County government · Polk County, NE

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Polk County took in $21.9 million and spent $19.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, road charges)71%County taxes19%State tax money8.9%Fines and other1.5%

What stands out

71%

of Polk 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 taxes19%

Property tax
13%$2.9 million
Other taxes
5.3%$1.2 million
What's in other taxesEstate and gift taxes and motor vehicle licenses
  • Estate and gift taxes$818 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$333 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services71%

Fees for services
71%$15.5 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 1 more
  • Hospital bills$15.3 million
  • Other service charges$152 thousand
  • Road charges$18 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.9%

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

From the state
8.9%$1.9 million

Fines and other1.5%

Interest, rents and other
1.5%$319 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals76%Roads, transit and parking9.8%Running the government and other costs8.8%Police, fire, courts and jails4.1%Social services1.2%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

76%

of Polk 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
76%$14.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$14.4 million
  • Public health$288 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.8%$1.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.9 million
Running the government and other costs
8.8%$1.7 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$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$265 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$227 thousand
  • Government buildings$103 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.1%$787 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$517 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$242 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$28 thousand
Social services
1.2%$232 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$231 thousand
  • Welfare institutions$1 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$67 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.3%$52 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$52 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Polk County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Polk 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.