2024 $642,387 615 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Court Reporter Services: FY2015 $1,074; FY2024 $1,050 622 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Drug Court: FY2015 $394,588; FY2024 $205,330 623 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Pre-Trial Release: FY2015 $646,451; FY2024 not reported 634 — Circuit Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $416,386; FY2024 $358,824 651 — Circuit Court - Family - Court Administration: FY2015 $155,182; FY2024 not reported 654 — Circuit Court - Family - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $140,450; FY2024 $169,816 674 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $60,036; FY2024 $164,172 685 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Guardian Ad Litem: FY2015 $135,187; FY2024 $235,367 689 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Other: FY2015 $35,125; FY2024 not reported 694 — Circuit Court - Probate - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $102,183; FY2024 $365,804 698 — Circuit Court - Probate - Witness Coordination / Management: FY2015 $25,874; FY2024 $261,180 711 — General Court-Related Operations - Courthouse Security: FY2015 $1,711,230; FY2024 $2,853,428 712 — General Court-Related Operations - Courthouse Facilities: FY2015 $146,753; FY2024 $356,729 713 — General Court-Related Operations - Information Systems: FY2015 $197,996; FY2024 $174,951 714 — General Court-Related Operations - Public Law Library: FY2015 $63,758; FY2024 $115,638 716 — General Court-Related Operations - Clerk of Court-Related Technology: FY2015 $498,637; FY2024 $849,828 719 — General Court Operations - Other Costs: FY2015 $46,356; FY2024 not reported 724 — County Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $540,647; FY2024 $475,067 733 — County Court - Criminal - Misdemeanor Probation: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $332,511 739 — County Court - Criminal - Other Costs: FY2015 $162,341; FY2024 not reported 744 — County Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $43,458; FY2024 $368,508 764 — County Court - Traffic - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $442,510; FY2024 $1,047,344	$8,632,301	$14,125,729	+$5,493,428	+63.6%	$174.59
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	$268,042,120	$370,936,819	+$102,894,699	+38.4%	$4,584.67

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	$59,924,754	$28,321	$0
FY2016	$60,569,329	$0	$0
FY2017	$65,114,245	$0	$0
FY2018	$91,568,954	$0	$2,782,286
FY2019	$74,992,129	$0	$3,491,117
FY2020	$67,028,905	$0	$3,290,507
FY2021	$70,671,172	$0	$1,083,907
FY2022	$81,550,993	$938,670,049	$7,147,985
FY2023	$93,777,538	$974,041,831	$7,988,718
FY2024	$90,067,709	$430,572,386	$3,992,391

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-monroe-expenditures
Ten-year spending change: fl-edr-monroe-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-monroe-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-monroe-expenditures
Category spending: census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-monroe-expenditures
Revenue: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-monroe-revenues
Property tax: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-monroe-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
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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
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Florida EDR county government expenditures by account code and fund type (compiled workbook)

Agency: Florida EDR
File: monroecountyexpenditures.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: monroecountyrevenues.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).