County government · Lee County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Lee County took in $30.6 million and spent $33.0 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 taxes50%State tax money34%Fines and other11%Fees for services5.3%

What stands out

11%

of Lee County's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 4.1%.

County taxes50%

Property tax
41%$12.5 million
Sales tax
5.6%$1.7 million
Other taxes
3.3%$1.0 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$869 thousand
  • Other licenses$131 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.3%

Fees for services
5.3%$1.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$1.6 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$10.4 million

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
11%$3.4 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals26%Roads, transit and parking24%Running the government and other costs22%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Environment and natural resources3.2%All other spending5.3%

What stands out

26%

of Lee 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
26%$8.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$8.7 million
Roads, transit and parking
24%$8.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$8.0 million
Running the government and other costs
22%$7.4 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$3.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.2 million
  • Government buildings$1.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$6.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$3.0 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.2 million
Environment and natural resources
3.2%$1.0 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.0 million
Social services
2.8%$933 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$933 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.0%$665 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$560 thousand
  • Libraries$105 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$151 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Lee 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 Lee 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.