County government · Emmet County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Emmet County took in $78.7 million and spent $63.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)38%County taxes28%State tax money13%Federal tax money11%Local tax money5.4%Fines and other4.0%

What stands out

38%

of Emmet 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 taxes28%

Property tax
26%$20.6 million
Other taxes
2.3%$1.8 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$1.8 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$20 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services38%

Fees for services
38%$29.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 4 more
  • Other service charges$21.1 million
  • Garbage collection$4.9 million
  • Road charges$3.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$588 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$213 thousand
  • Airport$101 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

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

From the federal government
11%$8.6 million

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$10.4 million

Local tax money5.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
5.4%$4.2 million

Fines and other4.0%

Interest, rents and other
4.0%$3.1 million

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs24%Roads, transit and parking22%Social services22%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Health and hospitals7.9%All other spending6.6%

What stands out

22%

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

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
24%$15.5 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$12.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.2 million
  • Government buildings$669 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
22%$13.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$10.3 million
  • Airports$3.6 million
  • Public transit$12 thousand
Social services
22%$13.8 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$13.1 million
  • Other public welfare$729 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$11.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$6.1 million
  • Police$3.0 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.3 million
Health and hospitals
7.9%$5.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.0%$3.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$3.2 million
Interest on debt
0.9%$553 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.7%$477 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$477 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Emmet 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 Emmet 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.