County government · Prairie County, MT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Prairie County took in $2.9 million and spent $3.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes51%State tax money20%Federal tax money14%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources, road charges)11%Fines and other2.8%Local tax money0.7%

What stands out

14%

of Prairie County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

County taxes51%

Property tax
51%$1.5 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$323 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks, land and natural resources and 2 more
  • Other service charges$281 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$17 thousand
  • Road charges$14 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money14%

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

From the federal government
14%$406 thousand

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$572 thousand

Local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.7%$19 thousand

Fines and other2.8%

Interest, rents and other
2.3%$67 thousand
Fines
0.5%$14 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs31%Roads, transit and parking22%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Health and hospitals12%Sent to other local governments6.1%All other spending8.2%

What stands out

6.1%

of Prairie County's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
31%$930 thousand
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)$567 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$148 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$135 thousand
  • Government buildings$80 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
22%$678 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$678 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$613 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$448 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$165 thousand
Health and hospitals
12%$379 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$379 thousand
Sent to other local governments
6.1%$185 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$162 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$23 thousand
Social services
4.9%$150 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$150 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.9%$87 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$87 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$7 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$7 thousand
Housing and community development
0.2%$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Prairie County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Prairie 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.