County government · Colorado County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Colorado County took in $19.4 million and spent $21.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes77%Fees for services (airport)9.2%Fines and other9.1%State tax money4.8%

What stands out

61%

of Colorado County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes77%

Property tax
61%$11.9 million
Sales tax
9.8%$1.9 million
Other taxes
6.0%$1.2 million
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and other licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$1.1 million
  • Other licenses$18 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services9.2%

Fees for services
9.2%$1.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and airport
  • Other service charges$1.7 million
  • Airport$45 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.8%

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

From the state
4.8%$925 thousand

Fines and other9.1%

Fines
7.1%$1.4 million
Interest, rents and other
2.0%$382 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails46%Roads, transit and parking21%Running the government and other costs21%Health and hospitals10%Environment and natural resources1.0%All other spending1.2%

What stands out

46%

of Colorado County's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 20%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
46%$9.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$4.3 million
  • Police$3.1 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.1 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$160 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
21%$4.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$4.3 million
  • Airports$174 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$4.3 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$2.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$835 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$760 thousand
  • Government buildings$754 thousand
Health and hospitals
10%$2.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.1 million
Environment and natural resources
1.0%$222 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$222 thousand
Social services
0.8%$169 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$169 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$91 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Colorado 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 Colorado 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.