County government · Ashland County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Ashland County took in $25.8 million and spent $26.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money41%County taxes40%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources)11%Fines and other4.1%Federal tax money3.3%Local tax money0.4%

What stands out

41%

of Ashland County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 23%.

County taxes40%

Property tax
31%$8.1 million
Sales tax
8.0%$2.1 million
Other taxes
0.7%$179 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and real estate and stock transfer taxes
  • Other licenses$121 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$58 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$2.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks, land and natural resources
  • Other service charges$2.3 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$594 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.3%

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

From the federal government
3.3%$847 thousand

State tax money41%

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

From the state
41%$10.6 million

Local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.4%$102 thousand

Fines and other4.1%

Interest, rents and other
3.8%$989 thousand
Fines
0.2%$64 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs35%Social services35%Police, fire, courts and jails24%Health and hospitals3.4%Parks, recreation and libraries1.8%All other spending0.6%

What stands out

35%

of Ashland County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
35%$9.4 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$7.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$688 thousand
  • Government buildings$292 thousand
Social services
35%$9.2 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$9.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$6.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$3.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.1 million
Health and hospitals
3.4%$910 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$910 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.8%$481 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$281 thousand
  • Libraries$200 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$94 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.2%$58 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports; public transit and 1 more
  • Airports$35 thousand
  • Public transit$14 thousand
  • Roads and highways$9 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$10 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ashland 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 Ashland 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.