County government · Burt County, NE

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Burt County took in $7.8 million and spent $8.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes81%State tax money15%Fees for services3.4%Fines and other0.6%

What stands out

72%

of Burt County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes81%

Property tax
72%$5.6 million
Other taxes
9.2%$724 thousand
What's in other taxesEstate and gift taxes and other licenses
  • Estate and gift taxes$637 thousand
  • Other licenses$87 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.4%

Fees for services
3.4%$270 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$270 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$1.2 million

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.6%$44 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking56%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Environment and natural resources1.7%Social services0.6%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

56%

of Burt 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
56%$5.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$5.0 million
Running the government and other costs
27%$2.4 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$1.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$463 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$333 thousand
  • Government buildings$126 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$1.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$494 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$481 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$234 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.7%$152 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$152 thousand
Social services
0.6%$57 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$57 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$48 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$48 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Burt 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 Burt 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.