County government · Macomb County, MI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Macomb County took in $984 million and spent $1.09 billion.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (road charges, parking)37%State tax money27%County taxes16%Federal tax money14%Fines and other6.3%

What stands out

37%

of Macomb County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 14%.

County taxes16%

Property tax
16%$158 million
Other taxes
0.4%$4.0 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$2.3 million
  • Other licenses$1.7 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services37%

Fees for services
37%$360 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 2 more
  • Other service charges$312 million
  • Road charges$47.5 million
  • Parking$344 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$51 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money14%

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

From the federal government
14%$134 million

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$265 million

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$265 thousand

Fines and other6.3%

Interest, rents and other
6.2%$60.8 million
Fines
0.1%$1.0 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals38%Roads, transit and parking28%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Running the government and other costs12%Social services4.9%All other spending2.5%

What stands out

38%

of Macomb County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people spends 7.9%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
38%$413 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$413 million
Roads, transit and parking
28%$304 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$304 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$167 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$67.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$60.0 million
  • Police$38.9 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$34 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$128 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$76.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$24.1 million
  • Government buildings$18.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$9.5 million
Social services
4.9%$53.8 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$35.1 million
  • Other public welfare$18.7 million
Interest on debt
1.4%$15.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.6%$7.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$7.1 million
Sent to other local governments
0.5%$5.1 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$4.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$1.0 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Macomb 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 Macomb 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.