County government · Preble County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Preble County took in $49.8 million and spent $40.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money47%County taxes27%Fees for services (garbage collection, sewer)18%Fines and other7.5%

What stands out

15%

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

County taxes27%

Sales tax
15%$7.2 million
Property tax
12%$6.1 million
Other taxes
0.3%$161 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$145 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services18%

Fees for services
18%$9.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Other service charges$4.9 million
  • Garbage collection$4.1 million
  • Sewer$117 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money47%

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

From the state
47%$23.4 million

Fines and other7.5%

Interest, rents and other
7.0%$3.5 million
Fines
0.5%$251 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails25%Social services23%Health and hospitals16%Running the government and other costs15%Roads, transit and parking14%All other spending6.5%

What stands out

23%

of Preble 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
25%$10.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$8.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.4 million
Social services
23%$9.3 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$9.3 million
Health and hospitals
16%$6.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6.5 million
Running the government and other costs
15%$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)$3.9 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$723 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$5.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$5.9 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.9%$2.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.9 million
  • Sewer systems$514 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.5%$215 thousand
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$130 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$85 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Preble 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 Preble 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.