County government · Brown County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Brown County took in $47.6 million and spent $42.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes35%State tax money34%Federal tax money17%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)10%Fines and other3.7%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

17%

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

County taxes35%

Property tax
30%$14.4 million
Sales tax
4.7%$2.3 million
Other taxes
0.2%$92 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$92 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services10%

Fees for services
10%$4.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$2.6 million
  • Garbage collection$1.3 million
  • Road charges$1.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money17%

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

From the federal government
17%$7.9 million

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$16.2 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$141 thousand

Fines and other3.7%

Interest, rents and other
3.7%$1.8 million
Fines
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking28%Social services24%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Running the government and other costs16%Water, sewer, trash and utilities6.9%All other spending8.8%

What stands out

24%

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

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
28%$11.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$11.9 million
Social services
24%$10.4 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$10.4 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$6.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$3.5 million
  • Police$3.2 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$203 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$6.8 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$5.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$735 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$245 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$5 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
6.9%$3.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3.0 million
Health and hospitals
4.3%$1.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.8 million
Environment and natural resources
3.2%$1.4 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.4 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.1%$490 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$406 thousand
  • Libraries$84 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$84 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Brown 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 Brown 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.