County government · Dubois County, IN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Dubois County took in $111 million and spent $114 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)52%State tax money32%County taxes11%Fines and other3.1%Federal tax money1.6%Local tax money0.7%

What stands out

52%

of Dubois 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 taxes11%

Property tax
8.9%$9.8 million
Other taxes
1.7%$1.9 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 3 more
  • Public utility taxes$670 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$654 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$559 thousand
  • Other licenses$20 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services52%

Fees for services
52%$57.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$57.2 million
  • Garbage collection$430 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$64 thousand
  • Airport$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.6%

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

From the federal government
1.6%$1.7 million

State tax money32%

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

From the state
32%$35.7 million

Local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.7%$808 thousand

Fines and other3.1%

Interest, rents and other
3.0%$3.4 million
Fines
<0.1%$58 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs73%Housing and community development8.4%Police, fire, courts and jails7.9%Roads, transit and parking7.8%Health and hospitals0.9%All other spending1.8%

What stands out

73%

of Dubois County's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
73%$83.3 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$75.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$5.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.9 million
  • Government buildings$9 thousand
Housing and community development
8.4%$9.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.9%$9.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Courts and legal services$2.8 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.7 million
  • Police$2.3 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$899 thousand
  • Fire protection$344 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.8%$8.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$7.1 million
  • Airports$1.7 million
Health and hospitals
0.9%$1.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.0 million
Interest on debt
0.7%$812 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$558 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$558 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$272 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$272 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$180 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$180 thousand
Social services
0.1%$150 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$150 thousand
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$26 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$26 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Dubois County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Dubois 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.