County government · Gooding County, ID

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Gooding County took in $10.5 million and spent $2.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

See every government that serves your ZIP

Where it comes from

County taxes56%State tax money34%Fees for services (garbage collection)7.3%Fines and other2.7%

What stands out

54%

of Gooding County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes56%

Property tax
54%$5.7 million
Other taxes
1.7%$179 thousand
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses; alcoholic beverage licenses and 1 more
  • Motor vehicle licenses$166 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$7 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.3%

Fees for services
7.3%$770 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection
  • Garbage collection$770 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$3.6 million

Fines and other2.7%

Interest, rents and other
2.7%$287 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Police, fire, courts and jails65%Running the government and other costs31%Health and hospitals4.0%

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
65%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$993 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$407 thousand
Running the government and other costs
31%$670 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$477 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$193 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.0%$87 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$87 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Gooding County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Gooding 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.