County government · Rusk County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Rusk County took in $27.7 million and spent $23.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes36%State tax money32%Fines and other15%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources, parks and recreation)14%Local tax money1.6%Federal tax money0.8%

What stands out

15%

of Rusk County's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 4.1%.

County taxes36%

Property tax
31%$8.5 million
Sales tax
4.3%$1.2 million
Other taxes
1.0%$278 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; real estate and stock transfer taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$199 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$65 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$3.9 million
What's in fees for servicesParks, land and natural resources; other service charges and 4 more
  • Parks, land and natural resources$2.0 million
  • Other service charges$1.7 million
  • Parks and recreation$164 thousand
  • Road charges$72 thousand
  • Airport$29 thousand
  • Garbage collection$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.8%

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

From the federal government
0.8%$230 thousand

State tax money32%

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

From the state
32%$9.0 million

Local tax money1.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.6%$452 thousand

Fines and other15%

Interest, rents and other
15%$4.0 million
Fines
0.3%$78 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails23%Roads, transit and parking17%Social services13%Health and hospitals12%All other spending8.6%

What stands out

13%

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

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
27%$6.3 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$3.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$750 thousand
  • Government buildings$707 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
23%$5.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$2.8 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
17%$4.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$2.9 million
  • Public transit$975 thousand
  • Airports$67 thousand
Social services
13%$2.9 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$2.9 million
Health and hospitals
12%$2.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.8 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.6%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$730 thousand
  • Libraries$346 thousand
Interest on debt
1.7%$397 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.4%$334 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$334 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.4%$89 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$89 thousand
Housing and community development
0.4%$85 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$29 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$29 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Rusk 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 Rusk 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.