County government · Ralls County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ralls County took in $5.1 million and spent $8.4 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 taxes74%State tax money12%Fees for services7.8%Federal tax money4.6%Fines and other2.2%

What stands out

40%

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

County taxes74%

Sales tax
40%$2.1 million
Property tax
31%$1.6 million
Other taxes
1.9%$98 thousand
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses; alcoholic beverage licenses and 1 more
  • Motor vehicle licenses$75 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$13 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.8%

Fees for services
7.8%$398 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$398 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.6%

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

From the federal government
4.6%$234 thousand

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$599 thousand

Fines and other2.2%

Fines
2.1%$105 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.2%$9 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking73%Running the government and other costs17%Police, fire, courts and jails10%Interest on debt0.3%

What stands out

73%

of Ralls 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
73%$6.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.1 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$1.4 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)$676 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$556 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$97 thousand
  • Government buildings$53 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
10%$851 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$638 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$213 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$24 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ralls 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 Ralls 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.