County government · Bexar County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2023), Bexar County took in $4.34 billion and spent $4.18 billion.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, sewer)45%County taxes30%State tax money20%Fines and other4.8%Local tax money0.5%

What stands out

45%

of Bexar County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 14%.

County taxes30%

Property tax
28%$1.20 billion
Other taxes
2.0%$85.9 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor vehicle licenses and 4 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$57.3 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$23.6 million
  • Other licenses$3.0 million
  • Amusement taxes$1.1 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$823 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services45%

Fees for services
45%$1.97 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 3 more
  • Hospital bills$1.91 billion
  • Other service charges$60.2 million
  • Sewer$3.4 million
  • Parking$2.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$617 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$37 thousand

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$856 million

Local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.5%$19.6 million

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$201 million
Fines
0.2%$7.1 million

Where it goes

Health and hospitals77%Police, fire, courts and jails9.0%Running the government and other costs7.8%Roads, transit and parking1.9%Interest on debt1.5%All other spending3.0%

What stands out

77%

of Bexar County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people spends 7.9%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
77%$3.21 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$3.06 billion
  • Public health$157 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.0%$375 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 4 more
  • Courts and legal services$178 million
  • Prisons and jails$93.6 million
  • Police$76.5 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$21.5 million
  • Fire protection$4.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$205 thousand
Running the government and other costs
7.8%$327 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$262 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$31.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$22.3 million
  • Government buildings$12.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
1.9%$77.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$76.8 million
  • Parking$1.2 million
Interest on debt
1.5%$61.0 million
Sent to other local governments
1.4%$58.4 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$45.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$13.0 million
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$44.3 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$44.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$14.4 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$11.1 million
  • Libraries$3.2 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$4.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$4.1 million
Housing and community development
<0.1%$1.4 million
Social services
<0.1%$1.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.2 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Bexar County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Bexar 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.