County government · Essex County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Essex County took in $118 million and spent $107 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes61%State tax money18%Fees for services (garbage collection, transit fares)9.8%Federal tax money5.9%Fines and other4.1%Local tax money1.6%

What stands out

34%

of Essex County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes61%

Sales tax
34%$40.5 million
Property tax
21%$24.3 million
Other taxes
5.6%$6.7 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and other taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other selective sales taxes$6.6 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$37 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services9.8%

Fees for services
9.8%$11.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Other service charges$10.7 million
  • Garbage collection$700 thousand
  • Transit fares$149 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.9%

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

From the federal government
5.9%$6.9 million

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$21.2 million

Local tax money1.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.6%$1.8 million

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.1%$4.8 million
Fines
<0.1%$50 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs34%Roads, transit and parking14%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Health and hospitals13%Social services12%All other spending15%

What stands out

11%

of Essex County's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
34%$36.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$27.7 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.4 million
  • Government buildings$3.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
14%$14.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$13.7 million
  • Public transit$658 thousand
  • Airports$8 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$13.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 4 more
  • Prisons and jails$5.9 million
  • Police$3.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$3.3 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$926 thousand
  • Fire protection$32 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$20 thousand
Health and hospitals
13%$13.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$13.4 million
Social services
12%$12.4 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$12.4 million
Sent to other local governments
11%$12.1 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$6.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$6.0 million
Interest on debt
1.5%$1.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.3%$1.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.3 million
Environment and natural resources
0.9%$992 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$992 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$241 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$216 thousand
  • Libraries$25 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Essex County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Essex 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.