Section 2 · History
Twenty years of Portsmouth budgets
Every adopted budget from FY07 onward, in context. FY27 is the proposed figure — flagged in every chart.
Period
FY07 – FY27
21 fiscal years
FY07 Adopted
$76.3M
FY26 Adopted
$150.3M
amended figure
FY27 Proposed
$158.0M
+5.11% · +$7,676,450
CAGR FY07→FY26
3.63%/yr
Total budget, stacked
Operating + Non-Operating with the total line on top.
Year-over-year $ change
Adopted-vs-prior-adopted change in raw dollars.
Year-over-year % change
Percentage change from the prior fiscal year.
Indexed growth (FY07 = 100)
A common base for comparing cumulative growth.
Operating share of total
Operating divided by total each year. Non-Operating moves with debt, county tax, and capital.
Operating vs Non-Operating
The two components plotted together.
Budget vs Population
Dual axis. Population for FY25–FY27 is extrapolated from Census PEP.
Spending per resident
Total budget divided by population estimate.
Five-year projection from FY27 base
Illustrative scenarios — what the FY27 base would imply at constant compound growth rates.
These are not forecasts. They show the arithmetic of compound growth applied to the FY27 proposed base.
Full data table
Show FY07 – FY27 adopted history
| FY | Total | Operating | Non-Op | Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY07 | $76,268,386 | $61,026,014 | $15,242,372 | 20,679 | |
| FY08 | $79,858,802 | $64,445,882 | $15,412,920 | 20,616 | |
| FY09 | $82,434,238 | $66,932,873 | $15,501,365 | 20,577 | |
| FY10 | $84,038,736 | $68,286,192 | $15,752,544 | 20,590 | |
| FY11 | $86,304,454 | $68,564,935 | $17,739,519 | 20,770 | |
| FY12 | $86,456,844 | $68,407,692 | $18,049,152 | 20,838 | |
| FY13 | $90,556,268 | $70,451,439 | $20,104,829 | 20,972 | |
| FY14 | $92,838,137 | $73,116,323 | $19,721,814 | 21,021 | |
| FY15 | $96,641,762 | $75,737,440 | $20,904,322 | 21,262 | |
| FY16 | $101,046,202 | $79,125,185 | $21,921,017 | 21,209 | |
| FY17 | $104,947,043 | $81,502,274 | $23,444,769 | 21,218 | |
| FY18 | $109,448,605 | $85,170,200 | $24,278,405 | 21,390 | |
| FY19 | $113,009,093 | $87,987,849 | $25,021,244 | 21,390 | |
| FY20 | $118,638,630 | $92,195,379 | $26,443,251 | 21,433 | |
| FY21 | $118,965,338 | $94,954,913 | $24,010,425 | 21,992 | |
| FY22 | $123,209,033 | $98,236,553 | $24,972,480 | 22,358 | |
| FY23 | $131,774,911 | $106,149,998 | $25,624,913 | 22,686 | |
| FY24 | $137,283,375 | $111,675,612 | $25,607,763 | 22,733 | |
| FY25 | $144,861,347 | $118,554,293 | $26,307,054 | 22,810 * | * estimated population |
| FY26 | $150,294,940 | $123,291,398 | $27,003,542 | 22,890 * | * estimated population |
| FY27 Proposed | $157,971,390 | $130,189,240 | $27,782,150 | 22,970 * | * estimated population |