County government · Ramsey County, ND

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ramsey County took in $16.7 million and spent $17.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money55%County taxes33%Fees for services8.7%Fines and other3.2%

What stands out

55%

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

County taxes33%

Property tax
32%$5.4 million
Other taxes
0.4%$61 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$61 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.7%

Fees for services
8.7%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$1.5 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money55%

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

From the state
55%$9.3 million

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$530 thousand

Where it goes

Social services30%Roads, transit and parking23%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Health and hospitals14%Running the government and other costs11%All other spending3.3%

What stands out

30%

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

Spending by category100%

Social services
30%$5.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
23%$3.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.9 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$3.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$2.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.2 million
Health and hospitals
14%$2.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.4 million
Running the government and other costs
11%$1.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$767 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$502 thousand
  • Government buildings$472 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$75 thousand
Environment and natural resources
3.2%$549 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$549 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$18 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ramsey County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. 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 Ramsey 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.