County government · Trempealeau County, WI

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Trempealeau County took in $63.5 million and spent $56.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (road charges, parks, land and natural resources)44%County taxes28%State tax money21%Fines and other6.1%Local tax money1.0%

What stands out

44%

of Trempealeau 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 taxes28%

Property tax
24%$15.2 million
Sales tax
4.0%$2.6 million
Other taxes
0.4%$250 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and real estate and stock transfer taxes
  • Other licenses$150 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$100 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services44%

Fees for services
44%$27.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 2 more
  • Other service charges$26.5 million
  • Road charges$960 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$181 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$31 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money21%

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

From the state
21%$13.3 million

Local tax money1.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.0%$628 thousand

Fines and other6.1%

Interest, rents and other
5.9%$3.7 million
Fines
0.2%$123 thousand

Where it goes

Social services49%Running the government and other costs22%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Health and hospitals7.7%Interest on debt2.8%All other spending4.3%

What stands out

49%

of Trempealeau 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
49%$27.9 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions and other public welfare
  • Welfare institutions$23.3 million
  • Other public welfare$4.6 million
Running the government and other costs
22%$12.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsGovernment buildings; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Government buildings$5.5 million
  • Other and not broken out$4.4 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$800 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$8.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$4.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.5 million
Health and hospitals
7.7%$4.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.4 million
Interest on debt
2.8%$1.6 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.2%$1.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$695 thousand
  • Libraries$527 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
2.0%$1.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.2 million
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$46 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$46 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Trempealeau 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 Trempealeau 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.