County government · Sullivan County, NH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Sullivan County took in $15.5 million and spent $38.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes99%Fines and other0.8%

What stands out

99%

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

County taxes99%

Property tax
99%$15.4 million

Fines and other0.8%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$118 thousand

Where it goes

Social services60%Police, fire, courts and jails26%Running the government and other costs13%Interest on debt<0.1%Health and hospitals<0.1%

What stands out

60%

of Sullivan County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Social services
60%$23.3 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$16.9 million
  • Other public welfare$6.4 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
26%$10.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Prisons and jails$5.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.5 million
  • Police$1.4 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$1.1 million
Running the government and other costs
13%$5.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.8 million
  • Government buildings$1.8 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$350 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$189 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$33 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$30 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$30 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sullivan County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Sullivan 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.