County government · Brown County, NE

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Brown County took in $16.6 million and spent $16.5 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, garbage collection)71%County taxes21%State tax money6.7%Federal tax money1.0%Fines and other0.4%

What stands out

71%

of Brown 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 taxes21%

Property tax
20%$3.3 million
Other taxes
0.7%$118 thousand
What's in other taxesEstate and gift taxes
  • Estate and gift taxes$118 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services71%

Fees for services
71%$11.8 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 2 more
  • Hospital bills$11.4 million
  • Other service charges$259 thousand
  • Garbage collection$48 thousand
  • Road charges$38 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%$166 thousand

State tax money6.7%

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

From the state
6.7%$1.1 million

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$72 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals73%Roads, transit and parking11%Running the government and other costs9.4%Police, fire, courts and jails4.6%Interest on debt0.6%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

73%

of Brown 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
73%$12.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$11.9 million
  • Public health$112 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
11%$1.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.9 million
Running the government and other costs
9.4%$1.5 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$910 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$330 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$227 thousand
  • Government buildings$75 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.6%$764 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$585 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$118 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$57 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$4 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$100 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.4%$72 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$72 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.4%$64 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$64 thousand
Social services
0.3%$49 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$49 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Brown 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 Brown 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.