County government · Clearwater County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Clearwater County took in $48.2 million and spent $42.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, parks, land and natural resources)55%State tax money19%County taxes17%Local tax money5.9%Fines and other2.9%

What stands out

55%

of Clearwater County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes17%

Property tax
17%$8.4 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$33 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Other licenses$26 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services55%

Fees for services
55%$26.5 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 3 more
  • Hospital bills$21.6 million
  • Other service charges$3.4 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$596 thousand
  • Road charges$520 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$355 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$10 thousand

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$9.0 million

Local tax money5.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
5.9%$2.9 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.9%$1.4 million
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals49%Roads, transit and parking21%Social services8.7%Running the government and other costs8.2%Police, fire, courts and jails6.8%All other spending5.8%

What stands out

49%

of Clearwater County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
49%$20.9 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$19.5 million
  • Public health$1.4 million
Roads, transit and parking
21%$8.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$8.9 million
Social services
8.7%$3.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3.7 million
Running the government and other costs
8.2%$3.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$763 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$550 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.8%$2.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Police$1.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$347 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$121 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.3%$968 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$968 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.9%$791 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$791 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$381 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$272 thousand
  • Libraries$109 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.7%$309 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$255 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$54 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Clearwater 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 Clearwater 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.