County government · Knox County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Knox County took in $72.0 million and spent $62.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money41%County taxes40%Fees for services (sewer, transit fares)9.7%Fines and other4.9%Federal tax money4.3%

What stands out

41%

of Knox County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 22%.

County taxes40%

Property tax
36%$25.9 million
Sales tax
3.4%$2.5 million
Other taxes
0.7%$531 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$286 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$245 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services9.7%

Fees for services
9.7%$7.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 3 more
  • Other service charges$3.7 million
  • Sewer$2.6 million
  • Transit fares$424 thousand
  • Airport$296 thousand
  • Road charges$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.3%

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

From the federal government
4.3%$3.1 million

State tax money41%

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

From the state
41%$29.5 million

Fines and other4.9%

Interest, rents and other
4.7%$3.4 million
Fines
0.1%$105 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs25%Social services20%Health and hospitals16%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Roads, transit and parking15%All other spending8.9%

What stands out

20%

of Knox 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%

Running the government and other costs
25%$15.7 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$11.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.8 million
  • Government buildings$215 thousand
Social services
20%$12.4 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$12.4 million
Health and hospitals
16%$10.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$10.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$9.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 3 more
  • Courts and legal services$3.9 million
  • Police$2.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.0 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$657 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$99 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
15%$9.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$6.5 million
  • Public transit$2.0 million
  • Airports$695 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.3%$2.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$2.7 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$14 thousand
Sent to other local governments
2.4%$1.5 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.4 million
  • Sent to the state government$167 thousand
Interest on debt
1.4%$849 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.8%$503 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$503 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$38 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$38 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Knox 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 Knox 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.