County government · Washington County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Washington County took in $80.3 million and spent $75.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money48%County taxes35%Fees for services (sewer, ports and waterways)10%Fines and other6.3%

What stands out

19%

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

County taxes35%

Sales tax
19%$15.3 million
Property tax
16%$12.8 million
Other taxes
0.3%$279 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Other licenses$236 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$43 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services10%

Fees for services
10%$8.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 2 more
  • Other service charges$6.3 million
  • Sewer$1.2 million
  • Ports and waterways$473 thousand
  • Road charges$37 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money48%

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

From the state
48%$38.8 million

Fines and other6.3%

Interest, rents and other
3.3%$2.6 million
Fines
3.0%$2.4 million

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails24%Social services21%Roads, transit and parking20%Running the government and other costs15%Health and hospitals15%All other spending4.8%

What stands out

21%

of Washington 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
24%$18.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$15.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$3.0 million
Social services
21%$15.8 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$15.8 million
Roads, transit and parking
20%$15.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and ports and harbors
  • Roads and highways$13.6 million
  • Ports and harbors$1.4 million
Running the government and other costs
15%$11.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.9 million
  • Other and not broken out$3.7 million
Health and hospitals
15%$11.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$11.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
3.2%$2.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$2.4 million
Sent to other local governments
1.5%$1.1 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$681 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$448 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$97 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Washington 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 Washington 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.