County government · Rice County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Rice County took in $91.5 million and spent $140 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes44%State tax money28%Fees for services (sewer, road charges)11%Federal tax money10%Fines and other6.8%

What stands out

10%

of Rice County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 3.6%.

County taxes44%

Property tax
39%$35.5 million
Sales tax
5.4%$4.9 million
Other taxes
0.1%$104 thousand
What's in other taxesSeverance taxes and other licenses
  • Severance taxes$53 thousand
  • Other licenses$51 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$10.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 2 more
  • Other service charges$5.0 million
  • Sewer$5.0 million
  • Road charges$173 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money10%

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

From the federal government
10%$9.3 million

State tax money28%

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

From the state
28%$25.2 million

Fines and other6.8%

Interest, rents and other
6.7%$6.2 million
Fines
<0.1%$75 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs48%Social services17%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Roads, transit and parking11%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.9%All other spending8.0%

What stands out

17%

of Rice County's spending goes to social services.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 1.5%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
48%$67.0 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$65.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$505 thousand
Social services
17%$23.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$23.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$15.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and prisons and jails
  • Police$9.3 million
  • Prisons and jails$6.7 million
Roads, transit and parking
11%$15.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$15.4 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.9%$6.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$6.8 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$70 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.2%$4.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.5 million
Housing and community development
2.0%$2.8 million
Interest on debt
1.7%$2.4 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.5%$706 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$446 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$260 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.5%$692 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$692 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Rice 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 Rice 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.