County government · Gray County, KS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Gray County took in $11.9 million and spent $11.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes77%Fines and other14%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks, land and natural resources)4.9%State tax money4.3%

What stands out

69%

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

County taxes77%

Property tax
69%$8.2 million
Sales tax
5.4%$639 thousand
Other taxes
2.7%$324 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$324 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.9%

Fees for services
4.9%$585 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Other service charges$386 thousand
  • Garbage collection$169 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$30 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.3%

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

From the state
4.3%$516 thousand

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
14%$1.7 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking39%Running the government and other costs28%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Health and hospitals7.5%Water, sewer, trash and utilities5.8%All other spending2.3%

What stands out

39%

of Gray 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
39%$4.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.5 million
Running the government and other costs
28%$3.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$335 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$262 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$2.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$1.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$756 thousand
  • Fire protection$82 thousand
Health and hospitals
7.5%$877 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$877 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.8%$676 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$676 thousand
Environment and natural resources
2.1%$242 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$242 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$23 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$23 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Gray 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 Gray 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.