Taxes per person · the average

Spending per resident

Each government's total budget divided by its population. This measures the size of each government. It does not show what an individual pays, which the tax receipt estimates.

State of California

$8,865state-funded spending per Californian, 2026-27

General Fund revenue per resident: $5,986
State-funded spending: $351B
Residents (Jan 1, 2026): 39,592,978

What does this mean?

What the state spends from its own taxes and fees. Another $187 billion in federal money passes through the state budget on top of this.

Source: 2026-27 Enacted Budget: Initial Summary

LA County

$5,116budget per County resident, FY 2026-27

Property tax per resident: $1,039
Adopted budget: $50.33B
Of which state & federal aid: $18.42B
Residents (Jan 1, 2026): 9,837,286

What does this mean?

All the money the County is authorized to spend this year: $38.6 billion in the main County budget plus $11.8 billion in special funds and special districts like the Fire District and the Library. Approved by the Board of Supervisors on June 22, 2026.

Sources: LA County FY 2026-27 Adopted Budget charts · Supervisor Barger statement on $50.3B final budget (Jun 22, 2026)

City of Los Angeles

$3,915budget per City resident, FY 2026-27 (revised)

City taxes per resident (FY 2026-27): $1,611
Total budget: $14.9B
Residents (Jan 1, 2026): 3,806,201

What does this mean?

The revised budget the City Council approved 12–1. Reported as about $14.9 billion; the department detail below is from the proposed budget until the adopted detail is published.

Sources: LA City Council budget vote (May 21, 2026) · LA Council approves revised $14.9B budget

Adding the three governments together

Money is counted more than once as it moves from the state to the County to the City. The County's budget includes $11.7 billion of state aid, which is also in the state's budget. Adding the three per-resident numbers would count that money twice.

Two ways to count taxes per person

Per resident average: a government's total budget divided by its population. This measures the size of the government. It is not what an individual pays, because the total includes money from businesses, tourists, state and federal grants and property owners outside the household.

Tax receipt: the total of taxes paid directly through shopping, gas, utilities, property, a car and income tax. It is closer to an individual's share, but it leaves out taxes paid indirectly, such as property tax included in rent or business taxes included in prices.

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