County government · Menard County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Menard County took in $4.1 million and spent $3.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes46%Fines and other42%State tax money13%

What stands out

20%

of Menard County's money comes from fines.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people get none.

County taxes46%

Property tax
42%$1.7 million
Sales tax
2.8%$115 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$11 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$518 thousand

Fines and other42%

Interest, rents and other
22%$896 thousand
Fines
20%$828 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs47%Police, fire, courts and jails43%Health and hospitals4.3%Parks, recreation and libraries3.4%Sent to other local governments1.4%Interest on debt0.6%

What stands out

43%

of Menard 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%

Running the government and other costs
47%$1.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$848 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$507 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$186 thousand
  • Government buildings$156 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
43%$1.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$787 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$531 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$233 thousand
Health and hospitals
4.3%$153 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$153 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.4%$122 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$79 thousand
  • Libraries$43 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.4%$49 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$49 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$21 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Menard County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Menard 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.