County government · Wyandot County, OH

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Wyandot County took in $33.8 million and spent $31.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money43%County taxes30%Fees for services21%Fines and other5.5%

What stands out

43%

of Wyandot County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes30%

Property tax
21%$7.0 million
Sales tax
4.9%$1.7 million
Other taxes
4.3%$1.4 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1.4 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services21%

Fees for services
21%$7.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$7.2 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money43%

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

From the state
43%$14.6 million

Fines and other5.5%

Interest, rents and other
4.9%$1.7 million
Fines
0.6%$212 thousand

Where it goes

Social services42%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Roads, transit and parking20%Running the government and other costs13%Environment and natural resources3.2%All other spending0.4%

What stands out

42%

of Wyandot 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
42%$13.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$6.7 million
  • Welfare institutions$6.4 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$6.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$5.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
20%$6.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.3 million
Running the government and other costs
13%$4.1 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)$3.0 million
  • Other and not broken out$932 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$94 thousand
Environment and natural resources
3.2%$1.0 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.0 million
Interest on debt
0.3%$86 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$25 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$25 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Wyandot 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 Wyandot 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.