County government · Morrow County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Morrow County took in $80.0 million and spent $69.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, sewer)33%County taxes27%State tax money18%Federal tax money13%Local tax money6.5%Fines and other1.6%

What stands out

33%

of Morrow County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes27%

Property tax
16%$13.2 million
Sales tax
6.8%$5.4 million
Other taxes
4.2%$3.4 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 4 more
  • Other licenses$1.0 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$796 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$740 thousand
  • Motor fuel taxes$735 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$76 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$12 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services33%

Fees for services
33%$26.2 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 1 more
  • Hospital bills$24.0 million
  • Other service charges$1.7 million
  • Sewer$392 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money13%

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

From the federal government
13%$10.7 million

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$14.7 million

Local tax money6.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
6.5%$5.2 million

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$821 thousand
Fines
0.6%$453 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals39%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Running the government and other costs12%Sent to other local governments12%Social services11%All other spending11%

What stands out

39%

of Morrow County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
39%$26.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$22.6 million
  • Public health$4.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$10.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 3 more
  • Fire protection$3.6 million
  • Police$2.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.6 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$972 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$8.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.5 million
  • Other and not broken out$2.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$912 thousand
  • Government buildings$235 thousand
Sent to other local governments
12%$8.2 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$7.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.0 million
Social services
11%$7.4 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$7.4 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.2%$5.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$4.9 million
  • Airports$72 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.7%$1.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$1.5 million
  • Parks and recreation$387 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$317 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$245 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$72 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$188 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$141 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$141 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$35 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Morrow County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Morrow 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.