County government · Adams County, ID

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Adams County took in $6.7 million and spent $8.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money51%County taxes38%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)9.0%Fines and other2.5%

What stands out

51%

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

County taxes38%

Property tax
37%$2.5 million
Other taxes
0.9%$59 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$59 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services9.0%

Fees for services
9.0%$600 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Other service charges$311 thousand
  • Garbage collection$260 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$29 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money51%

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

From the state
51%$3.4 million

Fines and other2.5%

Interest, rents and other
2.5%$169 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs31%Roads, transit and parking27%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.1%Health and hospitals4.7%All other spending6.1%

What stands out

8.1%

of Adams County's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 0.8%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
31%$2.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$580 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$188 thousand
  • Government buildings$163 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
27%$2.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$1.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$925 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$535 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$452 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.1%$686 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$686 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.7%$398 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$398 thousand
Social services
3.8%$322 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$322 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.6%$133 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$133 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$56 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$56 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Adams County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 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 Adams 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.