County government · Meigs County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Meigs County took in $17.2 million and spent $17.0 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 money57%County taxes39%Fines and other2.8%Fees for services1.5%

What stands out

15%

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

County taxes39%

Property tax
24%$4.1 million
Sales tax
15%$2.6 million
Other taxes
0.1%$23 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$21 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.5%

Fees for services
1.5%$260 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$260 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money57%

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

From the state
57%$9.8 million

Fines and other2.8%

Interest, rents and other
2.3%$400 thousand
Fines
0.4%$74 thousand

Where it goes

Social services41%Roads, transit and parking22%Running the government and other costs21%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Health and hospitals1.4%Interest on debt0.1%

What stands out

41%

of Meigs County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Social services
41%$6.9 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$6.9 million
Roads, transit and parking
22%$3.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.7 million
Running the government and other costs
21%$3.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$958 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$2.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$1.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$930 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.4%$239 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$239 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$22 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Meigs 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 Meigs 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.