County government · Sierra County, NM

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Sierra County took in $13.3 million and spent $2.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes47%Federal tax money41%State tax money12%Fines and other<0.1%

What stands out

41%

of Sierra County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

County taxes47%

Property tax

35%$4.7 million

Sales tax

12%$1.6 million

Other taxes

<0.1%$10 thousand

What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses

Occupation and business licenses$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Federal tax money41%

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

From the federal government

41%$5.4 million

State tax money12%

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

From the state

12%$1.6 million

Fines and other<0.1%

Interest, rents and other

<0.1%$11 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Running the government and other costs50%Sent to other local governments38%Interest on debt12%

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs

50%$1.3 million

What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)

Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.0 million
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$308 thousand

Sent to other local governments

38%$1.0 million

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out

Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.0 million

Interest on debt

12%$315 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sierra 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 Sierra 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.