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Pueblo · FY2021 municipal finance benchmarks

Pueblo County · Southern Colorado · home rule municipality · Pop. 110,404 (2025 estimate); FY2021 per-resident figures use 112,020 · Census finance data FY2016–FY2023

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

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FY2021 in brief

Pueblo collected $2,040 per resident (including city-run utilities), 18% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year, 28% below its peers. Tax revenue per resident sits 36% below its peers, and 13% below the state median. Debt per resident runs 86% below peers.

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

Compared with

Nearest on population, household income and region

FY2021 headline figures

Revenue per resident (definition)

$2,040
28% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,840
CO median · 227 with a published figure
$2,476
Position
Higher than 37% of the 227 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+3.1%/yr
How Colorado compares on revenue per resident

Expenditures per resident (definition)

$1,651
35% below peers
Includes city-owned utilities
Peer median
$2,536
CO median · 220 with a published figure
$2,208
Position
Higher than 34% of the 220 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+0.1%/yr

Tax revenue per resident (definition)

$935
36% below peers
Peer median
$1,451
CO median · 201 with a published figure
$1,072
Position
Higher than 41% of the 201 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
+2.5%/yr

Debt per resident (definition)

$276
86% below peers
Peer median
$2,000
CO median · 199 with a published figure
$1,411
Position
Higher than 11% of the 199 reporting
5-year changenominal dollars
−24.0%/yr
How Colorado compares on debt per resident

How this number was calculated

Revenue per resident · $2,040
Includes Census estimates for 81% of revenue

  1. 1Metric

    $2,040 Total revenue divided by population

    = Total revenue ÷ population

    Full definition: Revenue per resident

  2. 2Inputs

    Total revenue $228.5M ÷ population 112,020 (2021 estimate)

  3. 3Census line items

    • A01 Airport charges
    • A44 Streets & highways charges
    • A50 Housing & community development charges
    • A60 Parking charges
    • A61 Parks & recreation charges
    • A80 Sewer charges
    • A89 General government (other) charges
    • A91 Water utility charges
    • A94 Transit charges
    • B89 Federal aid
    • C89 State aid
    • T01 Property tax
    • T09 General sales tax
    • T29 Licenses & permits
    • U11 Sale of property
    • U20 Interest earnings
    • U30 Fines & forfeits
    • U40 Rents
    • U50 Private donations
    • U99 Miscellaneous

  4. 4Source file

What the numbers mean

  • Pueblo runs city-owned utilities, which add 19.3% 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
  • Pueblo relies on sales tax more than most Colorado municipalities. Tourism and regional retail can raise sales tax per resident because non-residents pay it.
  • Part of Pueblo's FY2021 revenue is a Census Bureau estimate, not a reported figure. How estimates are handled

Where the money comes from and where it goes

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

The biggest difference from peers is General government: $293 per resident, 37% below the peer median. On the revenue side, other taxes is 95% below peers.

Money in

Revenue

$2,040
per resident28% below peers
Money in: Pueblo revenue per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$77517% belowpeers $933
$450in line withpeers $432
$39312% belowpeers $448
$17415% belowpeers $206
$15055% belowpeers $331
$8729% belowpeers $122
$1095% belowpeers $226
Peer median of 4 peers · Colorado median of 227 reporting

Money out

Spending

$1,651
per resident35% below peers
Money out: Pueblo spending per resident by category, FY2021, against the peer median. Open a category for its lines and Census item codes.
CategoryPer residentvs peers
$52213% belowpeers $601
$492in line withpeers $489
$29337% belowpeers $462
$17032% abovepeers $129
$14940% belowpeers $248
$2564% belowpeers $70
None reported · peers $1$0None reported
Peer median of 5 peers · Colorado median of 220 reporting

Pueblo 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

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Pueblo compared with its peer municipalities, FY2021, per resident
MunicipalityRevenueExpendituresTax revenueSales taxDebt
PuebloUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 19.3% 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.$2,040$1,651$935$775$276
GreeleyUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 18.3% 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.$2,500$2,536$1,252$932$1,370
BoulderUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 11.3% 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.$3,039$2,541$1,782$934$2,000
WestminsterUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 16.6% 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.$2,640$2,404$1,531$1,041$2,987
LongmontUtilities: City-owned utilities (water, electric, gas, transit) brought in 37.1% 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.$3,522$3,114$1,371$436$3,136
Peer median$2,840$2,536$1,451$932$2,000

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
FY2016 $1,754 to FY2023 $1,513.$0$1.7K$3.5K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,576Peer median FY2017: $2,549Peer median FY2018: $2,963Peer median FY2019: $3,013Peer median FY2020: $2,940Peer median FY2021: $2,840Peer median FY2022: $3,463Peer median FY2023: $3,101Colorado median FY2016: $1,746 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,476 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,754FY2017: $1,784FY2018: $1,894FY2019: $1,871FY2020: $1,909FY2021: $2,040FY2022: $1,628FY2023: $1,513

