County government · Kalamazoo County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Kalamazoo County took in $282 million and spent $287 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money40%County taxes36%Fines and other8.6%Fees for services7.9%Federal tax money5.8%Local tax money1.3%

What stands out

40%

of Kalamazoo County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 19%.

County taxes36%

Property tax
35%$100 million
Other taxes
0.6%$1.6 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$1.5 million
  • Other licenses$120 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.9%

Fees for services
7.9%$22.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$22.2 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.8%

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

From the federal government
5.8%$16.5 million

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$114 million

Local tax money1.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.3%$3.7 million

Fines and other8.6%

Interest, rents and other
8.3%$23.4 million
Fines
0.3%$758 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails34%Roads, transit and parking26%Running the government and other costs24%Health and hospitals7.9%Social services5.3%All other spending2.9%

What stands out

26%

of Kalamazoo County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people spends 6.3%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
34%$96.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$69.5 million
  • Police$18.4 million
  • Prisons and jails$9.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
26%$74.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$36.6 million
  • Public transit$23.7 million
  • Airports$13.9 million
Running the government and other costs
24%$69.5 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$56.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$7.0 million
  • Government buildings$3.8 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.2 million
Health and hospitals
7.9%$22.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$22.6 million
Social services
5.3%$15.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$15.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.5%$4.4 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4.4 million
Interest on debt
0.9%$2.5 million
Sent to other local governments
0.4%$1.3 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$129 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo 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.