Pinellas County, Florida — Spending

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

Where did the money go?

Pinellas County spending by major category, FY2015 vs. FY2024
	FY2015 spending
General Government Show account codesHide account codes (7 account codes) 511 — Legislative: FY2015 $1,676,867; FY2024 $2,468,540 512 — Executive: FY2015 $815,251; FY2024 $3,154,638 513 — Financial and Administrative: FY2015 $65,945,142; FY2024 $104,202,084 514 — Legal Counsel: FY2015 $4,371,335; FY2024 $5,917,805 515 — Comprehensive Planning: FY2015 $3,906,466; FY2024 $5,832,137 516 — Non-Court Information Systems: FY2015 $8,044,970; FY2024 $20,784,459 519 — Other General Government Services: FY2015 $42,197,563; FY2024 $95,849,557	$126,957,594	$238,209,220	+$111,251,626	+87.6%	$246.63
Debt Service Show account codesHide account codes (1 account code) 517 — Debt Service Payments: FY2015 $8,657,160; FY2024 $0	$8,657,160	$0	−$8,657,160	−100.0%	$0.00
Public Safety Show account codesHide account codes (9 account codes) 521 — Law Enforcement: FY2015 $274,525,781; FY2024 $434,402,067 522 — Fire Control: FY2015 $15,204,635; FY2024 $20,790,659 523 — Detention and/or Correction: FY2015 $9,396,734; FY2024 $5,694,281 524 — Protective Inspections: FY2015 $6,620,631; FY2024 $11,257,152 525 — Emergency and Disaster Relief Services: FY2015 $12,809,120; FY2024 $37,934,771 526 — Ambulance and Rescue Services: FY2015 $93,088,487; FY2024 $178,598,404 527 — Medical Examiners: FY2015 $5,262,970; FY2024 $9,136,097 528 — Consumer Affairs: FY2015 $1,211,855; FY2024 $1,468,484 529 — Other Public Safety: FY2015 $6,267,078; FY2024 $10,082,953	$424,387,291	$709,364,868	+$284,977,577	+67.2%	$734.43
Physical Environment Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 533 — Water Utility Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 534 — Garbage / Solid Waste Control Services: FY2015 $1,165,894; FY2024 $1,772,122 535 — Sewer / Wastewater Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $9,358,694 537 — Conservation and Resource Management: FY2015 $10,575,746; FY2024 $47,405,839 538 — Flood Control / Stormwater Management: FY2015 $25,789,480; FY2024 $37,608,647	$37,531,120	$96,145,302	+$58,614,182	+156.2%	$99.54
Transportation Show account codesHide account codes (3 account codes) 541 — Road and Street Facilities: FY2015 $52,251,990; FY2024 $128,726,027 542 — Airports: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 549 — Other Transportation: FY2015 $0; FY2024 not reported	$52,251,990	$128,726,027	+$76,474,037	+146.4%	$133.27
Economic Environment Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 551 — Employment Opportunity and Development: FY2015 $717,309; FY2024 $646,449 552 — Industry Development: FY2015 $44,382,361; FY2024 $65,267,013 553 — Veteran's Services: FY2015 $476,665; FY2024 $681,292 554 — Housing and Urban Development: FY2015 $9,995,305; FY2024 $47,923,975 559 — Other Economic Environment: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $13,598	$55,571,640	$114,532,327	+$58,960,687	+106.1%	$118.58
Human Services Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 562 — Health Services: FY2015 $48,898,057; FY2024 $56,346,872 563 — Mental Health Services: FY2015 $586,065; FY2024 $7,811,695 564 — Public Assistance Services: FY2015 $4,392,399; FY2024 $8,678,596 569 — Other Human Services: FY2015 $6,900,572; FY2024 $111,237,199	$60,777,093	$184,074,362	+$123,297,269	+202.9%	$190.58
Culture / Recreation Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 571 — Libraries: FY2015 $5,792,510; FY2024 $10,509,415 572 — Parks and Recreation: FY2015 $23,081,572; FY2024 $46,711,403 573 — Cultural Services: FY2015 $410,295; FY2024 $616,971 575 — Special Recreation Facilities: FY2015 $20,005; FY2024 $7,040	$29,304,382	$57,844,829	+$28,540,447	+97.4%	$59.89
Other Uses and Non-Operating Show account codesHide account codes (2 account codes) 583 — Installment Purchase Acquisitions: FY2015 $2,850,083; FY2024 not reported 593 — Special Items (Loss): FY2015 $0; FY2024 not reported	$2,850,083	$0	−$2,850,083	−100.0%	$0.00
Court-Related Show account codesHide account codes (24 account codes) 587 — Clerk of Court Excess Fee Functions: FY2015 $142,948; FY2024 not reported 602 — General Court Administration - State Attorney Administration: FY2015 $256,928; FY2024 not reported 603 — General Administration - Public Defender Administration: FY2015 $984,731; FY2024 $1,586,878 604 — General Administration - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $1,206,225; FY2024 $3,372,882 606 — General Administration - Trial Court Law Clerks / Legal Support: FY2015 $632,672; FY2024 $814,371 608 — General Administration - Jury Management: FY2015 $641,665; FY2024 $773,727 609 — General Administration - Pre-Filing Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs: FY2015 $566,953; FY2024 $868,261 614 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $3,895,038; FY2024 $4,200,501 622 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Drug Court: FY2015 $599,041; FY2024 $559,446 634 — Circuit Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $3,318,211; FY2024 $2,102,993 654 — Circuit Court - Family - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $2,074,046; FY2024 $2,104,267 671 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Court Administration: FY2015 $404,983; FY2024 $638,460 674 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $1,596,325; FY2024 $1,630,549 685 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Guardian Ad Litem: FY2015 $10,045; FY2024 $62,997 691 — Circuit Court - Probate - Court Administration: FY2015 $593,592; FY2024 $347,814 694 — Circuit Court - Probate - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $1,426,406; FY2024 $3,811,701 712 — General Court-Related Operations - Courthouse Facilities: FY2015 $5,599,913; FY2024 $1,185,180 713 — General Court-Related Operations - Information Systems: FY2015 $9,732,938; FY2024 $11,713,352 714 — General Court-Related Operations - Public Law Library: FY2015 $266,316; FY2024 $243,797 715 — General Court-Related Operations - Legal Aid: FY2015 $357,464; FY2024 $402,740 716 — General Court-Related Operations - Clerk of Court-Related Technology: FY2015 $585,663; FY2024 $73,089 724 — County Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $3,059,444; FY2024 $3,773,530 744 — County Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $1,784,463; FY2024 $1,541,497 764 — County Court - Traffic - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $3,814,024; FY2024 $3,437,591	$43,550,034	$45,245,623	+$1,695,589	+3.9%	$46.84
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	$841,838,387	$1,574,142,558	+$732,304,171	+87.0%	$1,629.77

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	$455,492,460	$0	$9,534,966
FY2016	$422,170,148	$0	$8,706,995
FY2017	$448,323,982	$0	$11,224,436
FY2018	$426,756,193	$0	$12,230,850
FY2019	$434,937,989	$0	$9,418,742
FY2020	$437,827,330	$0	$9,813,463
FY2021	$467,638,522	$0	$8,892,954
FY2022	$463,107,041	$0	$7,291,529
FY2023	$523,623,050	$6,219,926,164	$7,970,959
FY2024	$534,609,036	$5,377,140,224	$9,197,581

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

Agency: Florida EDR
File: pinellascountyexpenditures.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: pinellascountyrevenues.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).