ZIP 40507 · Lexington-Fayette Urban County, KY

Three governments run on your community's money

From the state down to your schools: where each one's money comes from and goes.

Yearly budgets from each government's latest fiscal year on record. Tap one to jump to it.

Your state

Commonwealth of Kentucky

$47.8 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Federal tax money44%State taxes35%Fees for services (hospital bills, college tuition)14%Fines and other5.7%Local tax money0.1%

What stands out

44%

of Kentucky's money comes from federal tax money.A typical state government gets 35%.

Full Kentucky breakdown

State taxes35%

Sales tax
12%$5.80 billion
Individual income tax
10%$5.02 billion
Other taxes
7.2%$3.49 billion
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor fuel taxes and 15 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.00 billion
  • Motor fuel taxes$906 million
  • Tobacco taxes$313 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$221 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$221 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$195 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$149 million
  • Corporation licenses$122 million
  • Severance taxes$115 million
  • Public utility taxes$80.7 million
  • Estate and gift taxes$75.6 million
  • Driver's licenses$32.7 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$30.3 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$9.1 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$8.1 million
  • Other licenses$6.3 million
  • Amusement licenses$332 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
4.2%$2.04 billion
Property tax
1.7%$808 million

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$6.98 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 12 more
  • Hospital bills$4.82 billion
  • College tuition$1.30 billion
  • University housing and dining$451 million
  • Other service charges$145 million
  • Parks and recreation$79.1 million
  • Road charges$77.0 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$76.3 million
  • Housing$19.0 million
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$12.0 million
  • Other education charges$1.6 million
  • Garbage collection$1.1 million
  • Airport$843 thousand
  • Other school charges$342 thousand
  • Water$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money44%

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

From the federal government
44%$21.5 billion

Local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.1%$57.4 million

Fines and other5.7%

Interest, rents and other
5.6%$2.71 billion
Fines
<0.1%$47.2 million
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Where the money goes

Social services44%Schools and colleges16%Sent to local governments14%Health and hospitals11%Roads, transit and parking5.2%All other spending11%

What stands out

44%

of Kentucky's spending goes to social services.A typical state government spends 31%.

Full Kentucky breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
44%$20.8 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 1 more
  • Other public welfare$20.5 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$158 million
  • Veterans' services$95.3 million
Schools and colleges
16%$7.46 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 3 more
  • Colleges and universities$4.54 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.25 billion
  • Elementary and secondary schools$865 million
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$632 million
  • Other education$179 million
Sent to local governments
14%$6.77 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: other and not broken out and 17 more
  • Sent to school districts$5.22 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$519 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$286 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$154 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$149 million
  • Sent to local governments: other education$112 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$58.3 million
  • Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$55.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$48.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$39.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$39.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$32.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$13.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$11.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$10.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$9.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$7.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$5.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$684 thousand
Health and hospitals
11%$5.08 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$4.46 billion
  • Public health$620 million
Roads, transit and parking
5.2%$2.51 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; toll roads and bridges and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$2.48 billion
  • Toll roads and bridges$15.6 million
  • Airports$12.6 million
  • Public transit$2.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.8%$2.32 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$816 million
  • Courts and legal services$799 million
  • Police$381 million
  • Inspections and regulation$240 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$83.0 million
Running the government and other costs
3.5%$1.66 billion
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$676 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$630 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$193 million
  • Other government administration$106 million
  • Government buildings$52.7 million
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$505 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$505 million
Housing and community development
0.6%$282 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$182 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$175 million
  • Libraries$7.9 million
Interest on debt
0.3%$141 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$104 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and garbage and solid waste
  • Water supply$62.9 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$40.8 million
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Your town

Fayette County is served by a consolidated city-county government (Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government), so there is no separate county section.

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

$881 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

City-county taxes49%Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)34%Federal tax money7.6%State tax money6.6%Fines and other2.1%County and local tax money0.9%
Full Lexington-Fayette Urban County breakdown

What stands out

24%

of Lexington-Fayette Urban County's money comes from a personal income tax.Most U.S. cities of 50,000+ people get none.

City-county taxes49%

Individual income tax
24%$268 million
Property tax
12%$133 million
Other taxes
7.9%$89.2 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; public utility taxes and 3 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$45.0 million
  • Public utility taxes$27.7 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$10.9 million
  • Other licenses$5.4 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$234 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
5.9%$66.8 million

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$379 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 7 more
  • Other service charges$248 million
  • Sewer$87.0 million
  • Garbage collection$8.3 million
  • Hospital bills$8.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$7.4 million
  • Housing$6.3 million
  • Parking$4.9 million
  • Other government-run businesses$4.7 million
  • Transit fares$3.8 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.6%

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

From the federal government
7.6%$85.9 million

State tax money6.6%

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

From the state
6.6%$74.3 million

County and local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.9%$10.2 million

Fines and other2.1%

Interest, rents and other
1.7%$19.6 million
Fines
0.3%$3.7 million
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Where the money goes

Running the government and other costs35%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Water, sewer, trash and utilities17%Housing and community development9.4%Parks, recreation and libraries8.6%All other spending13%

What stands out

9.4%

of Lexington-Fayette Urban County's spending goes to housing and community development.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 1.4%.

Full Lexington-Fayette Urban County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
35%$310 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$273 million
  • Other and not broken out$27.2 million
  • Other government-run businesses$10.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$153 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; probation, parole and other corrections and 1 more
  • Fire protection$82.3 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$47.7 million
  • Police$23.4 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
17%$147 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$89.5 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$57.6 million
Housing and community development
9.4%$83.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.6%$75.9 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$50.2 million
  • Libraries$25.8 million
Roads, transit and parking
6.5%$57.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit; roads and highways and 1 more
  • Public transit$31.7 million
  • Roads and highways$21.9 million
  • Parking$4.0 million
Health and hospitals
2.4%$21.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$21.6 million
Interest on debt
2.1%$18.4 million
Social services
1.6%$14.0 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$14.0 million
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Your schools

Fayette County School District

$888 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes60%State tax money33%Fines and other4.3%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.4%Federal tax money0.1%
Full Fayette County School District breakdown

What stands out

7.8%

of Fayette County School District's money comes from a personal income tax.Most school districts with 25,000+ students get none.

School district taxes60%

Property tax
49%$331 million
Individual income tax
7.8%$52.8 million
Other taxes
3.6%$24.7 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$24.7 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.4%

Fees for services
2.4%$16.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$13.4 million
  • School lunches$2.8 million
  • School tuition and transportation$92 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.1%

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

From the federal government
0.1%$998 thousand

State tax money33%

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

From the state
33%$223 million

Fines and other4.3%

Interest, rents and other
4.3%$29.0 million
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Where the money goes

Schools and colleges98%Interest on debt2.2%Sent to other local governments0.2%
Full Fayette County School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
98%$866 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$866 million
Interest on debt
2.2%$19.9 million
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$1.6 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts and sent to the state government
  • Sent to school districts$1.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$543 thousand
Fayette County School District page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

Commonwealth of Kentucky. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Fayette County School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

How a ZIP is matched. A ZIP code is not a government boundary, so we match it to the cities, counties and school districts that overlap it, using Census Bureau geography. Where a ZIP crosses several, each one is shown with its share of the ZIP. Each government's money covers its own operations only; the others listed here are separate.

Latest recorded year. The year differs by government: each block shows the newest fiscal year on file. A Census survey year covers fiscal years ending July 1 of the year before through June 30 of that year.