County government · Branch County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Branch County took in $67.9 million and spent $60.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, road charges)32%County taxes23%State tax money23%Fines and other12%Federal tax money8.7%Local tax money0.9%

What stands out

32%

of Branch County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes23%

Property tax
22%$15.0 million
Other taxes
0.9%$599 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$588 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$6 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services32%

Fees for services
32%$22.0 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 3 more
  • Hospital bills$17.3 million
  • Other service charges$4.1 million
  • Road charges$264 thousand
  • Sewer$172 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$143 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.7%

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

From the federal government
8.7%$5.9 million

State tax money23%

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

From the state
23%$15.4 million

Local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.9%$588 thousand

Fines and other12%

Interest, rents and other
12%$8.4 million
Fines
<0.1%$40 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking30%Social services25%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Running the government and other costs15%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.0%All other spending5.7%

What stands out

25%

of Branch County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
30%$18.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$17.9 million
  • Airports$133 thousand
Social services
25%$15.3 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$14.7 million
  • Other public welfare$639 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$12.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$6.9 million
  • Prisons and jails$3.0 million
  • Police$1.8 million
  • Inspections and regulation$392 thousand
Running the government and other costs
15%$9.1 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$5.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$798 thousand
  • Government buildings$622 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.0%$2.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply
  • Sewer systems$2.4 million
  • Water supply$66 thousand
Interest on debt
2.2%$1.3 million
Health and hospitals
2.1%$1.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health and hospitals
  • Public health$1.1 million
  • Hospitals$199 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$833 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$833 thousand
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$13 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$13 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Branch County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Branch 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.