County government · Clinton County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Clinton County took in $47.0 million and spent $39.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes47%State tax money41%Fees for services (sewer)6.8%Fines and other5.1%

What stands out

24%

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

County taxes47%

Sales tax
24%$11.3 million
Property tax
21%$9.8 million
Other taxes
1.7%$809 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$809 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.8%

Fees for services
6.8%$3.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and sewer
  • Other service charges$2.9 million
  • Sewer$321 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money41%

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

From the state
41%$19.5 million

Fines and other5.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.7%$2.2 million
Fines
0.3%$160 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs28%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Social services23%Health and hospitals12%Roads, transit and parking10%All other spending1.0%

What stands out

23%

of Clinton 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
28%$10.9 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)$7.8 million
  • Other and not broken out$3.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$9.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$5.8 million
  • Courts and legal services$4.0 million
Social services
23%$9.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$9.2 million
Health and hospitals
12%$4.9 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.9 million
Roads, transit and parking
10%$4.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.1 million
Interest on debt
0.5%$177 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.4%$139 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$139 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$92 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$92 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Clinton 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 Clinton 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.