Chicago 2024 City Budget Appropriations by Department and Fund

Chicago's 2024 Annual Appropriation Ordinance details the city's operating budget as approved by the City Council. It lists budgeted expenditures organized by department, appropriation account, and funding type. The data was published by data.cityofchicago.org and reflects the budget at the start of the fiscal year on January 1, 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyze total '2024 ORDINANCE (AMOUNT $)' allocations by 'DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION' to compare departmental budgets.
• Categorize expenditures by 'FUND TYPE' (Local, CDBG, Grants) to understand funding source reliance.
• Map 'APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION' to 'FUND DESCRIPTION' for tracking specific program funding within departments.

Strengths

• Data is the official final city operating budget approved by the City Council.
• Contains 10 distinct columns for granular analysis of appropriations.

Limitations

• Contains only the 2024 fiscal year data, limiting historical trend analysis.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data completeness or value ranges.
• Row count is unknown, making dataset scale unclear.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org, the official data portal for the City of Chicago.

Collection Method

Derived from the legally approved Annual Appropriation Ordinance.

Time Range

2024 fiscal year.

Freshness

Data was last updated on 2023-11-21, preceding the start of the 2024 fiscal year.

Geography

City of Chicago, Illinois, USA.