County government · Shelby County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Shelby County took in $53.6 million and spent $47.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes43%State tax money27%Fees for services (sewer)22%Fines and other7.0%

What stands out

26%

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

County taxes43%

Sales tax
26%$13.9 million
Property tax
17%$9.1 million
Other taxes
0.5%$279 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other licenses$270 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$12.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and sewer
  • Other service charges$11.2 million
  • Sewer$828 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$14.6 million

Fines and other7.0%

Interest, rents and other
6.1%$3.3 million
Fines
0.8%$441 thousand

Where it goes

Social services46%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Running the government and other costs16%Roads, transit and parking15%Water, sewer, trash and utilities1.9%All other spending0.9%

What stands out

46%

of Shelby 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
46%$21.8 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$21.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$9.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$6.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$3.2 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$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)$5.7 million
  • Other and not broken out$2.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
15%$7.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$7.2 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.9%$917 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$917 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.9%$408 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$408 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$24 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Shelby County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Shelby 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.