City government · DeWitt County, IL

Clinton's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended April 30, 2022), Clinton took in $33.3 million and spent $25.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended April 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)72%State tax money13%City taxes9.1%Fines and other5.8%

What stands out

72%

of Clinton's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes9.1%

Property tax
6.8%$2.3 million
Sales tax
1.3%$440 thousand
Other taxes
1.0%$339 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$193 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$92 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$54 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services72%

Fees for services
72%$23.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; water and 1 more
  • Other service charges$21.9 million
  • Water$1.5 million
  • Sewer$466 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$4.5 million

Fines and other5.8%

Interest, rents and other
5.2%$1.7 million
Fines
0.6%$193 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals73%Running the government and other costs11%Police, fire, courts and jails6.9%Water, sewer, trash and utilities6.0%Roads, transit and parking1.4%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

73%

of Clinton's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
73%$18.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals
  • Hospitals$18.8 million
Running the government and other costs
11%$2.9 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$1.9 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$813 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$147 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$111 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.9%$1.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$1.2 million
  • Fire protection$563 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
6.0%$1.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$1.4 million
  • Sewer systems$112 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$49 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
1.4%$370 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$370 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$111 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$111 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$87 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

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

What this covers. The money of City of Clinton 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.