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The price of local government in 2016: Thornton Township

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The Thornton Township budget was $33.53 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 11.6 percent from 2015, when the township spent $30.05 million.

Thornton Township has a population of 170,128.

Since 2001, the Thornton Township budget has grown by 122.9 percent, from $15.04 million. The township population has fallen 2.8 percent over the same period, from 175,000.

Salaries accounted for 11.6 percent of township spending in 2016. Thornton Township property taxpayers paid $3.89 million for 124 full-time employees and 178 part-time employees.

In 2001, the township had 62 full-time employees and 51 part-time employees, and spent $3.01 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
170,128
$33,529,535
$3,889,825
11.6
302
$12,880
2015
187,815
$30,047,025
$3,683,313
12.3
213
$17,293
2014
169,326
$26,660,060
$3,515,931
13.2
213
$16,507
2013
169,326
$29,779,688
$3,790,362
12.7
266
$14,249
2012
169,326
$25,139,075
$3,267,736
13
111
$29,439
2011
169,326
$22,683,154
$3,639,611
16
199
$18,290
2010
180,802
$22,761,319
$3,467,643
15.2
115
$30,153
2009
180,802
$24,844,014
$3,673,139
14.8
102
$36,011
2008
180,802
$22,157,998
$3,324,044
15
103
$32,272
2007
179,892
$20,189,265
$3,408,848
16.9
101
$33,751
2006
179,892
$17,532,941
$3,507,050
20
109
$32,175
2005
180,802
$20,429,991
$3,120,846
15.3
123
$25,373
2004
180,802
$12,433,512
$2,824,979
22.7
92
$30,706
2003
180,802
$11,836,265
$3,052,024
25.8
96
$31,792
2002
180,802
$12,356,560
$3,219,425
26.1
101
$31,875
2001
175,000
$15,040,521
$3,006,641
20
113
$26,607

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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