County government · Adams County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Adams County took in $8.2 million and spent $10.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes56%State tax money40%Fines and other2.1%Fees for services1.4%

What stands out

52%

of Adams County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes56%

Property tax
52%$4.2 million
Sales tax
3.4%$280 thousand
Other taxes
1.4%$117 thousand
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and other licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$83 thousand
  • Other licenses$34 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.4%

Fees for services
1.4%$115 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$115 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$3.3 million

Fines and other2.1%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$174 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking45%Health and hospitals15%Running the government and other costs14%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Environment and natural resources8.2%All other spending4.0%

What stands out

45%

of Adams County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
45%$4.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.7 million
Health and hospitals
15%$1.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.6 million
Running the government and other costs
14%$1.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$537 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$406 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$385 thousand
  • Government buildings$178 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$1.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$1.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$153 thousand
Environment and natural resources
8.2%$865 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$865 thousand
Social services
2.3%$241 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$241 thousand
Interest on debt
1.2%$128 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$54 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$54 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Adams County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Adams 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.