County government · Humboldt County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Humboldt County took in $52.9 million and spent $46.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills)72%County taxes15%State tax money8.5%Fines and other4.3%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

72%

of Humboldt 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%$7.0 million
Sales tax
1.0%$513 thousand
Other taxes
0.9%$485 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$449 thousand
  • Other licenses$36 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services72%

Fees for services
72%$38.0 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills and other service charges
  • Hospital bills$37.5 million
  • Other service charges$468 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.5%

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

From the state
8.5%$4.5 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$95 thousand

Fines and other4.3%

Interest, rents and other
4.3%$2.3 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals76%Roads, transit and parking9.7%Police, fire, courts and jails5.7%Running the government and other costs4.0%Environment and natural resources1.6%All other spending2.8%

What stands out

76%

of Humboldt 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
76%$35.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$31.4 million
  • Public health$3.9 million
Roads, transit and parking
9.7%$4.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.7%$2.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Police$1.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$469 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$403 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$17 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.0%$1.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$811 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$678 thousand
  • Government buildings$271 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$73 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.6%$718 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$718 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$619 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$514 thousand
  • Libraries$105 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$482 thousand
Social services
0.4%$202 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$202 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Humboldt 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 Humboldt 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.