County government · Delaware County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Delaware County took in $112 million and spent $96.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills)71%County taxes15%Fines and other7.2%State tax money5.5%Federal tax money1.2%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

71%

of Delaware 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 taxes15%

Property tax
13%$14.5 million
Sales tax
1.6%$1.7 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$65 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$65 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services71%

Fees for services
71%$79.5 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills and other service charges
  • Hospital bills$78.7 million
  • Other service charges$815 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.2%

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

From the federal government
1.2%$1.4 million

State tax money5.5%

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

From the state
5.5%$6.2 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$181 thousand

Fines and other7.2%

Interest, rents and other
7.2%$8.0 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals80%Roads, transit and parking10%Police, fire, courts and jails4.2%Running the government and other costs2.9%Environment and natural resources1.2%All other spending1.7%

What stands out

80%

of Delaware 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
80%$77.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$75.1 million
  • Public health$2.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
10%$10.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$10.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.2%$4.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$2.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$885 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$492 thousand
Running the government and other costs
2.9%$2.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$819 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$791 thousand
  • Government buildings$675 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$483 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.2%$1.2 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.2 million
Social services
0.8%$797 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$797 thousand
Interest on debt
0.7%$702 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$117 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$117 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Delaware County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Delaware 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.