Current expenditures (such as salaries and supplies), plus any expenditures for capital improvements.
Dollars per resident, adjusted for inflation. Shown as difference from nation-wide value. Click for larger version.
Source of original data: Pierson K, Hand ML, Thompson F (2015). The Government Finance Database: A Common Resource for Quantitative Research in Public Financial Analysis. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130119. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130119. Author’s calculations and charting.