County government · Meeker County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Meeker County took in $89.2 million and spent $77.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, road charges)57%County taxes18%Federal tax money11%State tax money9.9%Fines and other4.1%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

57%

of Meeker County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes18%

Property tax
17%$15.5 million
Other taxes
0.2%$206 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and severance taxes
  • Other licenses$121 thousand
  • Severance taxes$85 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services57%

Fees for services
57%$50.7 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 4 more
  • Hospital bills$46.2 million
  • Other service charges$3.5 million
  • Road charges$575 thousand
  • Garbage collection$186 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$171 thousand
  • Housing$104 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

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

From the federal government
11%$10.1 million

State tax money9.9%

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

From the state
9.9%$8.9 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$185 thousand

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.1%$3.6 million
Fines
<0.1%$40 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals53%Social services11%Roads, transit and parking11%Police, fire, courts and jails8.8%Running the government and other costs8.6%All other spending7.7%

What stands out

53%

of Meeker County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
53%$41.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$39.8 million
  • Public health$1.5 million
Social services
11%$8.4 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$8.4 million
Roads, transit and parking
11%$8.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$8.3 million
  • Public transit$18 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
8.8%$6.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$4.8 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.0 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$26 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.6%$6.7 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$5.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$668 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$267 thousand
Environment and natural resources
2.7%$2.1 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$2.1 million
Interest on debt
2.4%$1.9 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$795 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$554 thousand
  • Libraries$241 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.7%$550 thousand
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$466 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$84 thousand
Housing and community development
0.6%$426 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$184 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$184 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Meeker 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 Meeker 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.