County government · Benton County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Benton County took in $26.1 million and spent $24.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money45%County taxes45%Fees for services4.6%Fines and other4.6%

What stands out

45%

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

County taxes45%

Property tax
40%$10.3 million
Sales tax
4.5%$1.2 million
Other taxes
1.2%$317 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$247 thousand
  • Other licenses$70 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.6%

Fees for services
4.6%$1.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$1.2 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money45%

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

From the state
45%$11.8 million

Fines and other4.6%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$1.2 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking36%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Environment and natural resources18%Running the government and other costs14%Health and hospitals6.7%All other spending6.3%

What stands out

18%

of Benton County's spending goes to the environment and natural resources.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
36%$8.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$8.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$4.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Police$2.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$947 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$97 thousand
  • Fire protection$48 thousand
Environment and natural resources
18%$4.2 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$4.2 million
Running the government and other costs
14%$3.3 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$1.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$904 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$718 thousand
  • Government buildings$332 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.7%$1.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.6 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.4%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$931 thousand
  • Libraries$145 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.3%$314 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$314 thousand
Social services
0.5%$128 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$128 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Benton 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 Benton 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.