County government · Palo Pinto County, TX

Palo Pinto County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Palo Pinto County took in $18.9 million and spent $21.5 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 taxes81%Fees for services14%Fines and other3.7%State tax money1.4%

What stands out

64%

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

County taxes81%

Property tax
64%$12.0 million
Sales tax
11%$2.1 million
Other taxes
6.5%$1.2 million
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses and other selective sales taxes
  • Motor vehicle licenses$1.1 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$169 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$2.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$2.6 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money1.4%

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

From the state
1.4%$256 thousand

Fines and other3.7%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$679 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$12 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs41%Police, fire, courts and jails40%Roads, transit and parking18%Health and hospitals0.8%Environment and natural resources0.7%Interest on debt<0.1%

What stands out

40%

of Palo Pinto 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
41%$8.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$6.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.5 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
40%$8.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Police$3.3 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.8 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.4 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$31 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
18%$3.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.9 million
Health and hospitals
0.8%$182 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$182 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.7%$149 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$149 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$13 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto 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.