County government · Beaver County, UT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Beaver County took in $23.2 million and spent $21.9 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes40%Fees for services (parks and recreation)35%Fines and other15%State tax money7.9%Local tax money1.3%

What stands out

35%

of Beaver County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes40%

Property tax
30%$6.9 million
Other taxes
6.4%$1.5 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 3 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$644 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$576 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$209 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$28 thousand
  • Other licenses$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
4.2%$979 thousand

Fees for services35%

Fees for services
35%$8.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$8.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$143 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money7.9%

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

From the state
7.9%$1.8 million

Local tax money1.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.3%$311 thousand

Fines and other15%

Interest, rents and other
11%$2.6 million
Fines
4.0%$928 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs49%Police, fire, courts and jails36%Health and hospitals6.2%Social services3.5%Parks, recreation and libraries2.0%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

49%

of Beaver County's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
49%$10.8 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$5.7 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$630 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
36%$8.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Prisons and jails$6.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$749 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$179 thousand
  • Police$78 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.2%$1.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$1.2 million
  • Public health$141 thousand
Social services
3.5%$769 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$769 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.0%$445 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$332 thousand
  • Libraries$113 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.4%$309 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$309 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$139 thousand
Housing and community development
0.6%$129 thousand
Schools and colleges
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Beaver County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Beaver 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.