County government · Roseau County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Roseau County took in $28.3 million and spent $28.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money40%County taxes32%Federal tax money12%Fines and other7.9%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)7.4%

What stands out

12%

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

County taxes32%

Property tax
32%$9.0 million
Other taxes
0.2%$45 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$45 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.4%

Fees for services
7.4%$2.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$921 thousand
  • Road charges$768 thousand
  • Garbage collection$417 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money12%

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

From the federal government
12%$3.4 million

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$11.4 million

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$1 thousand

Fines and other7.9%

Interest, rents and other
7.9%$2.2 million
Fines
<0.1%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking29%Running the government and other costs27%Social services17%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Water, sewer, trash and utilities5.0%All other spending7.0%

What stands out

17%

of Roseau 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
29%$8.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$8.3 million
Running the government and other costs
27%$7.7 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$6.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$587 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$322 thousand
Social services
17%$4.8 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$4.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$4.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$3.1 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.3 million
  • Fire protection$9 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.0%$1.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.4 million
Environment and natural resources
4.5%$1.3 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.5%$419 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$312 thousand
  • Libraries$107 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$163 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$145 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$145 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Roseau 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 Roseau 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.