County government · Marion County, AR

Marion County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Marion County took in $21.8 million and spent $8.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Federal tax money61%County taxes22%State tax money12%Fines and other2.6%Fees for services (garbage collection)1.9%

What stands out

61%

of Marion County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

County taxes22%

Property tax
12%$2.5 million
Sales tax
9.3%$2.0 million
Other taxes
1.1%$243 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$232 thousand
  • Other licenses$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.9%

Fees for services
1.9%$409 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and garbage collection
  • Other service charges$254 thousand
  • Garbage collection$155 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money61%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
61%$13.3 million

State tax money12%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
12%$2.7 million

Fines and other2.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.7%$361 thousand
Fines
0.9%$204 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking36%Police, fire, courts and jails29%Running the government and other costs19%Sent to other local governments7.5%Water, sewer, trash and utilities3.8%All other spending4.8%

What stands out

7.5%

of Marion County's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
36%$3.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
29%$2.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Police$1.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$275 thousand
  • Fire protection$170 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$20 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$2 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$1.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$570 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$550 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$363 thousand
  • Government buildings$91 thousand
Sent to other local governments
7.5%$616 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$616 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.8%$315 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$315 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.3%$275 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$275 thousand
Social services
1.1%$90 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$90 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$34 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$34 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Marion County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Marion County itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.