County government · Rice County, KS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Rice County took in $26.2 million and spent $1.2 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 taxes100%State tax money0.2%

What stands out

99%

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

County taxes100%

Property tax
99%$26.0 million
Other taxes
0.4%$102 thousand
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$102 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money0.2%

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

From the state
0.2%$47 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Police, fire, courts and jails50%Running the government and other costs46%Roads, transit and parking3.6%

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
50%$613 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$613 thousand
Running the government and other costs
46%$566 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out
  • Other and not broken out$566 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
3.6%$44 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports
  • Airports$44 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Rice 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 Rice 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.