County government · Hale County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Hale County took in $18.8 million and spent $20.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes86%Fines and other5.6%State tax money4.5%Fees for services (airport)3.8%

What stands out

68%

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

County taxes86%

Property tax
68%$12.8 million
Sales tax
11%$2.1 million
Other taxes
7.0%$1.3 million
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$1.3 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.8%

Fees for services
3.8%$713 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and airport
  • Other service charges$646 thousand
  • Airport$67 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.5%

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

From the state
4.5%$844 thousand

Fines and other5.6%

Fines
3.8%$707 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.8%$337 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails54%Running the government and other costs23%Roads, transit and parking16%Social services5.5%Health and hospitals0.8%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

54%

of Hale 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
54%$10.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$7.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$3.1 million
  • Fire protection$153 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$76 thousand
Running the government and other costs
23%$4.6 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.3 million
  • Other and not broken out$692 thousand
  • Government buildings$598 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
16%$3.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$3.1 million
  • Airports$116 thousand
Social services
5.5%$1.1 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.1 million
Health and hospitals
0.8%$151 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$151 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$96 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$58 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$58 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$13 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$13 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Hale 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 Hale 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.