County government · Daviess County, IN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Daviess County took in $408 million and spent $46.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, parks and recreation)86%State tax money8.5%County taxes4.3%Fines and other0.8%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

86%

of Daviess 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 taxes4.3%

Property tax
4.0%$16.5 million
Other taxes
0.2%$951 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 1 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$474 thousand
  • Other licenses$376 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$101 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services86%

Fees for services
86%$352 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Hospital bills$347 million
  • Parks and recreation$2.2 million
  • Other service charges$2.0 million
  • Airport$350 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.5%

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

From the state
8.5%$34.7 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$1.3 million

Fines and other0.8%

Interest, rents and other
0.7%$3.1 million
Fines
<0.1%$193 thousand

Where it goes

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

Running the government and other costs37%Roads, transit and parking22%Health and hospitals20%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Parks, recreation and libraries3.8%All other spending4.3%

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
37%$17.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$11.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.6 million
  • Government buildings$18 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
22%$10.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$9.3 million
  • Airports$838 thousand
Health and hospitals
20%$9.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$8.5 million
  • Public health$936 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$5.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; probation, parole and other corrections and 4 more
  • Courts and legal services$4.5 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$896 thousand
  • Police$157 thousand
  • Fire protection$148 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$23 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$21 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.8%$1.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1.8 million
Interest on debt
2.8%$1.3 million
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$527 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$527 thousand
Housing and community development
0.3%$150 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Daviess County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Daviess 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.