County government · Pickaway County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pickaway County took in $47.0 million and spent $42.9 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 money45%County taxes44%Fees for services (sewer, airport)7.6%Fines and other3.6%

What stands out

23%

of Pickaway County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 4.2%.

County taxes44%

Sales tax
23%$10.9 million
Property tax
21%$9.8 million
Other taxes
0.1%$68 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$68 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.6%

Fees for services
7.6%$3.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 1 more
  • Other service charges$3.2 million
  • Sewer$350 thousand
  • Airport$65 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money45%

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

From the state
45%$20.9 million

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$1.5 million
Fines
0.4%$204 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails25%Roads, transit and parking24%Social services19%Running the government and other costs18%Health and hospitals13%All other spending1.8%

What stands out

19%

of Pickaway County's spending goes to social services.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 1.5%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$10.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$8.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.5 million
Roads, transit and parking
24%$10.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$9.9 million
  • Airports$290 thousand
Social services
19%$8.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$8.1 million
Running the government and other costs
18%$7.7 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)$6.4 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.3 million
Health and hospitals
13%$5.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5.6 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.0%$442 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$442 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$221 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$221 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$108 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Pickaway 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 Pickaway 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.