County government · Lorain County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Lorain County took in $272 million and spent $137 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money38%County taxes27%Fees for services (sewer, road charges)19%Fines and other8.1%Federal tax money7.7%

What stands out

38%

of Lorain County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 19%.

County taxes27%

Property tax
23%$61.4 million
Other taxes
4.7%$12.8 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$11.9 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$938 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services19%

Fees for services
19%$50.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 3 more
  • Other service charges$45.0 million
  • Sewer$4.0 million
  • Road charges$931 thousand
  • Transit fares$526 thousand
  • Airport$60 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.7%

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

From the federal government
7.7%$21.0 million

State tax money38%

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

From the state
38%$104 million

Fines and other8.1%

Interest, rents and other
7.8%$21.2 million
Fines
0.3%$762 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails46%Health and hospitals19%Running the government and other costs9.3%Roads, transit and parking8.5%Water, sewer, trash and utilities6.1%All other spending11%

What stands out

46%

of Lorain County's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people spends 24%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
46%$63.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$33.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$17.9 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$6.2 million
  • Police$5.5 million
Health and hospitals
19%$26.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$26.1 million
Running the government and other costs
9.3%$12.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$9.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.4 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$959 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
8.5%$11.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$7.7 million
  • Public transit$3.4 million
  • Airports$452 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
6.1%$8.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$8.3 million
Housing and community development
5.4%$7.4 million
Social services
3.7%$5.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5.1 million
Interest on debt
1.7%$2.3 million
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$171 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$171 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$13 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$13 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Lorain County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Lorain 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.