County government · Brown County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Brown County took in $30.4 million and spent $31.9 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 taxes43%State tax money40%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)12%Fines and other5.0%

What stands out

25%

of Brown County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes43%

Sales tax
25%$7.6 million
Property tax
18%$5.5 million
Other taxes
0.3%$80 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$80 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$3.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Other service charges$3.0 million
  • Garbage collection$425 thousand
  • Road charges$219 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$12.1 million

Fines and other5.0%

Fines
2.6%$793 thousand
Interest, rents and other
2.4%$726 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs24%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Roads, transit and parking18%Social services17%Health and hospitals15%All other spending3.1%

What stands out

17%

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

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
24%$7.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6.5 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$7.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$4.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$3.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
18%$5.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$5.6 million
Social services
17%$5.4 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5.4 million
Health and hospitals
15%$4.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.7 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.9%$915 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$915 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$65 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Brown 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 Brown 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.