ZIP 41063 · Kenton 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 county

This ZIP is outside any city or town, so Kenton County provides local services like police and parks.

Kenton County

$479 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Fees for services (sewer, parking)40%Federal tax money23%County taxes20%Fines and other14%State tax money3.0%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

40%

of Kenton County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 11%.

Full Kenton County breakdown

County taxes20%

Individual income tax
9.0%$32.5 million
Property tax
6.1%$21.9 million
Other taxes
5.0%$17.9 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere; other licenses and 5 more
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$9.6 million
  • Other licenses$2.4 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$2.4 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$1.2 million
  • Public utility taxes$1.1 million
  • Corporation licenses$1.0 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$227 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services40%

Fees for services
40%$146 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 3 more
  • Sewer$133 million
  • Other service charges$10.1 million
  • Parking$956 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$713 thousand
  • Road charges$290 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money23%

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

From the federal government
23%$81.4 million

State tax money3.0%

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

From the state
3.0%$10.9 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$623 thousand

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
14%$48.8 million
Fines
<0.1%$122 thousand
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Where the money goes

Roads, transit and parking61%Water, sewer, trash and utilities17%Running the government and other costs7.5%Police, fire, courts and jails4.4%Interest on debt3.8%All other spending5.7%

What stands out

61%

of Kenton County's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 8.9%.

Full Kenton County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
61%$294 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports; public transit and 1 more
  • Airports$281 million
  • Public transit$8.4 million
  • Roads and highways$5.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
17%$82.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$82.4 million
Running the government and other costs
7.5%$35.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$26.6 million
  • Government buildings$4.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.4 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.6 million
  • Other government-run businesses$75 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.4%$21.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$13.9 million
  • Police$6.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.2 million
Interest on debt
3.8%$18.3 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.8%$13.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$13.3 million
Sent to other local governments
1.9%$9.1 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$6.9 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$2.2 million
Health and hospitals
0.9%$4.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.4 million
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$315 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$315 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$230 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$230 thousand
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Your schools

Kenton County School District

$210 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes52%State tax money41%Fines and other3.4%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.8%Federal tax money0.4%
Full Kenton County School District breakdown

What stands out

48%

of Kenton County School District's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 29%.

School district taxes52%

Property tax
48%$79.6 million
Other taxes
4.2%$7.0 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$7.0 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.8%

Fees for services
2.8%$4.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$2.6 million
  • School lunches$1.2 million
  • School tuition and transportation$878 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.4%

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

From the federal government
0.4%$616 thousand

State tax money41%

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

From the state
41%$68.6 million

County and local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
<0.1%$36 thousand

Fines and other3.4%

Interest, rents and other
3.4%$5.7 million
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Where the money goes

Schools and colleges97%Interest on debt3.4%
Full Kenton County School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
97%$202 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$202 million
Interest on debt
3.4%$7.1 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$17 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts and sent to the state government
  • Sent to school districts$16 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$1 thousand
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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.

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

Kenton 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.