County government · Sac County, IA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Sac County took in $13.3 million and spent $17.4 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 taxes54%State tax money36%Fines and other7.7%Fees for services2.4%

What stands out

48%

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

County taxes54%

Property tax
48%$6.3 million
Sales tax
4.7%$625 thousand
Other taxes
1.7%$232 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$209 thousand
  • Other licenses$23 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.4%

Fees for services
2.4%$315 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$315 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money36%

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

From the state
36%$4.8 million

Fines and other7.7%

Interest, rents and other
7.7%$1.0 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking40%Health and hospitals25%Running the government and other costs16%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Environment and natural resources4.4%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

25%

of Sac 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
40%$6.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.9 million
Health and hospitals
25%$4.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.3 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$2.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$946 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$945 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$535 thousand
  • Government buildings$427 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$2.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$1.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$432 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$367 thousand
Environment and natural resources
4.4%$765 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$765 thousand
Social services
0.5%$81 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$81 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sac 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 Sac 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.