County government · Sullivan County, IN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Sullivan County took in $78.4 million and spent $74.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, parks and recreation)62%State tax money21%County taxes11%Fines and other4.2%Federal tax money1.1%Local tax money<0.1%

What stands out

62%

of Sullivan 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

10%$8.2 million

Other taxes

1.0%$808 thousand

What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses; other selective sales taxes and 1 more

Motor vehicle licenses$739 thousand
Other selective sales taxes$68 thousand
Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services62%

Fees for services

62%$48.6 million

What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; parks and recreation and 3 more

Hospital bills$46.2 million
Parks and recreation$1.4 million
Other service charges$751 thousand
Airport$175 thousand
Garbage collection$98 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.1%

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

From the federal government

1.1%$827 thousand

State tax money21%

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

From the state

21%$16.7 million

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments

<0.1%$46 thousand

Fines and other4.2%

Interest, rents and other

3.1%$2.5 million

Fines

1.0%$817 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals68%Running the government and other costs22%Roads, transit and parking6.2%Parks, recreation and libraries2.1%Police, fire, courts and jails0.8%All other spending0.3%

What stands out

68%

of Sullivan County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals

68%$51.1 million

What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health

Hospitals$48.8 million
Public health$2.3 million

Running the government and other costs

22%$16.6 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)$8.5 million
Other and not broken out$7.9 million
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$175 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

6.2%$4.6 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports

Roads and highways$4.5 million
Airports$118 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

2.1%$1.5 million

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$1.5 million

Police, fire, courts and jails

0.8%$605 thousand

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; probation, parole and other corrections and 2 more

Prisons and jails$374 thousand
Probation, parole and other corrections$164 thousand
Courts and legal services$61 thousand
Police$6 thousand

Interest on debt

0.3%$190 thousand

Housing and community development

<0.1%$1 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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.