County government · Mackinac County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Mackinac County took in $19.1 million and spent $18.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes37%State tax money34%Federal tax money12%Fees for services (housing, road charges)7.5%Local tax money6.6%Fines and other2.5%

What stands out

12%

of Mackinac County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

County taxes37%

Property tax
37%$7.0 million
Other taxes
0.1%$28 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$26 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.5%

Fees for services
7.5%$1.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; housing and 1 more
  • Other service charges$805 thousand
  • Housing$326 thousand
  • Road charges$308 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money12%

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

From the federal government
12%$2.3 million

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$6.6 million

Local tax money6.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
6.6%$1.3 million

Fines and other2.5%

Interest, rents and other
2.4%$457 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$12 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs33%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Roads, transit and parking22%Health and hospitals9.4%Sent to other local governments7.3%All other spending3.0%

What stands out

7.3%

of Mackinac County's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
33%$6.0 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$4.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$649 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$378 thousand
  • Government buildings$296 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$4.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$2.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.1 million
  • Police$1.0 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$1 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
22%$4.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$3.9 million
  • Airports$159 thousand
Health and hospitals
9.4%$1.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$1.3 million
  • Public health$409 thousand
Sent to other local governments
7.3%$1.3 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.3 million
Housing and community development
2.2%$413 thousand
Social services
0.4%$75 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$75 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$70 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Mackinac 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 Mackinac 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.