County government · Lawrence County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lawrence County took in $55.9 million and spent $57.7 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 money46%County taxes30%Fees for services (sewer)22%Fines and other1.6%

What stands out

20%

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

County taxes30%

Sales tax
20%$11.1 million
Property tax
11%$5.9 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$8 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$12.3 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and sewer
  • Other service charges$8.6 million
  • Sewer$3.8 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money46%

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

From the state
46%$25.7 million

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$543 thousand
Fines
0.6%$356 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals28%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Social services16%Roads, transit and parking15%Running the government and other costs12%All other spending6.0%

What stands out

28%

of Lawrence County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 5.7%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
28%$16.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$16.4 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$13.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Police$4.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$4.1 million
  • Fire protection$2.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.5 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$1.0 million
Social services
16%$9.3 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$9.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
15%$8.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$6.0 million
  • Public transit$2.7 million
Running the government and other costs
12%$6.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.2 million
  • Other and not broken out$632 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.6%$2.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$2.1 million
Sent to other local governments
2.2%$1.3 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$1.3 million
Interest on debt
0.2%$102 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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.