County government · Ottawa County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ottawa County took in $74.2 million and spent $71.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)34%County taxes31%State tax money22%Fines and other13%

What stands out

34%

of Ottawa 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 taxes31%

Property tax
15%$11.1 million
Sales tax
14%$10.4 million
Other taxes
1.7%$1.2 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and other licenses
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$674 thousand
  • Other licenses$557 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$25.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; water and 1 more
  • Other service charges$14.9 million
  • Water$5.5 million
  • Sewer$4.7 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$16.7 million

Fines and other13%

Interest, rents and other
12%$9.0 million
Fines
0.7%$540 thousand

Where it goes

Social services44%Running the government and other costs23%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.6%Roads, transit and parking6.7%All other spending0.4%

What stands out

44%

of Ottawa 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
44%$31.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$31.1 million
Running the government and other costs
23%$16.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)
  • Other and not broken out$10.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$12.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$9.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$3.5 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.6%$6.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply
  • Sewer systems$3.6 million
  • Water supply$2.5 million
Roads, transit and parking
6.7%$4.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.8 million
Health and hospitals
0.4%$271 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$271 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$20 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$10 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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.