City government · Dawes County, NE

Crawford's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended July 31, 2021), Crawford took in $9.7 million and spent $5.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended July 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (parks and recreation)89%City taxes5.0%State tax money3.9%Fines and other1.0%Federal tax money0.8%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

89%

of Crawford's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes5.0%

Sales tax
2.3%$220 thousand
Property tax
2.0%$191 thousand
Other taxes
0.7%$69 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$69 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services89%

Fees for services
89%$8.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$8.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$62 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.8%

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

From the federal government
0.8%$76 thousand

State tax money3.9%

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

From the state
3.9%$378 thousand

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$15 thousand

Fines and other1.0%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$92 thousand

Where it goes

Social services54%Health and hospitals13%Roads, transit and parking9.8%Police, fire, courts and jails7.6%Parks, recreation and libraries7.4%All other spending8.4%

What stands out

54%

of Crawford's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Social services
54%$2.7 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$2.6 million
  • Other public welfare$70 thousand
Health and hospitals
13%$647 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$647 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.8%$496 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$496 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.6%$384 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$234 thousand
  • Fire protection$150 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.4%$375 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$281 thousand
  • Libraries$94 thousand
Running the government and other costs
5.0%$253 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$132 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$101 thousand
  • Government buildings$20 thousand
Interest on debt
2.3%$117 thousand
Housing and community development
1.0%$52 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Crawford. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended July 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Crawford 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.