County government · Forest County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Forest County took in $12.9 million and spent $15.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes53%State tax money31%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources, garbage collection)6.6%Local tax money4.7%Fines and other4.5%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

46%

of Forest County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes53%

Property tax
46%$5.9 million
Sales tax
5.8%$755 thousand
Other taxes
1.4%$179 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and real estate and stock transfer taxes
  • Other licenses$129 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$50 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.6%

Fees for services
6.6%$848 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks, land and natural resources and 2 more
  • Other service charges$661 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$139 thousand
  • Garbage collection$31 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$17 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$26 thousand

State tax money31%

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

From the state
31%$4.0 million

Local tax money4.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
4.7%$602 thousand

Fines and other4.5%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$419 thousand
Fines
1.2%$159 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails40%Running the government and other costs31%Social services9.6%Roads, transit and parking7.2%Health and hospitals5.9%All other spending6.2%

What stands out

10%

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

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
40%$6.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$3.4 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$757 thousand
Running the government and other costs
31%$4.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsGovernment buildings; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Government buildings$2.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$501 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$410 thousand
Social services
9.6%$1.5 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1.5 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.2%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Health and hospitals
5.9%$906 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$906 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.0%$616 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$505 thousand
  • Libraries$111 thousand
Interest on debt
1.4%$212 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.8%$124 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$124 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Forest 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 Forest 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.