County government · Beckham County, OK

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Beckham County took in $12.8 million and spent $11.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes52%State tax money41%Fees for services5.1%Fines and other2.3%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

12%

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

County taxes52%

Property tax
38%$4.9 million
Sales tax
12%$1.6 million
Other taxes
1.3%$168 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$168 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.1%

Fees for services
5.1%$658 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$658 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money41%

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

From the state
41%$5.2 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$24 thousand

Fines and other2.3%

Interest, rents and other
1.9%$248 thousand
Fines
0.4%$49 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking40%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Running the government and other costs26%Health and hospitals6.2%Environment and natural resources0.4%

What stands out

40%

of Beckham County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
40%$4.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$3.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$1.6 million
  • Police$1.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$549 thousand
Running the government and other costs
26%$3.2 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)$1.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$970 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$969 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.2%$745 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$745 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.4%$49 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$49 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Beckham County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. 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 Beckham 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.