1997 Per Capita Expenditures for the 184 Largest Minnesota Cities by Area and Size of Population
  General Govern-
ment		 Health & Public Safety Street Maint-
enance		 Culture and Rec. Housing and Econ. Develop. Miscel-
laneous Expend.		 Six Cate-
gory Total		 Six Cate-
gory Rank		 Total Capital Outlay Per Capita % of Revenues from:
City Prop. Tax State Aid Prop. Taxes State Aid
  Outside 7 County Metro Area, Cities with Population 5,000 to 10,000 (29 cities)
Average $75.59 $139.04 $88.39 $62.75 $29.70 $81.39 $476.88 - $477.04 $224.11 $275.80 29.28% 33.22%
ALEXANDRIA 97.32 172.20 76.36 50.35 23.73 18.71 438.66 15 203.28 218.09 262.93 31.58% 38.08%
BAXTER 75.68 115.51 31.40 25.31 0.00 99.15 347.05 24 43.29 236.98 70.36 40.83% 12.12%
BUFFALO 60.96 99.24 47.55 51.60 111.73 143.15 514.22 11 283.95 226.70 93.30 33.53% 13.80%
CAMBRIDGE 109.98 99.44 77.50 7.17 0.00 159.39 453.47 14 462.13 567.97 146.62 53.90% 13.91%
CHISHOLM 81.19 240.75 114.59 92.78 7.85 38.43 575.59 10 120.24 164.35 577.85 19.74% 69.41%
CROOKSTON 96.19 304.25 70.05 136.49 51.94 68.33 727.24 3 177.31 178.84 377.06 20.58% 43.40%
DETROIT LAKES 69.06 128.15 113.40 94.37 86.33 87.49 578.81 8 522.95 198.82 269.20 23.26% 31.49%
E. GRAND FORKS 72.55 270.85 158.86 136.97 113.36 79.23 831.82 1 3,272.69 131.41 563.56 3.38% 14.51%
GLENCOE 82.70 131.32 56.07 44.28 0.41 85.71 400.49 20 465.05 271.64 204.27 42.11% 31.67%
GRAND RAPIDS 108.07 134.94 191.44 141.35 1.60 80.95 658.35 4 516.36 340.41 296.30 31.33% 27.27%
HERMANTOWN 64.82 139.59 38.07 25.48 23.53 45.72 337.21 25 78.30 156.39 135.42 30.32% 26.25%
INTERNAT'L FALLS 121.39 215.20 141.29 41.27 14.37 99.98 633.49 6 554.80 500.60 700.52 34.39% 48.13%
LITCHFIELD 101.07 129.88 79.63 59.33 6.70 86.29 462.90 13 794.10 134.45 337.64 19.37% 48.65%
LITTLE FALLS 57.51 117.75 71.33 30.05 9.50 137.54 423.70 18 1,005.45 172.76 424.01 21.24% 52.13%
MONTEVIDEO 74.62 120.74 175.24 103.91 7.01 94.64 576.16 9 324.89 199.43 389.39 20.25% 39.54%
MONTICELLO 124.15 96.25 122.02 34.82 33.40 86.28 496.91 12 1,698.16 540.42 60.67 51.67% 5.80%
MORRIS 69.41 114.57 77.63 54.36 23.65 38.05 377.66 23 107.71 128.05 299.80 21.96% 51.41%
NORTH BRANCH 86.41 92.85 40.97 18.91 53.62 97.57 390.33 22 244.10 205.67 96.01 38.02% 17.75%
OTSEGO 88.97 28.98 46.51 6.70 0.00 7.99 179.16 29 15.11 115.31 63.42 42.31% 23.27%
REDWOOD FALLS 94.17 147.60 89.42 110.53 44.07 106.35 592.13 7 409.95 197.48 417.26 16.89% 35.69%
SARTELL 39.26 95.68 67.47 14.18 3.44 59.50 279.52 26 582.19 109.76 122.08 16.97% 18.87%
SAUK RAPIDS 49.69 74.12 71.27 25.49 123.69 86.54 430.81 16 192.97 261.71 202.25 35.43% 27.38%
ST. MICHAEL 52.00 70.94 59.03 12.53 5.16 13.71 213.38 28 293.80 181.48 105.69 45.91% 26.74%
ST. PETER 52.68 120.65 57.35 68.32 59.47 44.17 402.66 19 130.82 106.46 235.74 21.03% 46.58%
STEWARTVILLE 37.05 48.78 55.26 48.72 7.42 42.49 239.72 27 362.09 141.67 180.39 29.00% 36.93%
THIEF RIVER FALLS 61.22 183.42 95.22 179.37 11.66 103.24 634.15 5 157.14 132.01 305.95 17.91% 41.50%
VIRGINIA 52.94 314.84 137.18 141.98 12.45 149.12 808.49 2 242.49 165.79 660.30 13.74% 54.73%
WAITE PARK 37.98 99.81 99.54 5.04 18.68 168.14 429.18 17 419.17 372.21 165.51 43.93% 19.53%
WASECA 73.21 123.98 101.55 58.21 6.64 32.59 396.19 21 153.82 142.45 234.57 28.50% 46.93%

Last Updated on 11/9/99
By Lynn Edward Reed