County government · Meade County, KS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Meade County took in $9.7 million and spent $7.8 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 taxes80%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources, road charges)11%State tax money5.0%Fines and other4.1%

What stands out

69%

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

County taxes80%

Property tax
69%$6.7 million
Sales tax
8.6%$835 thousand
Other taxes
2.0%$197 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$101 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$62 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$34 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
0.3%$26 thousand

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$1.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks, land and natural resources and 1 more
  • Other service charges$928 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$86 thousand
  • Road charges$34 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money5.0%

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

From the state
5.0%$484 thousand

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.1%$392 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs42%Roads, transit and parking22%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Health and hospitals9.8%Environment and natural resources3.2%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.1%

What stands out

42%

of Meade 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%$3.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$327 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$184 thousand
  • Government buildings$125 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
22%$1.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$1.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 2 more
  • Prisons and jails$750 thousand
  • Police$679 thousand
  • Fire protection$125 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$123 thousand
Health and hospitals
9.8%$768 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$768 thousand
Environment and natural resources
3.2%$249 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$249 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.1%$161 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$161 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Meade 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 Meade 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.