County government · Wadena County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Wadena County took in $27.5 million and spent $24.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes39%Local tax money23%Fees for services (road charges, parks and recreation)15%Federal tax money9.2%State tax money8.5%Fines and other5.4%

What stands out

23%

of Wadena County's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people get none.

County taxes39%

Property tax

34%$9.5 million

Other taxes

3.6%$1.0 million

What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes

Other selective sales taxes$1.0 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax

0.5%$130 thousand

Fees for services15%

Fees for services

15%$4.1 million

What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more

Other service charges$3.1 million
Road charges$1.0 million
Parks and recreation$27 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.2%

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

From the federal government

9.2%$2.5 million

State tax money8.5%

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

From the state

8.5%$2.3 million

Local tax money23%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments

23%$6.4 million

Fines and other5.4%

Interest, rents and other

5.0%$1.4 million

Fines

0.4%$121 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals38%Roads, transit and parking21%Running the government and other costs21%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Water, sewer, trash and utilities6.2%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

38%

of Wadena 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

38%$9.3 million

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$9.3 million

Roads, transit and parking

21%$5.1 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$5.1 million

Running the government and other costs

21%$5.0 million

What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out

Finance, tax collection and budgeting$4.7 million
Other and not broken out$294 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

12%$2.9 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice

Police$2.9 million

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

6.2%$1.5 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste

Garbage and solid waste$1.5 million

Housing and community development

1.2%$301 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

1.2%$297 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$297 thousand

Interest on debt

0.1%$27 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Wadena 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 Wadena 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.