County government · Saline County, NE

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Saline County took in $12.1 million and spent $15.8 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 taxes63%Fees for services28%State tax money8.7%Fines and other0.8%

What stands out

63%

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

County taxes63%

Property tax
63%$7.6 million
Other taxes
0.4%$45 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$45 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services28%

Fees for services
28%$3.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$3.3 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.7%

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

From the state
8.7%$1.1 million

Fines and other0.8%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$103 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking38%Running the government and other costs34%Police, fire, courts and jails24%Interest on debt1.7%Environment and natural resources1.4%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

38%

of Saline 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
38%$6.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.0 million
Running the government and other costs
34%$5.3 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$3.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$652 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$523 thousand
  • Government buildings$302 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$3.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$2.1 million
  • Police$1.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$624 thousand
Interest on debt
1.7%$272 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.4%$227 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$227 thousand
Social services
1.1%$177 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$177 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Saline 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 Saline 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.