County government · Box Butte County, NE

Box Butte County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Box Butte County took in $57.9 million and spent $8.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills)87%County taxes9.6%Fines and other1.5%State tax money1.5%

What stands out

87%

of Box Butte 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 taxes9.6%

Property tax
8.5%$4.9 million
Other taxes
1.1%$645 thousand
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and estate and gift taxes
  • Motor vehicle licenses$430 thousand
  • Estate and gift taxes$215 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services87%

Fees for services
87%$50.6 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills and other service charges
  • Hospital bills$49.9 million
  • Other service charges$660 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money1.5%

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

From the state
1.5%$843 thousand

Fines and other1.5%

Interest, rents and other
1.5%$855 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Running the government and other costs49%Roads, transit and parking24%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Interest on debt2.4%Environment and natural resources2.3%Social services1.7%

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
49%$4.1 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$3.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$463 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$241 thousand
  • Government buildings$83 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
24%$2.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.0 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$1.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$798 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$560 thousand
  • Police$372 thousand
Interest on debt
2.4%$198 thousand
Environment and natural resources
2.3%$195 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$195 thousand
Social services
1.7%$145 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$145 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Box Butte County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. 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 Box Butte 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.