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,754$2,576$1,746 (224 reporting)
FY2017$1,784$2,549$2,694 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$1,894$2,963$2,529 (75 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,871$3,013$2,694 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,909$2,940$2,739 (76 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$2,040$2,840$2,476 (227 reporting)
FY2022$1,628$3,463$3,031 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,513$3,101$3,580 (97 reporting, sample year)
Expenditures per resident
FY2016 $1,640 to FY2023 $1,174.$0$1.8K$3.5K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $2,842Peer median FY2017: $2,777Peer median FY2018: $3,505Peer median FY2019: $2,674Peer median FY2020: $2,476Peer median FY2021: $2,536Peer median FY2022: $2,652Peer median FY2023: $2,898Colorado median FY2016: $1,749 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $2,208 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,640FY2017: $1,673FY2018: $1,895FY2019: $1,626FY2020: $1,665FY2021: $1,651FY2022: $1,108. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.FY2023: $1,174. Excludes equipment purchases and payments to other governments, which Census stopped reporting after FY2021.

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 FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, FY2023, the same year as the census definition change. 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,640$2,842$1,749 (196 reporting)
FY2017$1,673$2,777$2,663 (35 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$1,895$3,505$2,387 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$1,626$2,674$2,759 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$1,665$2,476$2,485 (74 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$1,651$2,536$2,208 (220 reporting)
FY2022$1,108$2,652$3,025 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$1,174$2,898$3,680 (91 reporting, sample year)
Tax revenue per resident
FY2016 $825 to FY2023 $904.$0$861.8$1.7K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,065Peer median FY2017: $1,099Peer median FY2018: $1,237Peer median FY2019: $1,293Peer median FY2020: $1,237Peer median FY2021: $1,451Peer median FY2022: $1,510Peer median FY2023: $1,724Colorado median FY2016: $705 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,072 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $825FY2017: $854FY2018: $760FY2019: $821FY2020: $867FY2021: $935FY2022: $915FY2023: $904

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$825$1,065$705 (193 reporting)
FY2017$854$1,099$1,098 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$760$1,237$1,173 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$821$1,293$1,187 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$867$1,237$1,238 (72 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$935$1,451$1,072 (201 reporting)
FY2022$915$1,510$1,631 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$904$1,724$1,726 (90 reporting, sample year)
Debt per resident
FY2016 $1,091 to FY2023 $401.$0$1.1K$2.3K’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Peer median FY2016: $1,304Peer median FY2017: $1,163Peer median FY2018: $1,861Peer median FY2019: $1,749Peer median FY2020: $1,844Peer median FY2021: $2,000Peer median FY2022: $2,274Peer median FY2023: $2,036Colorado median FY2016: $1,072 (all 224 municipalities reporting)Colorado median FY2021: $1,411 (all 227 municipalities reporting)FY2016: $1,091FY2017: $1,011FY2018: $627FY2019: $662FY2020: $369FY2021: $276FY2022: $456FY2023: $401

Fiscal year · nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation

Peer group changed in FY2018, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, 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
YearThis cityPeer medianColorado median
FY2016$1,091$1,304$1,072 (220 reporting)
FY2017$1,011$1,163$1,482 (34 reporting, sample year)
FY2018$627$1,861$1,644 (70 reporting, sample year)
FY2019$662$1,749$1,627 (69 reporting, sample year)
FY2020$369$1,844$1,798 (71 reporting, sample year)
FY2021$276$2,000$1,411 (199 reporting)
FY2022$456$2,274$2,068 (73 reporting, sample year)
FY2023$401$2,036$2,130 (91 reporting, sample year)

Questions about Pueblo’s finances

How much revenue does Pueblo collect per resident?
Pueblo collected $2,040 per resident in FY2021, 18% below the median of the 227 Colorado municipalities reporting that year. See the figure
How does Pueblo's spending per resident compare with similar cities?
Pueblo spent $1,651 per resident in FY2021, 35% below the median of its peers: Greeley, Boulder, Westminster and Longmont. See the figure
How much debt does Pueblo have per resident?
Pueblo carried $276 of debt per resident in FY2021, 86% below its peers' median. See the figure
Which cities is Pueblo compared with?
Pueblo is compared with Greeley, Boulder, Westminster and Longmont: 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)
+0.3%/yr
2021 estimate
Median household income
$46.8K
2021 estimate
Poverty rate
21.0%
2021 estimate
Median home value
$163.4K
2021 estimate
Housing vacancy rate
7.0%
2021 estimate

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Revenue per resident, latest published year.

Sources

Dataset: Pueblo, CO municipal finance benchmarks

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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.

Every figure on this page is read from the published index; nothing is recalculated for display. Read the methodology

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