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Analysis: Sales tax funded 9 percent of City of Dekalb budget in 2016

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The City of Dekalb's local sales tax brought in $6,511,982 in 2016, according to Illinois State Comptroller revenue data. Dekalb, population 44,054, relied on its local sales tax to contribute 9 percent of total revenue that year.

Dekalb levies a 0 percent sales tax. The average of two suburbs in Dekalb County is 0.87. The high is 1.75 percent; the low is 0 percent.

DeKalb Times analyzed the sales tax collections in two Dekalb County suburbs and found they generated a total of $8,481,707 in tax revenue in 2016. That was the equivalent of 7% spent by local government.

Below is a list of Dekalb County municipalities' local tax revenue.

Municipality
Population
Local sales tax rate
2016 revenue from sales tax
Percent of total revenue
City of Dekalb
44,054
0%
$6,511,982
9%
City of Sycamore
17,446
1.75%
$1,969,725
4%

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