County government · Bent County, CO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Bent County took in $43.9 million and spent $44.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (parks and recreation, transit fares)74%State tax money15%County taxes9.6%Fines and other0.9%Local tax money0.1%

What stands out

74%

of Bent County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes9.6%

Property tax
8.3%$3.6 million
Sales tax
1.1%$475 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$123 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$123 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services74%

Fees for services
74%$32.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$32.4 million
  • Parks and recreation$56 thousand
  • Transit fares$15 thousand
  • Garbage collection$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$6.8 million

Local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.1%$49 thousand

Fines and other0.9%

Interest, rents and other
0.9%$398 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails76%Social services9.3%Running the government and other costs8.2%Roads, transit and parking4.6%Parks, recreation and libraries1.7%All other spending0.4%

What stands out

76%

of Bent County's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 20%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
76%$33.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails and police
  • Prisons and jails$30.0 million
  • Police$3.6 million
Social services
9.3%$4.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$3.9 million
  • Welfare institutions$164 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.2%$3.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and other government-run businesses
  • Other and not broken out$3.6 million
  • Other government-run businesses$12 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.6%$2.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$1.9 million
  • Public transit$114 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$738 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$738 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$152 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$152 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$30 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$30 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$10 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Bent County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Bent 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.