County government · Pacific County, WA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pacific County took in $41.8 million and spent $33.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes41%State tax money27%Fees for services (road charges, garbage collection)18%Federal tax money7.2%Fines and other4.8%Local tax money1.6%

What stands out

11%

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

County taxes41%

Property tax
20%$8.6 million
Sales tax
11%$4.4 million
Other taxes
9.8%$4.1 million
What's in other taxesSeverance taxes; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 6 more
  • Severance taxes$1.0 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$940 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$815 thousand
  • Other licenses$616 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$337 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$226 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$106 thousand
  • Amusement taxes$52 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services18%

Fees for services
18%$7.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 3 more
  • Other service charges$6.9 million
  • Road charges$219 thousand
  • Garbage collection$173 thousand
  • Sewer$139 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$28 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.2%

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

From the federal government
7.2%$3.0 million

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$11.5 million

Local tax money1.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.6%$688 thousand

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
2.6%$1.1 million
Fines
2.2%$935 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs30%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Roads, transit and parking17%Health and hospitals13%Housing and community development7.7%All other spending11%

What stands out

7.7%

of Pacific County's spending goes to housing and community development.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
30%$10.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$6.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.5 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$808 thousand
  • Government buildings$611 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$7.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Police$2.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.9 million
  • Inspections and regulation$471 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
17%$5.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$5.7 million
Health and hospitals
13%$4.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.3 million
Housing and community development
7.7%$2.6 million
Environment and natural resources
7.5%$2.5 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$2.5 million
Interest on debt
1.7%$565 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.1%$364 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$214 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$150 thousand
Social services
0.6%$214 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$214 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$90 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$83 thousand
  • Libraries$7 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Pacific County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Pacific 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.