County government · Adair County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Adair County took in $10.7 million and spent $11.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes62%State tax money22%Fees for services (road charges)11%Fines and other5.6%

What stands out

48%

of Adair County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes62%

Sales tax
48%$5.1 million
Property tax
14%$1.5 million

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$1.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and road charges
  • Other service charges$1.1 million
  • Road charges$79 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$2.4 million

Fines and other5.6%

Interest, rents and other
5.6%$598 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking41%Police, fire, courts and jails33%Running the government and other costs25%Health and hospitals0.6%Social services0.6%Parks, recreation and libraries0.1%

What stands out

41%

of Adair County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
41%$4.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
33%$3.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$3.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$656 thousand
Running the government and other costs
25%$2.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$831 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$821 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$811 thousand
  • Government buildings$290 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.6%$70 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$70 thousand
Social services
0.6%$68 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$68 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$12 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Adair County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Adair 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.