County government · Doniphan County, KS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Doniphan County took in $10.5 million and spent $6.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes72%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks, land and natural resources)14%State tax money7.1%Fines and other6.9%

What stands out

62%

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

County taxes72%

Property tax
62%$6.5 million
Sales tax
8.9%$939 thousand
Other taxes
1.6%$169 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$169 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
0.3%$35 thousand

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$1.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Garbage collection$15 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.1%

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

From the state
7.1%$742 thousand

Fines and other6.9%

Interest, rents and other
6.9%$726 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs42%Roads, transit and parking24%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Health and hospitals14%Environment and natural resources4.7%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

42%

of Doniphan County's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
42%$2.9 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$1.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$754 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$370 thousand
  • Government buildings$234 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
24%$1.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$1.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$838 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$177 thousand
Health and hospitals
14%$937 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$937 thousand
Environment and natural resources
4.7%$323 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$323 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$24 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$17 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$17 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Doniphan County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Doniphan 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.