County government · Ozark County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ozark County took in $3.7 million and spent $4.3 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 taxes59%State tax money40%Fines and other1.4%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)0.3%

What stands out

34%

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

County taxes59%

Sales tax
34%$1.3 million
Property tax
25%$924 thousand

Fees for services0.3%

Fees for services
0.3%$11 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$8 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$1.5 million

Fines and other1.4%

Interest, rents and other
1.4%$51 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking36%Police, fire, courts and jails33%Running the government and other costs29%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.1%Social services0.5%All other spending0.2%

What stands out

36%

of Ozark 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
36%$1.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
33%$1.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$828 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$317 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$214 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$34 thousand
Running the government and other costs
29%$1.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$546 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$365 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$212 thousand
  • Government buildings$96 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.1%$90 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$90 thousand
Social services
0.5%$21 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$21 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.1%$5 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ozark 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 Ozark 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.