County government · Mountrail County, ND

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Mountrail County took in $49.7 million and spent $36.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money74%County taxes17%Fines and other6.0%Fees for services (road charges, parks and recreation)3.5%

What stands out

74%

of Mountrail County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes17%

Property tax
10%$5.1 million
Other taxes
6.3%$3.1 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$3.1 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.5%

Fees for services
3.5%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges; other service charges and 2 more
  • Road charges$674 thousand
  • Other service charges$649 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$352 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$58 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money74%

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

From the state
74%$36.7 million

Fines and other6.0%

Interest, rents and other
6.0%$3.0 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking36%Running the government and other costs32%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Social services8.3%Health and hospitals3.1%All other spending3.6%

What stands out

8.3%

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

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
36%$13.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$13.1 million
Running the government and other costs
32%$11.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$5.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.9 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$6.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and prisons and jails
  • Police$3.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.5 million
Social services
8.3%$3.0 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3.0 million
Health and hospitals
3.1%$1.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.1 million
Environment and natural resources
2.2%$796 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$796 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$523 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$523 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Mountrail County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. 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 Mountrail 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.