Observed arrival · 2026-10-06
Where Chicago’s $27.7 billion goes
An interactive explorer breaks down the 2026 budgets of the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Park District into 47,360 budget boxes.
- For
- Chicago residents examining public budgets
- Worth noticing
- It cautions that the three governments use different budget years, and that budgets are plans rather than money already spent.
Field notes
The explorer combines the 2026 budgets of the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, and Chicago Park District, while noting that they belong to separate governments and budget years. Readers can switch among government, purpose, and pensions/debt views, then open nested boxes; keyboard controls are listed for moving, opening, and searching. A separate property-tax section uses Cook County's 2025 tax rates, billed in 2026, and the page identifies its budget data as CC BY 4.0.
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