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Dane County

Counties · Dane County · Wisconsin · population 568,203

$919,357,752revenue, 2024
$894,406,270spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$919,357,752 $894,406,270$24,951,482
2023$1,079,463,091 $944,875,414$134,587,677

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Other Financing Sources $254,682,758
  • General Property Taxes $254,549,806
  • All Other State Aids $179,407,816
  • Other Taxes $90,525,896
  • Federal Aids $25,931,434
  • Interest Income $24,191,306
  • Public Charges for Services $23,951,936
  • Intergovernmental Charges for Services $21,876,547
  • Other Revenues $17,792,498
  • State Shared Revenues $11,932,117

Where it went (2024)

  • Health and Human Services $287,633,648
  • Other Financing Uses $111,988,993
  • General Government $110,406,787
  • Other Public Safety $108,607,745
  • Law Enforcement $64,854,028
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $58,747,831
  • Parks and Recreation $56,057,871
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $25,121,382
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $21,821,621
  • Conservation and Development $16,381,567
  • Highway Construction $15,564,082
  • Culture and Education $9,878,757

US Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$760,101,000 $770,215,000$-10,114,000
2023$710,055,000 $671,766,000$38,289,000
2022$666,308,000 $656,553,000$9,755,000
2021$623,001,000 $627,494,000$-4,493,000
2020$545,420,000 $548,760,000$-3,340,000
2019$544,479,000 $528,224,000$16,255,000
2018$581,555,000 $598,404,000$-16,849,000
2017$551,487,000 $556,209,000$-4,722,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $222,085,000
  • State aid $214,043,000
  • Charges for services $102,169,000
  • Other taxes $99,468,000
  • Other revenue $53,180,000
  • Federal aid $51,102,000
  • Aid from other local governments $18,054,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Public welfare $302,462,000
  • General / other $84,689,000
  • Police $59,347,000
  • Parks & recreation $55,949,000
  • Corrections $54,770,000
  • Courts $43,341,000
  • Airports $36,518,000
  • Solid waste $28,965,000
  • Central staff $25,980,000
  • Interest on debt $18,557,000
  • Highways & roads $15,799,000
  • Public buildings $14,875,000

Meetings, agendas & budget documents

This government's minutes, agendas and budget documents will appear here once its website has been added to our collection.

These are reported actuals, not adopted budgets. Census amounts are published in thousands of dollars and rounded to the nearest $1,000. Sources: Census government finances, Wisconsin DOR.