County government · Steele County, ND

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Steele County took in $6.5 million and spent $9.1 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 money51%County taxes39%Fees for services (road charges, parks and recreation)6.4%Fines and other3.2%

What stands out

51%

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

County taxes39%

Property tax
36%$2.4 million
Sales tax
2.8%$183 thousand

Fees for services6.4%

Fees for services
6.4%$413 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$241 thousand
  • Road charges$168 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money51%

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

From the state
51%$3.3 million

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$206 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking64%Running the government and other costs21%Police, fire, courts and jails4.5%Social services4.5%Environment and natural resources3.4%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

64%

of Steele County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
64%$5.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$5.9 million
Running the government and other costs
21%$1.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$866 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$659 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$362 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.5%$414 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$414 thousand
Social services
4.5%$408 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$408 thousand
Environment and natural resources
3.4%$310 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$310 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.1%$97 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$97 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$82 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$82 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$58 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Steele 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 Steele 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.