Las Animas · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Name: Las Animas, CO municipal finance benchmarks
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Bent County · Eastern Plains · statutory city · Pop. 2,325 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 2,344 · Census finance data FY2016, FY2021, FY2023

You’re viewing FY2021. See the latest view (FY2023). Latest Census Bureau finance data for Las Animas: FY2023. Retrieved Oct 2026. Newer years are added when the Census Bureau publishes them. Why the lag?

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FY2021 in brief

Las Animas collected $3,867 per resident (including city-run utilities), 56% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 14% above its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 7% above its peers, but 21% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 18% below peers.

Generated from the figures below. Every number links to its Census source.

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

Revenue per resident (definition)

$3,867

14% above peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $3,393
CO median · 227 with a published figure Median of the 227 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,476
Position: Higher than 76% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +2.6%/yr

How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$3,225

in line with peers

Includes city-owned utilities

Peer median: $3,113
CO median · 220 with a published figure Median of the 220 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $2,208
Position: Higher than 72% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: −1.0%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$844

7% above peers

Peer median: $792
CO median · 201 with a published figure Median of the 201 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,072
Position: Higher than 35% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +13.0%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$1,408

18% below peers

Peer median: $1,711
CO median · 199 with a published figure Median of the 199 Colorado municipalities with FY2021 Census finance data. In FY2016 and FY2021 the Census covers every municipality; in other years it surveys a sample, mostly larger cities.: $1,411
Position: Higher than 50% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars: +7.4%/yr

How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $3,867

Reported by the city to the Census Bureau

1Metric
$3,867 Total revenue divided by population
= Total revenue ÷ population
Full definition: Revenue per resident
2Inputs
Total revenue $9.1M ÷ population 2,344 (2021 estimate)
3Census line items
- A80 Sewer charges
- A81 Solid waste charges
- A89 General government (other) charges
- A91 Water utility charges
- A92 Electric utility charges
- B89 Federal aid
- C89 State aid
- T01 Property tax
- T09 General sales tax
- T28 Licenses & permits
- T29 Licenses & permits
- U20 Interest earnings
- U99 Miscellaneous
4Source file
- Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File
  Value for
  FY2021
  Survey file
  2022
  The 2022 Census survey covers fiscal years ending July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, so a fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 is FY2021.
  Retrieved October 12, 2026 · View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
- Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places
  Value for
  FY2021
  Source year
  2025
  Retrieved October 7, 2026 · View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers mean

Las Animas runs city-owned utilities, which add 53.3% of its revenue. Cities that don't run utilities will look lower on revenue and spending per resident for that reason alone. What counts as utility revenue
With about 2,344 residents, small changes in Las Animas's budget move per-resident figures a lot. Compare several years, not one.

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Per resident, FY2021. Bars show Las Animas; the gold tick is the peer median. How categories work

The biggest difference from peers is Utilities & environment: $2,553 per resident, 2.9× the peer median. On the revenue side, utility & transit charges is 63% above peers.

Money in

Revenue

$3,867

per resident14% above peers

Money in: Las Animas revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of revenue
	$2,063	$1,263	63% above peerspeers $1,263	53%

Electric utility charges $1,713 · peers $1,150 Water utility charges $349 · peers $248 Revenue of city-owned water, electric, gas and transit systems. Census line items A91 Water utility charges A92 Electric utility charges
	$658	$524	26% above peerspeers $524	17%

General sales tax $658 · peers $524 General sales and use tax. Census line items T09 General sales tax
	$568	$475	20% above peerspeers $475	15%

Solid waste charges $293 · peers $143 Sewer charges $206 · peers $168 General government (other) charges $69 · peers $106 Charges for services such as sewer, trash, recreation, parking and airports. Census line items A80 Sewer charges A81 Solid waste charges A89 General government (other) charges
	$344	$407	15% below peerspeers $407	9%

State aid $247 · peers $93 Federal aid $97 · peers $171 Grants and shared revenue from federal, state and local governments. Census line items B89 Federal aid C89 State aid
	$119	$198	40% below peerspeers $198	3%

Property tax $119 · peers $198 Property tax levied by the municipality. Census line items T01 Property tax
	$67	$62	7% above peerspeers $62	2%

Licenses & permits $67 · peers $21 Lodging, utility, tobacco and other selective sales taxes, licenses and permits, and other taxes. Census line items T28 Licenses & permits T29 Licenses & permits
	$49	$91	47% below peerspeers $91	1%

Miscellaneous $41 · peers $41 Interest earnings $8 · peers $15 Interest earnings, fines, rents, special assessments, donations and sales of property. Census line items U20 Interest earnings U99 Miscellaneous

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$3,225

per residentin line with peers

Money out: Las Animas spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
Category	Per resident	Peer median	vs peers	Share of spending
	$2,553	$872	2.9× peerspeers $872	79%

Electric utility $1,626 · peers $635 Water utility $414 · peers $200 Solid waste $317 · peers $140 Sewer $189 · peers $162 Natural resources $8 · peers $0 Water, sewer, solid waste, electric and gas utilities, and natural resources. Census line items E59 Natural resources E80 Sewer E81 Solid waste E91 Water utility E92 Electric utility
	$278	$422	34% below peerspeers $422	9%

General government (other) $278 · peers $422 incl. $1 construction incl. $1 construction Administration, finance, legal and courts, public buildings and other general government. Census line items E89 General government (other) F89 General government (other)
	$177	$273	35% below peerspeers $273	6%

