County government · Lafayette County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lafayette County took in $12.4 million and spent $13.3 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 taxes57%Federal tax money20%State tax money12%Fees for services9.8%Fines and other1.5%

What stands out

37%

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

County taxes57%

Sales tax
37%$4.5 million
Property tax
14%$1.7 million
Other taxes
6.7%$823 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes
  • Other selective sales taxes$823 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services9.8%

Fees for services
9.8%$1.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$1.2 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money20%

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

From the federal government
20%$2.5 million

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$1.5 million

Fines and other1.5%

Interest, rents and other
1.5%$185 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs32%Police, fire, courts and jails30%Health and hospitals26%Roads, transit and parking9.6%Social services2.0%Interest on debt0.5%

What stands out

26%

of Lafayette County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
32%$4.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.0 million
  • Other and not broken out$804 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$414 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
30%$4.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$4.0 million
  • Prisons and jails$24 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$18 thousand
Health and hospitals
26%$3.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3.4 million
Roads, transit and parking
9.6%$1.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.3 million
Social services
2.0%$261 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$261 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$69 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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.