County government · Trinity County, CA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Trinity County took in $70.8 million and spent $76.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money57%County taxes21%Federal tax money9.1%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)7.1%Fines and other3.5%Local tax money2.4%

What stands out

57%

of Trinity County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes21%

Property tax
15%$10.5 million
Other taxes
3.8%$2.7 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; occupation and business licenses and 4 more
  • Other licenses$1.2 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$673 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$377 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$301 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$147 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
2.2%$1.6 million

Fees for services7.1%

Fees for services
7.1%$5.0 million
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; other service charges and 5 more
  • Garbage collection$3.3 million
  • Other service charges$1.2 million
  • Road charges$547 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$8 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand
  • Other school charges$3 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.1%

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

From the federal government
9.1%$6.4 million

State tax money57%

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

From the state
57%$40.4 million

Local tax money2.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.4%$1.7 million

Fines and other3.5%

Interest, rents and other
3.0%$2.1 million
Fines
0.5%$336 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails20%Social services18%Health and hospitals16%Roads, transit and parking14%Running the government and other costs12%All other spending20%

What stands out

18%

of Trinity County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$14.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 4 more
  • Police$5.3 million
  • Prisons and jails$4.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.6 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$2.0 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.1 million
  • Fire protection$20 thousand
Social services
18%$13.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$13.7 million
Health and hospitals
16%$12.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$12.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
14%$10.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$10.4 million
  • Public transit$89 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$9.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$5.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.9 million
  • Other government-run businesses$11 thousand
Schools and colleges
7.7%$5.8 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$5.8 million
Sent to other local governments
6.1%$4.6 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$4.5 million
  • Sent to the state government$102 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.2%$4.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$4.0 million
Environment and natural resources
0.5%$397 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$397 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$354 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$354 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$103 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Trinity County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Trinity 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.