County government · Defiance County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Defiance County took in $45.9 million and spent $32.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes34%State tax money28%Fees for services (garbage collection, sewer)26%Federal tax money8.1%Fines and other4.9%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

15%

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

County taxes34%

Property tax
18%$8.5 million
Sales tax
15%$6.9 million
Other taxes
0.3%$136 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$136 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services26%

Fees for services
26%$11.7 million
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; other service charges and 2 more
  • Garbage collection$5.3 million
  • Other service charges$5.2 million
  • Sewer$748 thousand
  • Road charges$518 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.1%

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

From the federal government
8.1%$3.7 million

State tax money28%

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

From the state
28%$12.7 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$84 thousand

Fines and other4.9%

Interest, rents and other
4.1%$1.9 million
Fines
0.8%$351 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking26%Social services19%Running the government and other costs19%Police, fire, courts and jails18%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%All other spending6.2%

What stands out

19%

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

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
26%$8.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$8.4 million
Social services
19%$6.3 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$6.3 million
Running the government and other costs
19%$6.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$5.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$540 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$103 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
18%$5.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services and police
  • Courts and legal services$4.2 million
  • Police$1.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$3.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$3.1 million
  • Sewer systems$547 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.0%$1.9 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.9 million
Interest on debt
0.3%$89 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Defiance County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Defiance 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.