County government · Yates County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Yates County took in $55.0 million and spent $45.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes65%State tax money26%Fees for services (transit fares, airport)4.0%Fines and other3.5%Federal tax money1.2%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

32%

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

County taxes65%

Sales tax
32%$17.7 million
Property tax
30%$16.8 million
Other taxes
2.7%$1.5 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and other licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.0 million
  • Other licenses$417 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.0%

Fees for services
4.0%$2.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; transit fares and 1 more
  • Other service charges$2.1 million
  • Transit fares$42 thousand
  • Airport$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.2%

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

From the federal government
1.2%$661 thousand

State tax money26%

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

From the state
26%$14.1 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$168 thousand

Fines and other3.5%

Interest, rents and other
3.4%$1.9 million
Fines
0.1%$75 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Social services13%Roads, transit and parking13%Health and hospitals10%All other spending15%

What stands out

13%

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

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
27%$12.5 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$9.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.3 million
  • Government buildings$885 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$713 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$10.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Police$4.4 million
  • Prisons and jails$3.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.4 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$657 thousand
Social services
13%$6.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$6.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
13%$5.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$5.6 million
  • Airports$140 thousand
Health and hospitals
10%$4.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.7 million
Sent to other local governments
9.9%$4.5 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$3.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$883 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.8%$841 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$841 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$580 thousand
Housing and community development
1.1%$484 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$128 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$128 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$81 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$81 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Yates 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 Yates 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.