County government · Atchison County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Atchison County took in $8.2 million and spent $6.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes54%State tax money18%Federal tax money10%Fines and other9.3%Fees for services6.4%Local tax money2.4%

What stands out

24%

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

County taxes54%

Property tax
29%$2.4 million
Sales tax
24%$2.0 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.4%

Fees for services
6.4%$519 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$519 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%$811 thousand

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$1.5 million

Local tax money2.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.4%$193 thousand

Fines and other9.3%

Interest, rents and other
9.3%$760 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs87%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Health and hospitals<0.1%

What stands out

87%

of Atchison County's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
87%$5.8 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$4.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$433 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$405 thousand
  • Government buildings$326 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$871 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$704 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$167 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Atchison 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 Atchison 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.