City government · Mahnomen County, MN

Mahnomen's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Mahnomen took in $3.9 million and spent $3.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores, water)67%State tax money23%City taxes6.9%Fines and other2.7%County and local tax money0.7%Federal tax money0.1%

What stands out

67%

of Mahnomen's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes6.9%

Property tax
6.8%$261 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$7 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services67%

Fees for services
67%$2.6 million
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; water and 4 more
  • Liquor stores$1.5 million
  • Water$560 thousand
  • Sewer$463 thousand
  • Other service charges$91 thousand
  • Garbage collection$5 thousand
  • Housing-$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.1%

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

From the federal government
0.1%$5 thousand

State tax money23%

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

From the state
23%$869 thousand

County and local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.7%$28 thousand

Fines and other2.7%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$83 thousand
Fines
0.5%$21 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities58%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Running the government and other costs12%Roads, transit and parking7.2%Interest on debt6.9%All other spending1.6%

What stands out

58%

of Mahnomen's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
58%$2.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; water supply and 1 more
  • Liquor stores$1.4 million
  • Water supply$341 thousand
  • Sewer systems$250 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$498 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$266 thousand
  • Police$232 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$397 thousand
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$273 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$110 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$14 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.2%$246 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$246 thousand
Interest on debt
6.9%$236 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$199 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$37 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.6%$53 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$53 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Mahnomen. 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 City of Mahnomen 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.