County government · Osborne County, KS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Osborne County took in $5.1 million and spent $3.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes94%State tax money5.5%Fines and other0.7%

What stands out

90%

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

County taxes94%

Property tax

90%$4.6 million

Sales tax

3.2%$163 thousand

Individual income tax

0.4%$18 thousand

State tax money5.5%

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

From the state

5.5%$281 thousand

Fines and other0.7%

Interest, rents and other

0.7%$36 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking46%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Health and hospitals12%Running the government and other costs10%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.2%

What stands out

46%

of Osborne 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%$1.6 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$1.6 million

Police, fire, courts and jails

25%$886 thousand

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

Police$855 thousand
Courts and legal services$31 thousand

Health and hospitals

12%$407 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsHospitals

Hospitals$407 thousand

Running the government and other costs

10%$354 thousand

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and finance, tax collection and budgeting

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$216 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$138 thousand

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

7.2%$250 thousand

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste

Garbage and solid waste$250 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Osborne 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 Osborne 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.