County government · Harrison County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Harrison County took in $4.5 million and spent $3.2 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 taxes60%State tax money27%Fines and other13%Fees for services (parks and recreation)0.4%

What stands out

47%

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

County taxes60%

Sales tax
47%$2.1 million
Property tax
13%$566 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$9 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$8 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.4%

Fees for services
0.4%$19 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$18 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$1.2 million

Fines and other13%

Interest, rents and other
13%$576 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking56%Police, fire, courts and jails44%Social services0.2%

What stands out

56%

of Harrison 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
56%$1.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
44%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$872 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$354 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$154 thousand
Social services
0.2%$6 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Harrison 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 Harrison 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.