County government · Clark County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Clark County took in $19.7 million and spent $144 million.

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

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Where it comes from

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Fees for services (sewer, water)86%Fines and other7.5%County taxes6.4%State tax money0.1%

County taxes6.4%

Other taxes
6.4%$1.3 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other licenses$907 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$360 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services86%

Fees for services
86%$17.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 6 more
  • Other service charges$6.1 million
  • Sewer$4.9 million
  • Water$2.9 million
  • Housing$935 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$889 thousand
  • Garbage collection$886 thousand
  • Road charges$271 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$37 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.1%

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

From the state
0.1%$29 thousand

Fines and other7.5%

Interest, rents and other
4.0%$780 thousand
Fines
3.6%$703 thousand

Where it goes

Interest on debt86%Police, fire, courts and jails7.1%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.3%Running the government and other costs2.8%

What stands out

86%

of Clark County's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 0.9%.

Spending by category100%

Interest on debt
86%$124 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.1%$10.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails and probation, parole and other corrections
  • Prisons and jails$9.7 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$547 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.3%$6.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply
  • Sewer systems$4.2 million
  • Water supply$1.9 million
Running the government and other costs
2.8%$4.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and finance, tax collection and budgeting
  • Other and not broken out$2.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.8 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Clark 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 Clark 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.