County government · Cuyahoga County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Cuyahoga County took in $3.74 billion and spent $1.81 billion.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, sewer)57%County taxes23%State tax money14%Fines and other4.2%Local tax money0.9%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

57%

of Cuyahoga County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 14%.

County taxes23%

Other taxes
22%$820 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$766 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$47.3 million
  • Other licenses$6.0 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
0.7%$24.8 million
Property tax
0.4%$13.7 million

Fees for services57%

Fees for services
57%$2.14 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 6 more
  • Hospital bills$1.78 billion
  • Other service charges$343 million
  • Sewer$6.1 million
  • Garbage collection$5.9 million
  • Parking$4.5 million
  • Airport$1.7 million
  • Housing$566 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
0.2%$6.8 million

State tax money14%

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

From the state
14%$540 million

Local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.9%$32.4 million

Fines and other4.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.9%$145 million
Fines
0.3%$11.8 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals95%Interest on debt3.1%Police, fire, courts and jails1.3%Water, sewer, trash and utilities0.2%

What stands out

95%

of Cuyahoga County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people spends 7.9%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
95%$1.72 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals
  • Hospitals$1.72 billion
Interest on debt
3.1%$56.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.3%$23.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails
  • Prisons and jails$23.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$4.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$4.3 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$341 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$341 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Cuyahoga County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Cuyahoga 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.