County government · McDowell County, WV

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), McDowell County took in $22.2 million and spent $21.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services40%County taxes27%Federal tax money21%Fines and other8.1%State tax money5.1%

What stands out

40%

of McDowell 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 taxes27%

Property tax
17%$3.8 million
Other taxes
9.7%$2.2 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and other licenses
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$2.1 million
  • Other licenses$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services40%

Fees for services
40%$8.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$8.8 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money21%

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

From the federal government
21%$4.5 million

State tax money5.1%

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

From the state
5.1%$1.1 million

Fines and other8.1%

Interest, rents and other
7.7%$1.7 million
Fines
0.4%$84 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails65%Running the government and other costs31%Health and hospitals2.9%Parks, recreation and libraries1.7%

What stands out

65%

of McDowell 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%

Police, fire, courts and jails
65%$13.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$9.2 million
  • Police$2.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.8 million
Running the government and other costs
31%$6.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$993 thousand
  • Government buildings$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.9%$603 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$603 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$366 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$366 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

McDowell County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. 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 McDowell 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.