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Saturday, April 19, 2025

The price of local government: City of North Chicago

Budget 05

The City of North Chicago budget was $36.85 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $13,194.61 per household.

That's a decrease of 16.4 percent from 2014, when the city spent $44.07 million, or $15,778.19 per household.

North Chicago has 2,793 households and a population of 32,574.

Since 2001, the City of North Chicago budget has fallen by 14.4 percent, from $43.04 million. The city population has fallen 23.2 percent over the same period, from 42,435.

Salaries accounted for 34.4 percent of city spending in 2015. North Chicago property taxpayers paid $12.69 million for 194 full-time employees and 34 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 165 full-time employees and 51 part-time employees, and spent $11.14 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
32,574
$36,852,549
$12,693,394.08
34.4
228
$55,672.78
2014
32,574
$44,068,487.17
$14,292,977.31
32.4
268
$53,332
2013
32,574
$43,340,045.84
$11,469,797.04
26.5
224
$51,204.45
2012
32,574
$42,456,721.66
$12,222,321.52
28.8
210
$58,201.53
2011
32,574
$45,138,632.40
$12,164,551.92
26.9
190
$64,023.95
2010
35,918
$51,646,354.17
$12,983,371.41
25.1
203
$63,957.49
2009
35,918
$58,220,776.43
$12,709,566.52
21.8
220
$57,770.75
2008
35,918
$71,052,301.59
$11,851,655.83
16.7
212
$55,904.03
2007
35,918
$64,557,677.34
$12,686,979.24
19.7
227
$55,889.77
2006
35,918
$80,649,315.60
$11,994,601.20
14.9
198
$60,578.79
2005
35,918
$49,676,504.28
$12,050,988.36
24.3
218
$55,279.76
2004
35,918
$51,679,640.73
$11,639,502.30
22.5
198
$58,785.36
2003
35,918
$30,261,528
$10,989,927.96
36.3
215
$51,115.94
2002
35,918
$33,136,550.55
$11,565,564.75
34.9
228
$50,726.16
2001
42,435
$43,035,855.21
$11,135,238.07
25.9
216
$51,552.02

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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