County government · Sawyer County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sawyer County took in $30.1 million and spent $25.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes52%State tax money24%Fees for services (parks, land and natural resources, airport)20%Fines and other2.6%Federal tax money0.8%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

8.8%

of Sawyer County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes52%

Property tax
41%$12.4 million
Sales tax
8.8%$2.7 million
Other taxes
1.9%$569 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and real estate and stock transfer taxes
  • Other licenses$405 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$164 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services20%

Fees for services
20%$6.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks, land and natural resources and 2 more
  • Other service charges$3.9 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$2.1 million
  • Airport$72 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 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%$234 thousand

State tax money24%

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

From the state
24%$7.4 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$103 thousand

Fines and other2.6%

Interest, rents and other
2.5%$750 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$27 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails29%Health and hospitals26%Running the government and other costs25%Social services15%Parks, recreation and libraries4.0%All other spending1.7%

What stands out

15%

of Sawyer 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
29%$7.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$3.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.3 million
Health and hospitals
26%$6.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6.5 million
Running the government and other costs
25%$6.1 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$2.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.3 million
  • Government buildings$1.2 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$882 thousand
Social services
15%$3.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3.7 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.0%$1.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$658 thousand
  • Libraries$344 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
1.4%$348 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit; airports and 1 more
  • Public transit$150 thousand
  • Airports$136 thousand
  • Roads and highways$62 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$36 thousand
Housing and community development
0.1%$27 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$10 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sawyer 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 Sawyer 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.