County government · Freestone County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Freestone County took in $12.4 million and spent $14.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes78%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)16%Fines and other4.7%State tax money0.8%

What stands out

78%

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

County taxes78%

Property tax
78%$9.7 million

Fees for services16%

Fees for services
16%$2.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Road charges$617 thousand
  • Garbage collection$23 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.8%

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

From the state
0.8%$94 thousand

Fines and other4.7%

Interest, rents and other
3.5%$436 thousand
Fines
1.2%$153 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails43%Roads, transit and parking30%Running the government and other costs24%Sent to other local governments1.4%Health and hospitals1.3%Water, sewer, trash and utilities1.0%

What stands out

43%

of Freestone 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
43%$6.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$4.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.9 million
Roads, transit and parking
30%$4.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.4 million
Running the government and other costs
24%$3.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.1 million
  • Government buildings$434 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$208 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.4%$197 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$197 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.3%$184 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$184 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.0%$144 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$144 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Freestone County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 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 Freestone 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.