County government · Grant County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Grant County took in $21.8 million and spent $21.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money38%County taxes36%Fees for services (housing, garbage collection)13%Federal tax money8.5%Fines and other3.6%Local tax money1.1%

What stands out

38%

of Grant County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes36%

Property tax
36%$7.7 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$20 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$2.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; housing and 2 more
  • Other service charges$1.7 million
  • Housing$599 thousand
  • Garbage collection$544 thousand
  • Road charges$40 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.5%

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

From the federal government
8.5%$1.9 million

State tax money38%

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

From the state
38%$8.3 million

Local tax money1.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.1%$241 thousand

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.5%$772 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking43%Social services17%Running the government and other costs16%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Housing and community development5.2%All other spending8.2%

What stands out

17%

of Grant 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
43%$9.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$9.5 million
Social services
17%$3.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3.7 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$3.4 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$2.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$816 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$207 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$2.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and prisons and jails
  • Police$2.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$185 thousand
Housing and community development
5.2%$1.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.4%$746 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$746 thousand
Environment and natural resources
2.4%$533 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$533 thousand
Interest on debt
1.5%$338 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.6%$129 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$74 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$55 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$43 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$43 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Grant 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 Grant 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.