County government · Pocahontas County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Pocahontas County took in $16.8 million and spent $22.7 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 taxes50%State tax money34%Fines and other12%Fees for services (road charges)3.9%

What stands out

47%

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

County taxes50%

Property tax
47%$8.0 million
Sales tax
2.2%$375 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$67 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$67 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.9%

Fees for services
3.9%$650 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and road charges
  • Other service charges$578 thousand
  • Road charges$72 thousand

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%$5.7 million

Fines and other12%

Interest, rents and other
12%$2.0 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking40%Environment and natural resources23%Running the government and other costs16%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Health and hospitals8.3%All other spending1.6%

What stands out

23%

of Pocahontas County's spending goes to the environment and natural resources.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
40%$9.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$9.0 million
Environment and natural resources
23%$5.3 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$5.3 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$3.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.4 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$822 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$732 thousand
  • Government buildings$666 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$2.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$2.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$479 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.3%$1.9 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.9 million
Social services
1.0%$221 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$221 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$139 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas 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.