Photo by Carey Dougan
The District government’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, or CAFR, is a 200-page spiral-bound beast full of charts, tables, fiscal projections, and other kinds of math. But buried deep in back are some fun facts and figures about just what exactly the D.C. government is spending your money on.
Here’s a taste of what the city was working with in fiscal 2012:
- D.C. Public Library volumes: 1,466,010
- Miles of street resurfaced: 17
- Potholes repaired: 26,233
- Garbage collected per day: 382 tons
- Recyclables collected per day: 133 tons
- Bulk trash removed: 2,944 tons
- Leaves removed: 5,659 tons
- Snow removed: 105,487 tons
- Motor vehicle registrations: 284,674
- Driver’s licenses issued: 120,372
- D.C. water customers: 125,752 locations
- Conventions at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center: 201
- Convention attendees: 1,159,480
- Police cars: 1,196
- Ambulances: 73
- Emergency medical transports: 101,208
- School buses: 838
- Outdoor swimming pools: 24
- Indoor swimming pools: 8
- Garbage trucks: 64
- Street miles: 1,133
- Street lights: 69,350
- Trees: 148,980
- Miles of water mains: 1,300
- Miles of sewer mains: 1,800
