County government · Gogebic County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Gogebic County took in $42.8 million and spent $38.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (road charges, airport)41%State tax money37%County taxes14%Federal tax money4.8%Fines and other3.2%Local tax money<0.1%

What stands out

41%

of Gogebic 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 taxes14%

Property tax
14%$6.1 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services41%

Fees for services
41%$17.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 4 more
  • Other service charges$15.1 million
  • Road charges$1.2 million
  • Airport$538 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$499 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$87 thousand
  • Transit fares$37 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.8%

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

From the federal government
4.8%$2.0 million

State tax money37%

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

From the state
37%$15.8 million

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$30 thousand

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.3%$977 thousand
Fines
1.0%$411 thousand

Where it goes

Social services34%Roads, transit and parking30%Running the government and other costs17%Police, fire, courts and jails9.7%Health and hospitals6.5%All other spending2.0%

What stands out

34%

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

Spending by category100%

Social services
34%$13.2 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$13.0 million
  • Other public welfare$155 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
30%$11.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$9.9 million
  • Airports$1.8 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$6.7 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$4.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.8 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$352 thousand
  • Government buildings$282 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.7%$3.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$2.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.8 million
Health and hospitals
6.5%$2.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.9%$749 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$749 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$21 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Gogebic 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 Gogebic 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.