County government · Coal County, OK

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Coal County took in $9.0 million and spent $9.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (road charges, housing)60%County taxes25%State tax money13%Fines and other1.0%Federal tax money0.6%

What stands out

60%

of Coal County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes25%

Sales tax
16%$1.5 million
Property tax
5.7%$510 thousand
Other taxes
3.0%$266 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes
  • Other selective sales taxes$266 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services60%

Fees for services
60%$5.4 million
What's in fees for servicesRoad charges; other service charges and 2 more
  • Road charges$3.3 million
  • Other service charges$2.1 million
  • Housing$55 thousand
  • Garbage collection$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.6%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
0.6%$56 thousand

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$1.2 million

Fines and other1.0%

Interest, rents and other
1.0%$91 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking34%Running the government and other costs27%Health and hospitals15%Sent to other local governments12%Police, fire, courts and jails9.4%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

12%

of Coal County's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
34%$3.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.3 million
Running the government and other costs
27%$2.6 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)$1.7 million
  • Other and not broken out$923 thousand
Health and hospitals
15%$1.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$783 thousand
  • Public health$713 thousand
Sent to other local governments
12%$1.1 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.4%$909 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$445 thousand
  • Police$410 thousand
  • Fire protection$54 thousand
Housing and community development
1.1%$106 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.8%$80 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and water supply
  • Garbage and solid waste$74 thousand
  • Water supply$6 thousand
Social services
0.7%$64 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$64 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Coal County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. 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 Coal 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.