County government · Keweenaw County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Keweenaw County took in $6.7 million and spent $5.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money44%County taxes24%Fees for services (road charges)17%Fines and other11%Federal tax money3.8%Local tax money0.5%

What stands out

44%

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

County taxes24%

Property tax
22%$1.5 million
Other taxes
1.6%$108 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$108 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services17%

Fees for services
17%$1.1 million
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges and other service charges
  • Road charges$964 thousand
  • Other service charges$157 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.8%

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

From the federal government
3.8%$253 thousand

State tax money44%

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

From the state
44%$3.0 million

Local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.5%$34 thousand

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
11%$758 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking47%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Running the government and other costs21%Sent to other local governments4.4%Health and hospitals1.8%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

47%

of Keweenaw County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
47%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$1.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$752 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$463 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$94 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$20 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$1.1 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$553 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$259 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$204 thousand
  • Government buildings$71 thousand
Sent to other local governments
4.4%$235 thousand
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$222 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.8%$94 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$94 thousand
Social services
0.7%$36 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$22 thousand
  • Welfare institutions$14 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Keweenaw 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 Keweenaw 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.