County government · Fillmore County, NE

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Fillmore County took in $53.6 million and spent $39.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills)79%County taxes12%State tax money5.7%Fines and other2.9%

What stands out

79%

of Fillmore 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 taxes12%

Property tax
9.6%$5.2 million
Other taxes
2.8%$1.5 million
What's in other taxesEstate and gift taxes; motor vehicle licenses and 1 more
  • Estate and gift taxes$1.1 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$365 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services79%

Fees for services
79%$42.3 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills and other service charges
  • Hospital bills$41.7 million
  • Other service charges$670 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money5.7%

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

From the state
5.7%$3.1 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.9%$1.6 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals75%Roads, transit and parking11%Running the government and other costs8.1%Police, fire, courts and jails3.1%Interest on debt1.9%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

75%

of Fillmore 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
75%$29.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals
  • Hospitals$29.4 million
Roads, transit and parking
11%$4.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.4 million
Running the government and other costs
8.1%$3.2 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$2.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$443 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$422 thousand
  • Government buildings$288 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.1%$1.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$609 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$520 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$106 thousand
Interest on debt
1.9%$762 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$234 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$234 thousand
Social services
0.2%$66 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$65 thousand
  • Welfare institutions$1 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Fillmore County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Fillmore 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.