County government · Perkins County, SD

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Perkins County took in $7.2 million and spent $6.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Federal tax money51%County taxes30%State tax money11%Fees for services (parks and recreation, road charges)7.4%Fines and other0.5%

What stands out

51%

of Perkins County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

County taxes30%

Property tax
29%$2.1 million
Other taxes
1.0%$71 thousand
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and other licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$65 thousand
  • Other licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.4%

Fees for services
7.4%$538 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 3 more
  • Other service charges$369 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$80 thousand
  • Road charges$39 thousand
  • Garbage collection$33 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$17 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money51%

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

From the federal government
51%$3.7 million

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$826 thousand

Fines and other0.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$29 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking51%Running the government and other costs20%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Environment and natural resources5.2%Health and hospitals2.7%All other spending2.1%

What stands out

51%

of Perkins 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
51%$3.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.1 million
Running the government and other costs
20%$1.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$526 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$274 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$271 thousand
  • Government buildings$111 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$1.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$746 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$190 thousand
  • Fire protection$114 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$74 thousand
Environment and natural resources
5.2%$313 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$313 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.7%$161 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$161 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.8%$105 thousand
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$105 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$15 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$15 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Perkins County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. 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 Perkins 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.