County government · Mineral County, WV

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Mineral County took in $21.3 million and spent $24.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (parks and recreation)41%County taxes34%State tax money11%Federal tax money9.6%Fines and other3.2%Local tax money<0.1%

What stands out

41%

of Mineral 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 taxes34%

Property tax
31%$6.5 million
Other taxes
3.8%$807 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere; other selective sales taxes and 2 more
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$575 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$136 thousand
  • Other licenses$62 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$34 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services41%

Fees for services
41%$8.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$8.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$43 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.6%

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

From the federal government
9.6%$2.1 million

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$2.4 million

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$17 thousand

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.8%$598 thousand
Fines
0.4%$90 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs64%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Health and hospitals6.7%Parks, recreation and libraries1.7%Interest on debt0.2%All other spending0.4%

What stands out

64%

of Mineral 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
64%$15.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$13.1 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$833 thousand
  • Government buildings$361 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$6.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Police$3.8 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$870 thousand
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$684 thousand
  • Fire protection$27 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.7%$1.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.7 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$432 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$288 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$144 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$51 thousand
Social services
0.2%$45 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$45 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$43 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$43 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

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

What this covers. The money of Mineral 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.