County government · Pembina County, ND

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pembina County took in $5.7 million and spent $4.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes81%State tax money15%Fines and other2.0%Local tax money1.2%

What stands out

81%

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

County taxes81%

Property tax
81%$4.7 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$883 thousand

Local tax money1.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.2%$66 thousand

Fines and other2.0%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$114 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs35%Police, fire, courts and jails33%Roads, transit and parking12%Environment and natural resources8.5%Health and hospitals8.2%All other spending4.1%

What stands out

8.5%

of Pembina County's spending goes to the environment and natural resources.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
35%$1.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$780 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$373 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$290 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
33%$1.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$744 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$402 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$200 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$474 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$474 thousand
Environment and natural resources
8.5%$352 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$352 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.2%$338 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$338 thousand
Social services
4.1%$167 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$167 thousand
Schools and colleges
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Pembina 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 Pembina 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.