County government · Phelps County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Phelps County took in $373 million and spent $413 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, road charges)85%Fines and other8.7%County taxes5.2%Federal tax money1.0%State tax money0.2%

What stands out

85%

of Phelps County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes5.2%

Sales tax
3.8%$14.1 million
Property tax
1.4%$5.1 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$40 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$40 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services85%

Fees for services
85%$317 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; road charges and 2 more
  • Hospital bills$312 million
  • Road charges$3.6 million
  • Other service charges$954 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.0%

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

From the federal government
1.0%$3.7 million

State tax money0.2%

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

From the state
0.2%$709 thousand

Fines and other8.7%

Interest, rents and other
8.4%$31.5 million
Fines
0.3%$955 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals86%Running the government and other costs7.9%Police, fire, courts and jails3.7%Roads, transit and parking1.6%Interest on debt0.4%All other spending0.1%

What stands out

86%

of Phelps 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%

Health and hospitals
86%$356 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$355 million
  • Public health$995 thousand
Running the government and other costs
7.9%$32.7 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$27.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.1 million
  • Government buildings$307 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.7%$15.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$15.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$219 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$59 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
1.6%$6.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.8 million
Interest on debt
0.4%$1.6 million
Social services
0.1%$468 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$468 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$14 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$14 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$12 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Phelps County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Phelps 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.