County government · Cass County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Cass County took in $84.7 million and spent $85.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, parks, land and natural resources)72%County taxes14%State tax money6.9%Fines and other5.9%Federal tax money1.5%

What stands out

72%

of Cass 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 taxes14%

Property tax
13%$10.6 million
Sales tax
1.2%$1.0 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$83 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$83 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services72%

Fees for services
72%$60.8 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 1 more
  • Hospital bills$59.9 million
  • Other service charges$921 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$30 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.5%

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

From the federal government
1.5%$1.3 million

State tax money6.9%

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

From the state
6.9%$5.9 million

Fines and other5.9%

Interest, rents and other
5.9%$5.0 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals81%Roads, transit and parking7.3%Running the government and other costs6.7%Police, fire, courts and jails3.7%Interest on debt0.8%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

81%

of Cass 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
81%$69.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$68.4 million
  • Public health$624 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.3%$6.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.3 million
Running the government and other costs
6.7%$5.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$4.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$413 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.7%$3.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$1.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.1 million
  • Prisons and jails$500 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$686 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$391 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$306 thousand
  • Libraries$85 thousand
Social services
0.2%$173 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$173 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$125 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$125 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Cass County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Cass 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.