Chicago's 2025 Annual Appropriation Ordinance details the city's approved operating revenue budget for local funds, effective January 1, 2025. The dataset is published by data.cityofchicago.org and reflects the City Council's final budget. It contains revenue details for non-capital operations across various city funds.
Use Cases
- Analyze revenue distribution across FUND_NAME and REVENUE_CATEGORY to understand budget priorities.
- Forecast future revenue trends by modeling ESTIMATED_REVENUE against historical REVENUE_SOURCE data.
- Compare revenue structures between different FUND_CODE entities like the Corporate Fund or Airport funds.
- Classify revenue streams using REVENUE_GROUP_TYPE for fiscal reporting and compliance monitoring.
Strengths
- Contains the official, council-approved budget for a major U.S. city.
- Provides detailed breakdowns across 6 specific revenue-related columns.
- Data is current for the upcoming 2025 fiscal year.
Limitations
- The dataset scope is limited to local funds, excluding grant-funded revenue.
- Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting statistical assessment.
- Temporal coverage is a single fiscal year (2025), lacking historical context.
Provenance
- Source
- data.cityofchicago.org, the official open data portal for the City of Chicago.
- Collection Method
- Extracted from the final Annual Appropriation Ordinance approved by the City Council.
- Time Range
- Fiscal year 2025.
- Freshness
- Last updated on 2024-12 -20, prior to the 2025 fiscal year start.
- Geography
- City of Chicago, Illinois, USA.