County government · Holmes County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Holmes County took in $46.8 million and spent $38.5 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 taxes46%State tax money34%Fees for services (sewer, airport)16%Fines and other4.2%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

27%

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

County taxes46%

Sales tax
27%$12.6 million
Property tax
18%$8.4 million
Other taxes
0.8%$374 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$374 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services16%

Fees for services
16%$7.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 2 more
  • Other service charges$5.8 million
  • Sewer$1.4 million
  • Airport$99 thousand
  • Road charges$65 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%$73 thousand

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$16.1 million

Fines and other4.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.7%$1.7 million
Fines
0.5%$225 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs23%Social services21%Roads, transit and parking18%Health and hospitals18%Police, fire, courts and jails15%All other spending5.3%

What stands out

21%

of Holmes 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
23%$8.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$7.0 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$287 thousand
Social services
21%$8.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$8.2 million
Roads, transit and parking
18%$6.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$6.7 million
  • Airports$254 thousand
Health and hospitals
18%$6.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$5.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$3.8 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.9 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.5%$951 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$951 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$667 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$667 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.6%$227 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$227 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$190 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Holmes 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 Holmes 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.