Town government · Kennebec County, ME

China's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), China took in $4.6 million and spent $3.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes58%State tax money34%Fees for services (garbage collection)3.9%Fines and other3.7%

What stands out

34%

of China's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes58%

Property tax
56%$2.6 million
Other taxes
1.8%$83 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$83 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.9%

Fees for services
3.9%$181 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection
  • Garbage collection$181 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$1.6 million

Fines and other3.7%

Interest, rents and other
3.7%$170 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking39%Running the government and other costs37%Water, sewer, trash and utilities16%Police, fire, courts and jails5.2%Parks, recreation and libraries1.0%All other spending1.5%

What stands out

16%

of China's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
39%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Running the government and other costs
37%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$809 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$298 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$124 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$34 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
16%$544 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$544 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.2%$178 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$76 thousand
  • Police$73 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$29 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$34 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$25 thousand
  • Libraries$9 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.9%$31 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$31 thousand
Social services
0.6%$21 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$21 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of China. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of China 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.