County government · Scott County, IL

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended November 30, 2021), Scott County took in $6.9 million and spent $7.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (housing, road charges)38%State tax money22%County taxes17%Federal tax money16%Local tax money3.5%Fines and other3.5%

What stands out

38%

of Scott 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 taxes17%

Property tax
16%$1.1 million
Other taxes
1.3%$92 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$92 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services38%

Fees for services
38%$2.6 million
What's in fees for servicesHousing; other service charges and 1 more
  • Housing$2.1 million
  • Other service charges$482 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money16%

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

From the federal government
16%$1.1 million

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$1.5 million

Local tax money3.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
3.5%$245 thousand

Fines and other3.5%

Fines
2.1%$147 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.4%$98 thousand

Where it goes

Housing and community development37%Roads, transit and parking25%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Running the government and other costs14%Health and hospitals7.5%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

37%

of Scott County's spending goes to housing and community development.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Housing and community development
37%$2.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
25%$1.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$1.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services and police
  • Courts and legal services$631 thousand
  • Police$452 thousand
Running the government and other costs
14%$957 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$505 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$369 thousand
  • Government buildings$83 thousand
Health and hospitals
7.5%$524 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$524 thousand
Social services
0.7%$49 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$49 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$10 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

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

What this covers. The money of Scott 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.