City of Portland, OR

Spending growth since FY 2016

Actual Spending (not adjusted for inflation) versus spending if it had grown proportionally to inflation and population since 2016.

Sources

Every figure for City of Portland, OR links to its underlying source.

Total Spending: p. 62_FY2016_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=26705 · p. 62_FY2017_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=30130 · p. 64_FY2018_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=30338 · p. 66_FY2019_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=32842 · p. 66_FY2020_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=35434 · p. 67_FY2021_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=37878 · p. 68_FY2022_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=40432 · p. 74_FY2023_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=43209 · p. 75_FY2024_Portland_Ci_ACFR_https://secure.sos.state.or.us/muni/report.do?doc_rsn=46233 · p. 71_FY2025_Portland_Ci_ACFR_(city_website)_https://www.portland.gov/accounting/documents/2025-annual-comprehensive-financial-report-0/download
Inflation (CPI-U): BLS series CUUR0400SA0 — CPI-U West Region, NSA (June values)_https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0400SA0
Population: Census PEP Vintage 2019 — sub-county/place totals (sub-est2019_41.csv)_https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2010-2019/cities/totals/sub-est2019_41.csv · Census PEP Vintage 2025 — sub-county/place totals (sub-est2025.csv)_https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025.csv
Wages: ACS S2001 (2012-2016) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2016.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000 · ACS S2001 (2013-2017) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2017.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000 · ACS S2001 (2014-2018) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2018.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000 · ACS S2001 (2015-2019) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2019.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000 · ACS S2001 (2016-2020) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000 · ACS S2001 (2017-2021) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2021.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000 · ACS S2001 (2018-2022) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2022.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000 · ACS S2001 (2019-2023) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000 · ACS S2001 (2020-2024) FIPS 4159000 Portland_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2024.S2001?g=160XX00US4159000

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The dashed counterfactual and the Growth % benchmark are the same calculation shown two ways. See the methodology page for full source documentation and footnotes.