County government · Mineral County, CO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Mineral County took in $5.4 million and spent $5.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes44%State tax money32%Fees for services (parks and recreation, road charges)12%Fines and other6.4%Federal tax money5.3%

What stands out

13%

of Mineral County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes44%

Property tax
25%$1.3 million
Sales tax
13%$690 thousand
Other taxes
6.5%$352 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and other licenses
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$308 thousand
  • Other licenses$44 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$658 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$301 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$186 thousand
  • Road charges$90 thousand
  • Airport$81 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.3%

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

From the federal government
5.3%$283 thousand

State tax money32%

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

From the state
32%$1.7 million

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$2 thousand

Fines and other6.4%

Interest, rents and other
6.4%$345 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs47%Roads, transit and parking24%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Health and hospitals9.7%Parks, recreation and libraries5.9%

What stands out

47%

of Mineral County's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
47%$2.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out
  • Other and not broken out$2.5 million
Roads, transit and parking
24%$1.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
  • Airports$154 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$731 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$731 thousand
Health and hospitals
9.7%$513 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$513 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.9%$313 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$313 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Mineral 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 Mineral 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.