County government · Yellow Medicine County, MN

Yellow Medicine County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Yellow Medicine County took in $26.9 million and spent $26.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes42%State tax money39%Fines and other8.1%Federal tax money6.7%Fees for services (parks and recreation, road charges)3.6%Local tax money0.6%

What stands out

39%

of Yellow Medicine County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes42%

Property tax
42%$11.2 million
Other taxes
0.2%$59 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$59 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.6%

Fees for services
3.6%$966 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$882 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$50 thousand
  • Road charges$32 thousand
  • Garbage collection$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money6.7%

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

From the federal government
6.7%$1.8 million

State tax money39%

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

From the state
39%$10.6 million

Local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.6%$162 thousand

Fines and other8.1%

Interest, rents and other
8.1%$2.2 million
Fines
<0.1%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking32%Social services19%Running the government and other costs15%Environment and natural resources15%Police, fire, courts and jails13%All other spending5.7%

What stands out

19%

of Yellow Medicine 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
32%$8.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$8.4 million
Social services
19%$5.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5.1 million
Running the government and other costs
15%$3.8 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$3.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$534 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$264 thousand
Environment and natural resources
15%$3.8 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$3.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails and police
  • Prisons and jails$1.8 million
  • Police$1.7 million
Health and hospitals
1.8%$481 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$481 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.5%$392 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$392 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$315 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$227 thousand
  • Libraries$88 thousand
Interest on debt
1.2%$303 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Yellow Medicine 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 Yellow Medicine 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.