County government · Milam County, TX

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Milam County took in $12.9 million and spent $13.1 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 taxes62%Fees for services (airport, garbage collection)16%Fines and other11%State tax money11%

What stands out

17%

of Milam County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes62%

Property tax
45%$5.8 million
Sales tax
17%$2.2 million
Other taxes
0.3%$39 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes
  • Other selective sales taxes$39 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services16%

Fees for services
16%$2.1 million
What's in fees for servicesAirport; garbage collection and 1 more
  • Airport$1.2 million
  • Garbage collection$842 thousand
  • Other service charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$1.4 million

Fines and other11%

Fines
9.0%$1.2 million
Interest, rents and other
2.0%$262 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails53%Roads, transit and parking20%Running the government and other costs19%Water, sewer, trash and utilities7.7%Environment and natural resources0.3%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

53%

of Milam 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
53%$6.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; police and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$2.4 million
  • Police$1.7 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$1.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
20%$2.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.4 million
  • Airports$1.3 million
Running the government and other costs
19%$2.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$36 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
7.7%$1.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.0 million
Environment and natural resources
0.3%$46 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$46 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$35 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$34 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$34 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$9 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Milam 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 Milam 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.