That's a decrease of 7.6 percent from 2016, when the city spent $21.70 million, or $3,886 per household.
Canton has 5,584 households and a population of 14,211.
Since 2001, the City of Canton budget has fallen by 16 percent, from $23.88 million. The city population has fallen seven percent over the same period, from 15,288.
Salaries accounted for 30.8 percent of city spending in 2017. Canton property taxpayers paid $6.17 million for 90 full-time employees and 12 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 99 full-time employees and 29 part-time employees, and spent $5.11 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
14,211
$20,047,885
$6,170,865
30.8
102
$60,499
2016
14,211
$21,696,946
$6,354,378
29.3
105
$60,518
2015
14,307
$25,221,505
$6,342,102
25.1
105
$60,401
2014
14,437
$27,590,156
$6,200,265
22.5
115
$53,915
2013
14,704
$35,764,357
$6,581,931
18.4
123
$53,512
2012
14,704
$34,678,569
$6,014,923
17.3
123
$48,902
2011
14,498
$33,549,288
$6,158,741
18.4
113
$54,502
2010
14,498
$34,524,942
$6,266,460
18.2
113
$55,455
2009
15,288
$47,309,118
$5,749,581
12.2
122
$47,128
2008
15,288
$30,153,072
$5,536,374
18.4
124
$44,648
2007
15,288
$35,615,688
$5,622,132
15.8
111
$50,650
2006
15,288
$44,296,970
$5,208,785
11.8
120
$43,407
2005
15,288
$19,484,235
$5,166,636
26.5
115
$44,927
2004
15,288
$18,984,265
$5,063,660
26.7
115
$44,032
2003
15,288
$19,935,673
$5,207,983
26.1
117
$44,513
2002
15,288
$28,935,731
$5,235,748
18.1
126
$41,554
2001
15,288
$23,875,224
$5,112,222
21.4
128
$39,939
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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