County government · Green County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Green County took in $49.9 million and spent $49.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes44%State tax money27%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks, land and natural resources)26%Local tax money2.3%Fines and other1.3%

What stands out

26%

of Green 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 taxes44%

Property tax
34%$17.2 million
Sales tax
7.0%$3.5 million
Other taxes
2.3%$1.2 million
What's in other taxesMotor vehicle licenses; other licenses and 2 more
  • Motor vehicle licenses$678 thousand
  • Other licenses$321 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$156 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services26%

Fees for services
26%$13.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$11.8 million
  • Garbage collection$1.1 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$46 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$34 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$13.3 million

Local tax money2.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.3%$1.2 million

Fines and other1.3%

Interest, rents and other
0.9%$451 thousand
Fines
0.4%$204 thousand

Where it goes

Social services33%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Running the government and other costs13%Health and hospitals12%Roads, transit and parking12%All other spending9.4%

What stands out

33%

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

Spending by category100%

Social services
33%$16.4 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$10.6 million
  • Other public welfare$5.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$10.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$6.7 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.6 million
Running the government and other costs
13%$6.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.7 million
  • Government buildings$1.4 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$957 thousand
Health and hospitals
12%$6.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
12%$6.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.0 million
Sent to other local governments
3.2%$1.6 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$1.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.7%$1.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.8%$885 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$493 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$392 thousand
Interest on debt
1.7%$835 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Green 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 Green 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.