County government · Pike County, IN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pike County took in $15.4 million and spent $11.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes44%State tax money38%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)12%Fines and other5.6%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

38%

of Pike County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes44%

Property tax
43%$6.6 million
Other taxes
1.0%$159 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 2 more
  • Public utility taxes$147 thousand
  • Other licenses$5 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$4 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
<0.1%$9 thousand

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$1.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Other service charges$1.2 million
  • Parks and recreation$475 thousand
  • Garbage collection$185 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$28 thousand

State tax money38%

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

From the state
38%$5.9 million

Fines and other5.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$563 thousand
Fines
1.9%$295 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs46%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Roads, transit and parking22%Parks, recreation and libraries4.5%Health and hospitals2.4%All other spending2.2%

What stands out

46%

of Pike 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
46%$5.3 million
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)$2.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$966 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$2.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Courts and legal services$965 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$721 thousand
  • Police$706 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$201 thousand
  • Fire protection$142 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
22%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.5%$523 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$523 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.4%$280 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$280 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.4%$160 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$160 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.8%$91 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$91 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$4 thousand
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$2 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$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Pike County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Pike 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.