County government · Lavaca County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Lavaca County took in $20.4 million and spent $19.8 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 taxes69%Fees for services15%State tax money8.5%Fines and other6.7%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

63%

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

County taxes69%

Property tax
63%$12.9 million
Other taxes
5.9%$1.2 million
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Motor vehicle licenses$1.1 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$77 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services15%

Fees for services
15%$3.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$3.1 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.5%

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

From the state
8.5%$1.7 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$64 thousand

Fines and other6.7%

Interest, rents and other
5.5%$1.1 million
Fines
1.2%$255 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking35%Police, fire, courts and jails32%Running the government and other costs24%Health and hospitals7.4%Social services1.1%All other spending1.1%

What stands out

35%

of Lavaca 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
35%$6.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.9 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
32%$6.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$3.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$535 thousand
Running the government and other costs
24%$4.7 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$1.5 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$861 thousand
  • Government buildings$284 thousand
Health and hospitals
7.4%$1.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.5 million
Social services
1.1%$226 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$226 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.8%$166 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$166 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$49 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Lavaca 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 Lavaca 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.