County government · Monroe County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Monroe County took in $60.8 million and spent $53.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes38%State tax money29%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)18%Federal tax money12%Fines and other2.4%Local tax money1.3%

What stands out

12%

of Monroe County's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

County taxes38%

Property tax
30%$18.1 million
Sales tax
7.4%$4.5 million
Other taxes
0.6%$337 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and real estate and stock transfer taxes
  • Other licenses$256 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$81 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services18%

Fees for services
18%$10.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 3 more
  • Other service charges$7.7 million
  • Garbage collection$2.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$209 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$128 thousand
  • Road charges$45 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money12%

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

From the federal government
12%$7.2 million

State tax money29%

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

From the state
29%$17.5 million

Local tax money1.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.3%$797 thousand

Fines and other2.4%

Interest, rents and other
1.9%$1.1 million
Fines
0.6%$343 thousand

Where it goes

Social services41%Running the government and other costs34%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Health and hospitals2.5%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.4%All other spending3.8%

What stands out

41%

of Monroe 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
41%$21.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$15.2 million
  • Welfare institutions$6.6 million
Running the government and other costs
34%$18.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$14.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.8 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.1 million
  • Government buildings$803 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$8.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$3.3 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.4 million
Health and hospitals
2.5%$1.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.3 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.4%$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
2.1%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$656 thousand
  • Libraries$456 thousand
Interest on debt
1.7%$915 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Monroe 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 Monroe 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.