County government · Skamania County, WA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Skamania County took in $24.0 million and spent $23.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes35%State tax money27%Fees for services (garbage collection, transit fares)18%Federal tax money12%Fines and other7.3%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

12%

of Skamania County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

County taxes35%

Property tax
19%$4.6 million
Sales tax
8.5%$2.0 million
Other taxes
7.5%$1.8 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 4 more
  • Other licenses$433 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$378 thousand
  • Severance taxes$329 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$307 thousand
  • Motor vehicle licenses$256 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$101 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services18%

Fees for services
18%$4.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$2.8 million
  • Garbage collection$1.4 million
  • Transit fares$202 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$36 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money12%

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

From the federal government
12%$2.9 million

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$6.4 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$47 thousand

Fines and other7.3%

Interest, rents and other
6.7%$1.6 million
Fines
0.7%$159 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs33%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Health and hospitals16%Roads, transit and parking15%Water, sewer, trash and utilities5.1%All other spending5.4%

What stands out

16%

of Skamania County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
33%$7.6 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$3.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.3 million
  • Government buildings$1.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$6.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Police$3.1 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.4 million
  • Fire protection$133 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$106 thousand
Health and hospitals
16%$3.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3.7 million
Roads, transit and parking
15%$3.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.4 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.1%$1.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.2 million
Environment and natural resources
2.2%$500 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$500 thousand
Interest on debt
1.3%$291 thousand
Housing and community development
1.2%$273 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$96 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$92 thousand
  • Libraries$4 thousand
Social services
0.4%$89 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$89 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Skamania 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 Skamania 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.