County government · Kanabec County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Kanabec County took in $32.2 million and spent $33.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes45%State tax money22%Federal tax money15%Fees for services (transit fares, road charges)12%Fines and other7.2%Local tax money<0.1%

What stands out

15%

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

County taxes45%

Property tax
41%$13.3 million
Sales tax
2.7%$872 thousand
Other taxes
0.6%$193 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and severance taxes
  • Other licenses$104 thousand
  • Severance taxes$89 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$3.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; transit fares and 1 more
  • Other service charges$3.2 million
  • Transit fares$471 thousand
  • Road charges$97 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money15%

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

From the federal government
15%$4.7 million

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$7.1 million

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$28 thousand

Fines and other7.2%

Interest, rents and other
7.1%$2.3 million
Fines
0.1%$35 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking31%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Social services18%Running the government and other costs17%Health and hospitals8.7%All other spending4.9%

What stands out

18%

of Kanabec 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
31%$10.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$9.5 million
  • Public transit$958 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$6.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails and police
  • Prisons and jails$3.8 million
  • Police$2.8 million
Social services
18%$5.9 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5.9 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$5.8 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$4.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.4 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$184 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.7%$2.9 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.9 million
Environment and natural resources
3.4%$1.1 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$230 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$162 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$68 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$167 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.3%$111 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$111 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Kanabec 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 Kanabec 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.