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Arizona Municipalities Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 6
Median expenditures $734.1M
25th–75th percentile $506.5M  –  $7.04B
Total spend $14.36B
  1. #1
    Phoenix
    FY 2030 pop. 1,608,139 est.
    Expenditures $13.35B
    Revenue
  2. #2
    Scottsdale
    FY 2026 pop. 246,170 est.
    Expenditures $974.2M
    Revenue
  3. #3
    Lake Havasu City
    FY 2026 pop. 53,796 est.
    Expenditures $278.8M
    Revenue $184.2M