County government · Alpena County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Alpena County took in $82.0 million and spent $85.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money60%Federal tax money12%County taxes12%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)8.9%Local tax money5.0%Fines and other2.3%

What stands out

60%

of Alpena County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes12%

Property tax
12%$9.5 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$57 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$57 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.9%

Fees for services
8.9%$7.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$6.7 million
  • Garbage collection$303 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$197 thousand
  • Airport$89 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money12%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
12%$10.0 million

State tax money60%

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

From the state
60%$49.1 million

Local tax money5.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
5.0%$4.1 million

Fines and other2.3%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$1.7 million
Fines
0.3%$225 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals51%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Running the government and other costs12%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Roads, transit and parking11%All other spending2.0%

What stands out

51%

of Alpena County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
51%$43.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$43.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$11.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$5.8 million
  • Police$5.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$13 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$2 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$10.5 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$5.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.6 million
  • Government buildings$880 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
11%$9.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$6.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$2.7 million
Roads, transit and parking
11%$9.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$6.5 million
  • Airports$2.6 million
Social services
0.9%$740 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$735 thousand
  • Welfare institutions$5 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$490 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$445 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$445 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Alpena 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 Alpena 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.