County government · Jones County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Jones County took in $17.7 million and spent $24.7 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 taxes56%State tax money38%Fines and other4.3%Fees for services1.7%

What stands out

48%

of Jones County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes56%

Property tax
48%$8.4 million
Sales tax
6.1%$1.1 million
Other taxes
1.7%$305 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$207 thousand
  • Other licenses$98 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.7%

Fees for services
1.7%$302 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$302 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money38%

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

From the state
38%$6.8 million

Fines and other4.3%

Interest, rents and other
4.3%$762 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking38%Health and hospitals21%Running the government and other costs17%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Environment and natural resources8.9%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

21%

of Jones 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%

Roads, transit and parking
38%$9.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$9.3 million
Health and hospitals
21%$5.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5.1 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$4.2 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$1.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$816 thousand
  • Government buildings$764 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$3.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$2.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$784 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$399 thousand
Environment and natural resources
8.9%$2.2 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$2.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.6%$144 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$144 thousand
Social services
0.5%$127 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$127 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Jones 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 Jones 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.