FY27 Proposed Budget · Independent
Where Portsmouth's money comes from, where it goes, and what's changing.
A reader-friendly view of the City of Portsmouth's FY27 Proposed Budget — $157.97M — in the context of twenty years of adopted budgets, revenues, and population. Numbers reconcile to the dollar with the City's published documents.
FY27 Proposed Total
$158.0M
$157,971,390
YoY change
$7.68M
+5.11% vs FY26
Proposed Tax Rate
$12.07
+$0.56 vs FY26
per $1,000 of assessed value
Median Bill Impact
+$435/yr
+$36/mo (median home)
Twenty-year total budget
Adopted budgets, FY07 through FY27 (Proposed)
Operating and Non-Operating components stacked, with the total line on top.
FY27 shown at 45% opacity with a diamond marker — it is proposed, not adopted. FY26 reflects the amended figure of $150.29M.
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Process
How the City sets its budget and tax rate each year.
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Budget in context
Twenty years of adopted budgets, growth, and per-resident spending.
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FY27 deep dive
Revenues, operating, non-operating — and every department.
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Sources & methodology
Where the numbers come from and how they were reconciled.
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