County government · Paulding County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Paulding County took in $53.7 million and spent $60.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, road charges)62%State tax money16%Fines and other11%County taxes9.8%Federal tax money1.1%

What stands out

62%

of Paulding 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 taxes9.8%

Sales tax
5.4%$2.9 million
Property tax
4.4%$2.3 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services62%

Fees for services
62%$33.4 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 2 more
  • Hospital bills$29.1 million
  • Other service charges$2.9 million
  • Road charges$1.1 million
  • Sewer$313 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.1%

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

From the federal government
1.1%$571 thousand

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$8.8 million

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
10%$5.5 million
Fines
0.3%$187 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals52%Roads, transit and parking20%Police, fire, courts and jails10%Running the government and other costs9.9%Social services6.6%All other spending0.9%

What stands out

52%

of Paulding 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
52%$31.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$31.3 million
  • Public health$482 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
20%$12.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$12.4 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
10%$6.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$3.8 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$668 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.9%$6.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.2 million
  • Other and not broken out$2.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$206 thousand
Social services
6.6%$4.0 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$4.0 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.4%$251 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$251 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$176 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$126 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$126 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Paulding 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 Paulding 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.