County government · Fond du Lac County, WI

Fond Du Lac County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Fond Du Lac County took in $136 million and spent $123 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes43%State tax money28%Fees for services (parks and recreation, airport)14%Fines and other8.1%Local tax money5.3%Federal tax money1.8%

What stands out

5.3%

of Fond Du Lac County's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 1.1%.

County taxes43%

Property tax
34%$46.3 million
Sales tax
7.6%$10.3 million
Other taxes
0.8%$1.1 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 2 more
  • Other licenses$596 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$337 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$150 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$18.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$17.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.6 million
  • Airport$94 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$33 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.8%

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

From the federal government
1.8%$2.4 million

State tax money28%

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

From the state
28%$38.5 million

Local tax money5.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
5.3%$7.2 million

Fines and other8.1%

Interest, rents and other
7.7%$10.4 million
Fines
0.4%$521 thousand

Where it goes

Social services29%Police, fire, courts and jails24%Health and hospitals17%Running the government and other costs12%Roads, transit and parking11%All other spending6.2%

What stands out

29%

of Fond Du Lac County's spending goes to social services.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 1.5%.

Spending by category100%

Social services
29%$36.3 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$26.2 million
  • Welfare institutions$10.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$29.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$13.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$10.5 million
  • Courts and legal services$5.8 million
Health and hospitals
17%$20.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$20.6 million
Running the government and other costs
12%$15.4 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$6.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3.4 million
  • Government buildings$2.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
11%$13.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$12.7 million
  • Airports$622 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.3%$5.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$3.7 million
  • Libraries$1.6 million
Interest on debt
1.7%$2.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.1%$130 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$130 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Fond Du Lac 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 Fond Du Lac 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.