County government · Cooper County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Cooper County took in $6.3 million and spent $7.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes100%Fines and other0.2%Local tax money<0.1%

What stands out

73%

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

County taxes100%

Sales tax
73%$4.6 million
Property tax
26%$1.6 million
Other taxes
0.2%$14 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$6 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$10 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails35%Running the government and other costs34%Roads, transit and parking30%Interest on debt0.5%

What stands out

30%

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

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
35%$2.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$1.1 million
  • Police$780 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$683 thousand
Running the government and other costs
34%$2.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$966 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$936 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$510 thousand
  • Government buildings$124 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
30%$2.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.2 million
Interest on debt
0.5%$34 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Cooper County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Cooper 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.