County government · Ellsworth County, KS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ellsworth County took in $15.5 million and spent $4.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes100%State tax money0.1%

What stands out

96%

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

County taxes100%

Property tax

96%$14.8 million

Sales tax

4.3%$669 thousand

State tax money0.1%

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

From the state

0.1%$16 thousand

Fines and other<0.1%

Interest, rents and other

<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking46%Police, fire, courts and jails29%Running the government and other costs18%Health and hospitals7.6%Interest on debt<0.1%

What stands out

46%

of Ellsworth County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking

46%$2.2 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$2.2 million

Police, fire, courts and jails

29%$1.4 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services

Police$1.3 million
Courts and legal services$61 thousand

Running the government and other costs

18%$871 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and government buildings

Other and not broken out$513 thousand
Government buildings$358 thousand

Health and hospitals

7.6%$369 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$369 thousand

Interest on debt

<0.1%$3 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ellsworth County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Ellsworth 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.