County government · Huron County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Huron County took in $47.6 million and spent $45.3 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 taxes43%State tax money41%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)12%Fines and other3.9%

What stands out

16%

of Huron County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 4.2%.

County taxes43%

Property tax
28%$13.2 million
Sales tax
16%$7.5 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services12%

Fees for services
12%$5.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Other service charges$3.5 million
  • Garbage collection$1.9 million
  • Road charges$35 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%$19.6 million

Fines and other3.9%

Interest, rents and other
3.3%$1.6 million
Fines
0.6%$270 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails25%Health and hospitals20%Social services20%Running the government and other costs13%Roads, transit and parking13%All other spending8.8%

What stands out

20%

of Huron County's spending goes to social services.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 1.5%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$11.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Courts and legal services$5.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$3.4 million
  • Police$2.1 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$396 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$78 thousand
Health and hospitals
20%$9.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9.1 million
Social services
20%$9.0 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$9.0 million
Running the government and other costs
13%$6.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.7 million
  • Government buildings$1.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$695 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
13%$6.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.0 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
6.0%$2.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.7 million
Housing and community development
1.2%$545 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$505 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$505 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$200 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Huron 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 Huron 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.