County government · Hennepin County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Hennepin County took in $4.00 billion and spent $3.50 billion.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, garbage collection)37%County taxes31%State tax money23%Federal tax money4.6%Local tax money1.9%Fines and other1.9%

What stands out

37%

of Hennepin 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 taxes31%

Property tax
24%$964 million
Sales tax
6.4%$257 million
Other taxes
0.4%$14.4 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 6 more
  • Other licenses$5.4 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$3.0 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$2.2 million
  • Driver's licenses$1.9 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$1.2 million
  • Public utility licenses$374 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$286 thousand
  • Severance taxes$25 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services37%

Fees for services
37%$1.50 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; garbage collection and 6 more
  • Hospital bills$1.34 billion
  • Garbage collection$77.3 million
  • Other service charges$68.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$2.9 million
  • Parking$2.4 million
  • Housing$1.1 million
  • Road charges$208 thousand
  • Transit fares$124 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.6%

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

From the federal government
4.6%$185 million

State tax money23%

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

From the state
23%$931 million

Local tax money1.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.9%$76.3 million

Fines and other1.9%

Interest, rents and other
1.9%$75.5 million
Fines
<0.1%$798 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals54%Running the government and other costs18%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Social services4.5%Roads, transit and parking4.1%All other spending8.6%

What stands out

54%

of Hennepin 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
54%$1.89 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$1.47 billion
  • Public health$417 million
Running the government and other costs
18%$636 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$394 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$138 million
  • Government buildings$66.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$37.9 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$375 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Police$174 million
  • Prisons and jails$117 million
  • Courts and legal services$82.8 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$638 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$8 thousand
Social services
4.5%$158 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$158 million
Roads, transit and parking
4.1%$144 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$134 million
  • Public transit$9.8 million
  • Parking$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.8%$97.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$97.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.4%$85.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$84.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.6 million
Interest on debt
2.1%$73.1 million
Housing and community development
1.1%$38.0 million
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$5.9 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$5.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$54 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Hennepin 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 Hennepin 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.