County government · Goodhue County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Goodhue County took in $79.5 million and spent $74.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes56%State tax money25%Federal tax money8.1%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)7.8%Fines and other3.1%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

50%

of Goodhue County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes56%

Property tax
50%$39.5 million
Sales tax
5.1%$4.1 million
Other taxes
1.0%$786 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and severance taxes
  • Other licenses$687 thousand
  • Severance taxes$99 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.8%

Fees for services
7.8%$6.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 2 more
  • Other service charges$5.7 million
  • Road charges$470 thousand
  • Garbage collection$86 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.1%

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

From the federal government
8.1%$6.4 million

State tax money25%

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

From the state
25%$19.9 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$217 thousand

Fines and other3.1%

Interest, rents and other
3.1%$2.4 million
Fines
<0.1%$10 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking27%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Running the government and other costs18%Social services18%Health and hospitals12%All other spending4.7%

What stands out

18%

of Goodhue 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
27%$20.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$20.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$15.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$9.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$5.7 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$54 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$13.1 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$11.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$243 thousand
Social services
18%$13.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$13.1 million
Health and hospitals
12%$8.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$8.8 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.5%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$579 thousand
  • Libraries$526 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.3%$984 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$984 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.3%$975 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$975 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$442 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Goodhue 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 Goodhue 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.