City government · Nowata County, OK

Nowata's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Nowata took in $5.6 million and spent $4.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, garbage collection)53%City taxes27%Federal tax money11%Fines and other6.3%County and local tax money2.2%State tax money0.2%

What stands out

25%

of Nowata's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes27%

Sales tax
25%$1.4 million
Other taxes
2.0%$112 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and occupation and business licenses
  • Public utility taxes$105 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services53%

Fees for services
53%$3.0 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; other service charges and 3 more
  • Water$1.2 million
  • Other service charges$664 thousand
  • Garbage collection$560 thousand
  • Sewer$519 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$52 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

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

From the federal government
11%$641 thousand

State tax money0.2%

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

From the state
0.2%$9 thousand

County and local tax money2.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.2%$123 thousand

Fines and other6.3%

Interest, rents and other
5.5%$305 thousand
Fines
0.8%$45 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities37%Running the government and other costs26%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Health and hospitals12%Interest on debt2.3%

What stands out

12%

of Nowata's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
37%$1.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply
  • Water supply$1.8 million
Running the government and other costs
26%$1.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other government-run businesses and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.2 million
  • Other government-run businesses$100 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$2 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$1.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$620 thousand
  • Fire protection$466 thousand
Health and hospitals
12%$562 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$562 thousand
Interest on debt
2.3%$114 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Nowata. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Nowata 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.