Police $177 · peers $264 Police, fire protection, inspection and corrections. Census line items E62 Police
	$96	$263	63% below peerspeers $263	3%

Streets & highways $96 · peers $207 Streets and highways, transit, parking and airports. Census line items E44 Streets & highways
	$89	$327	73% below peerspeers $327	3%

Housing & community development $58 · peers $0 Parks & recreation $31 · peers $288 Parks and recreation, libraries, housing and community development. Census line items E50 Housing & community development E61 Parks & recreation
	$32	$38	17% below peerspeers $38	1%

Interest on debt $32 · peers $38 Interest paid on the municipality's debt. Includes Census Bureau estimates for this year. Census line items I91 Interest on debt
None reported · peers $17	$0	$17	None reported	0%

Las Animas reported nothing in this category for FY2021. Commercial activities and functions outside the categories above.

Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Las Animas and its peers

The five Colorado municipalities nearest on population, median household income and region. Budget size isn’t a matching factor, so peers aren’t chosen on the figures being compared. Per resident, FY2021. How peers are chosen

Open in Compare

Las Animas compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
Municipality	Revenue	Expenditures	Tax revenue	Sales tax	Debt
Las AnimasUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.3% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$3,867	$3,225	$844	$658	$1,408
HolyokeUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 48.0% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$2,631	$2,200	$492	$284	Not reported for this year
LimonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 10.1% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$3,519	$3,113	$1,337	$1,032	$3,922
WrayUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 41.4% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$3,393	$3,880	$869	$631	$1,859
AkronUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 13.3% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$1,870	$2,216	$792	$362	$936
BurlingtonUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 53.9% of total revenue in FY2021. Revenue and spending per resident include them, so cities that run their own utilities read higher than cities that don't.	$3,957	$3,489	$750	$524	$1,564
Peer median	$3,393	$3,113	$792	$524	$1,711

Utilities marks a municipality whose revenue and spending include city-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit), which raises its per-resident totals.

Trends

Every available fiscal year. Lines break where a year is missing or withheld; nothing is interpolated.

This city
Peer median
Withheld (shown on the axis, no value)
Colorado median (Census of Governments years only)

Revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,396	$2,607	$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2021	$3,867	$3,393	$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2023	$4,191	$4,081	$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)

Expenditures per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Census definition change: Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Expenditures per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$3,396	$2,485	$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2021	$3,225	$3,113	$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2023	$3,845	$3,852	$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)

Tax revenue per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Tax revenue per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$458	$732	$705 (193 reporting)
FY2021	$844	$792	$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2023	$930	$1,037	$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)

Debt per resident

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2021, FY2023. Peers are matched each year, so the peer median can step when the group changes.

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Debt per resident by fiscal year
Year	This city	Peer median	Colorado median
FY2016	$987	$1,153	$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2021	$1,408	$1,711	$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2023	$1,277	$2,015	$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Las Animas’s finances

How much revenue does Las Animas collect per resident?: Las Animas collected $3,867 per resident in FY2021, 56% above the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Las Animas's spending per resident compare with similar cities?: Las Animas spent $3,225 per resident in FY2021, in line with the median of its peers: Holyoke, Limon, Wray, Akron and Burlington. See the figure
How much debt does Las Animas have per resident?: Las Animas carried $1,408 of debt per resident in FY2021, 18% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Las Animas compared with?: Las Animas is compared with Holyoke, Limon, Wray, Akron and Burlington: the Colorado municipalities nearest to it on population, median household income and region. Budget size isn't used, so peers aren't chosen on the figures being compared. See the peer table
Where do these numbers come from?: From the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, as each government reported its own fiscal year, divided by Census population estimates. Figures that fail quality checks are withheld rather than shown. Sources and methodology

Community context

American Community Survey 5-year estimates and Census population estimates. Where the selected year isn’t available, the nearest earlier year is shown and labeled.

Population growth (5-yr): +1.6%/yr; 2021 estimate
Median household income: $40.3K; 2021 estimate
Poverty rate: 30.8%; 2021 estimate
Median home value: $58.8K; 2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate: 14.7%; 2021 estimate

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Also in Eastern Plains

Wray$3,393 · FY2021
Holyoke$2,689 · FY2022
Limon$3,802 · FY2023
Wiggins$2,355 · FY2021
Akron$1,870 · FY2021
Elizabeth$4,481 · FY2022
Burlington$4,081 · FY2023
Springfield$3,103 · FY2021

Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 · 2021
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2017-2021 (opens in a new tab)
Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File · 2022 survey file
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 12, 2026View source: Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances 2022 - Individual Unit File (opens in a new tab)
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places · 2025
U.S. Census Bureau
Retrieved October 7, 2026View source: Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 - incorporated places (opens in a new tab)

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Notes: dollars are nominal (not inflation-adjusted). Colorado medians cover the municipalities reporting that year. Peers: nearest on population, income and region. Definitions: orivian.ai/benchmarks/methodology.Retrieved October 12, 2026 from orivian.ai/benchmarks.

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Las Animas · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

FY2021 in brief

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

Expenditures per resident (definition)

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

Debt per resident (definition)

How this number was calculated

What the numbers mean

Where the money comes from and where it goes

Money in

Money out

Las Animas and its peers

Trends

Questions about Las Animas’s finances

Community context

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Also in Eastern Plains

Sources

Utilities & environment is Las Animas’s largest difference from its peers (2.9× the peer median in FY2021). See how that line moves month to month in your own budget-vs-actual.