County government · Iowa County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Iowa County took in $19.3 million and spent $23.4 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 taxes66%State tax money27%Federal tax money2.5%Fees for services2.3%Fines and other1.8%

What stands out

12%

of Iowa County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes66%

Property tax
52%$10.0 million
Sales tax
12%$2.3 million
Other taxes
2.5%$490 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$259 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$194 thousand
  • Other licenses$37 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.3%

Fees for services
2.3%$448 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$448 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.5%

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

From the federal government
2.5%$479 thousand

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$5.3 million

Fines and other1.8%

Interest, rents and other
1.8%$342 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking41%Health and hospitals18%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Running the government and other costs15%Parks, recreation and libraries2.3%All other spending5.5%

What stands out

41%

of Iowa 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
41%$9.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$9.7 million
Health and hospitals
18%$4.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$4.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$2.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$891 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$597 thousand
Running the government and other costs
15%$3.4 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$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$897 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$732 thousand
  • Government buildings$671 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.3%$547 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$423 thousand
  • Libraries$124 thousand
Environment and natural resources
2.3%$535 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$535 thousand
Social services
2.0%$465 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$465 thousand
Interest on debt
1.2%$284 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Iowa 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 Iowa 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.