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Friday, October 24, 2025

The price of local government in 2017: City of Clinton

Budget 02

The City of Clinton budget was $28.01 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 1.1 percent from 2016, when the city spent $27.72 million.

Clinton has a population of 7,500.

Since 2001, the City of Clinton budget has grown by 182.9 percent, from $9.90 million. The city population has grown 0.8 percent over the same period, from 7,437.

Salaries accounted for 30.3 percent of city spending in 2017. Clinton property taxpayers paid $8.49 million for 180 full-time employees and 50 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 175 full-time employees and 50 part-time employees, and spent $2.46 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
7,500
$28,012,594
$8,492,554
30.3
230
$36,924
2016
7,500
$27,717,033
$7,773,098
28
230
$33,796
2015
7,500
$35,491,976
$7,905,629
22.3
230
$34,372
2014
7,500
$38,101,419
$8,576,657
22.5
230
$37,290
2013
7,500
$35,747,420
$9,299,330
26
230
$40,432
2012
7,500
$35,593,341
$10,227,156
28.7
230
$44,466
2011
7,500
$35,551,253
$10,796,124
30.4
230
$46,940
2010
7,500
$30,126,419
$9,582,245
31.8
230
$41,662
2009
7,437
$30,503,312
$9,191,399
30.1
230
$39,963
2008
7,437
$31,367,030
$2,083,598
6.6
230
$9,059
2007
7,437
$28,400,519
$2,216,209
7.8
230
$9,636
2006
7,437
$29,822,828
$2,167,693
7.3
230
$9,425
2005
7,437
$26,420,668
$2,256,973
8.5
230
$9,813
2004
7,437
$13,746,095
$2,211,959
16.1
230
$9,617
2003
7,437
$14,597,113
$2,113,535
14.5
230
$9,189
2002
7,437
$16,014,078
$2,509,921
15.7
230
$10,913
2001
7,437
$9,902,298
$2,459,982
24.8
225
$10,933

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

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