County government · Cache County, UT

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Cache County took in $114 million and spent $113 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 taxes36%Fees for services (parks and recreation, airport)23%Federal tax money16%Fines and other11%State tax money11%Local tax money1.7%

What stands out

16%

of Cache County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 3.6%.

County taxes36%

Property tax
16%$18.7 million
Sales tax
14%$15.4 million
Other taxes
6.1%$6.9 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 1 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$5.5 million
  • Other licenses$1.3 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$21 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services23%

Fees for services
23%$26.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$25.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$757 thousand
  • Airport$318 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$166 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money16%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
16%$18.3 million

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$13.0 million

Local tax money1.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.7%$1.9 million

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
11%$12.7 million
Fines
0.2%$273 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals34%Police, fire, courts and jails30%Roads, transit and parking15%Running the government and other costs11%Parks, recreation and libraries6.9%All other spending2.3%

What stands out

34%

of Cache County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 5.7%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
34%$38.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$38.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
30%$34.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 4 more
  • Police$14.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$10.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$4.5 million
  • Fire protection$3.8 million
  • Inspections and regulation$813 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$7 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
15%$16.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit; roads and highways and 1 more
  • Public transit$7.6 million
  • Roads and highways$7.1 million
  • Airports$2.1 million
Running the government and other costs
11%$12.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.8 million
  • Other and not broken out$4.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.4 million
  • Government buildings$463 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$16 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.9%$7.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$7.6 million
  • Libraries$156 thousand
Social services
1.1%$1.3 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$1.2 million
  • Welfare institutions$86 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$688 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$688 thousand
Housing and community development
0.4%$448 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$125 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$121 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$4 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$77 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Cache 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 Cache 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.