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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Orr took in $2.0 million and spent $2.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores, sewer)46%State tax money20%County and local tax money17%Federal tax money11%City taxes5.8%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

17%

of Orr's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes5.8%

Property tax
5.6%$112 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$3 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services46%

Fees for services
46%$914 thousand
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; other service charges and 3 more
  • Liquor stores$647 thousand
  • Other service charges$165 thousand
  • Sewer$54 thousand
  • Water$35 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$13 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%$222 thousand

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$399 thousand

County and local tax money17%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
17%$332 thousand

Fines and other0.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$9 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities39%Parks, recreation and libraries27%Running the government and other costs24%Health and hospitals6.5%Police, fire, courts and jails1.7%All other spending1.4%

What stands out

27%

of Orr's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
39%$857 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Liquor stores$607 thousand
  • Sewer systems$159 thousand
  • Water supply$91 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
27%$581 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$581 thousand
Running the government and other costs
24%$534 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$491 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$37 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.5%$141 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$141 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.7%$37 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$37 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
1.0%$22 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$22 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Orr. 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 Orr 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.