County government · Richland County, ND

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Richland County took in $29.2 million and spent $29.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes39%State tax money33%Fines and other23%Fees for services (road charges, parks, land and natural resources)4.9%

What stands out

23%

of Richland County's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 4.1%.

County taxes39%

Property tax
39%$11.4 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.9%

Fees for services
4.9%$1.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$1.3 million
  • Road charges$140 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money33%

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

From the state
33%$9.7 million

Fines and other23%

Interest, rents and other
23%$6.7 million

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking29%Running the government and other costs18%Social services16%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Health and hospitals14%All other spending8.0%

What stands out

16%

of Richland 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
29%$8.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$8.6 million
Running the government and other costs
18%$5.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.4 million
Social services
16%$4.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$4.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$4.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$2.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$578 thousand
Health and hospitals
14%$4.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.0 million
Environment and natural resources
7.7%$2.2 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$2.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$79 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$79 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Richland 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 Richland 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.