County government · Montrose County, CO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Montrose County took in $558 million and spent $246 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, airport)84%County taxes7.3%Federal tax money4.4%Fines and other3.2%State tax money0.9%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

84%

of Montrose 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 taxes7.3%

Sales tax
4.2%$23.2 million
Property tax
2.7%$14.9 million
Other taxes
0.5%$2.8 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and other licenses
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$2.2 million
  • Other licenses$600 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services84%

Fees for services
84%$469 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; airport and 4 more
  • Hospital bills$459 million
  • Airport$6.5 million
  • Parking$1.5 million
  • Other service charges$1.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$257 thousand
  • Garbage collection$165 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.4%

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

From the federal government
4.4%$24.4 million

State tax money0.9%

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

From the state
0.9%$5.2 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$866 thousand

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$17.7 million
Fines
<0.1%$338 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals66%Roads, transit and parking15%Running the government and other costs6.9%Police, fire, courts and jails6.0%Social services2.4%All other spending3.6%

What stands out

66%

of Montrose County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
66%$163 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$162 million
  • Public health$1.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
15%$37.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports and roads and highways
  • Airports$22.4 million
  • Roads and highways$14.7 million
Running the government and other costs
6.9%$17.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$5.6 million
  • Government buildings$4.7 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.0%$14.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$9.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$4.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$768 thousand
Social services
2.4%$5.9 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5.9 million
Sent to other local governments
2.4%$5.9 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$3.9 million
  • Sent to the state government$2.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$1.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1.8 million
Interest on debt
0.3%$801 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$316 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$316 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$12 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Montrose 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 Montrose 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.