County government · Ness County, KS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ness County took in $7.2 million and spent $5.7 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 taxes79%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources, garbage collection)11%State tax money7.4%Fines and other2.9%

What stands out

77%

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

County taxes79%

Property tax
77%$5.5 million
Other taxes
1.1%$81 thousand
What's in other taxesReal estate and stock transfer taxes and public utility taxes
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$51 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$30 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
0.3%$18 thousand

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$789 thousand
What's in fees for servicesParks, land and natural resources; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Parks, land and natural resources$430 thousand
  • Garbage collection$229 thousand
  • Other service charges$95 thousand
  • Road charges$35 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.4%

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

From the state
7.4%$532 thousand

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.9%$209 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking37%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Environment and natural resources12%Health and hospitals6.4%All other spending4.2%

What stands out

12%

of Ness County's spending goes to the environment and natural resources.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
37%$2.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$2.1 million
  • Airports$6 thousand
Running the government and other costs
27%$1.5 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$640 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$378 thousand
  • Government buildings$355 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$129 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$775 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$654 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$120 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$1 thousand
Environment and natural resources
12%$696 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$696 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.4%$364 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$364 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.2%$237 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$237 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ness 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 Ness 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.