County government · Manitowoc County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Manitowoc County took in $71.5 million and spent $78.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes42%State tax money40%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)13%Local tax money2.5%Fines and other1.9%

What stands out

40%

of Manitowoc County's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 22%.

County taxes42%

Property tax
42%$29.8 million
Other taxes
0.6%$452 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and other taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other licenses$447 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$9.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 4 more
  • Other service charges$7.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$703 thousand
  • Garbage collection$677 thousand
  • Airport$121 thousand
  • Road charges$100 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money40%

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

From the state
40%$28.9 million

Local tax money2.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.5%$1.8 million

Fines and other1.9%

Interest, rents and other
1.3%$964 thousand
Fines
0.5%$377 thousand

Where it goes

Social services33%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Roads, transit and parking7.2%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.2%All other spending7.2%

What stands out

33%

of Manitowoc 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
33%$25.9 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$25.9 million
Running the government and other costs
27%$20.9 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$15.6 million
  • Government buildings$2.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.3 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$17.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$9.0 million
  • Prisons and jails$4.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$3.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.2%$5.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$5.3 million
  • Airports$359 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.2%$3.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.1%$2.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$1.6 million
  • Libraries$904 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.6%$2.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.1 million
Interest on debt
1.1%$894 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.3%$226 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$226 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc 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.