County government · Brown County, KS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Brown County took in $43.8 million and spent $2.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes99%State tax money1.4%

What stands out

98%

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

County taxes99%

Property tax

98%$43.0 million

Other taxes

0.5%$214 thousand

What's in other taxesOther licenses

Other licenses$214 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax

<0.1%$21 thousand

Sales tax

<0.1%$1 thousand

State tax money1.4%

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

From the state

1.4%$596 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Police, fire, courts and jails45%Running the government and other costs35%Roads, transit and parking14%Water, sewer, trash and utilities3.1%Interest on debt2.9%

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails

45%$1.1 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice

Police$1.1 million

Running the government and other costs

35%$836 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more

Finance, tax collection and budgeting$339 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$263 thousand
Other and not broken out$234 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

14%$329 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$329 thousand

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

3.1%$74 thousand

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste

Garbage and solid waste$74 thousand

Interest on debt

2.9%$69 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Brown County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. 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 Brown 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.