County government · Pike County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pike County took in $34.2 million and spent $34.8 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 money50%County taxes32%Fees for services (sewer)13%Fines and other3.8%

What stands out

13%

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

County taxes32%

Property tax
20%$6.8 million
Sales tax
13%$4.3 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$4.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and sewer
  • Other service charges$4.0 million
  • Sewer$656 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money50%

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

From the state
50%$17.2 million

Fines and other3.8%

Interest, rents and other
3.3%$1.1 million
Fines
0.5%$172 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails26%Running the government and other costs22%Social services22%Health and hospitals16%Roads, transit and parking12%All other spending3.2%

What stands out

22%

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

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
26%$8.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$7.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.9 million
Running the government and other costs
22%$7.6 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)$6.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.5 million
Social services
22%$7.5 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$7.5 million
Health and hospitals
16%$5.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5.5 million
Roads, transit and parking
12%$4.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.0%$711 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$711 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$344 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$64 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$64 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Pike 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 Pike 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.