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Forest County

Counties · Forest County · Wisconsin · population 8,960

$18,747,296revenue, 2024
$16,375,828spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$18,747,296 $16,375,828$2,371,468
2023$15,400,026 $15,625,035$-225,009

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $6,263,339
  • Other Financing Sources $3,500,000
  • All Other State Aids $2,310,888
  • Public Charges for Services $1,496,272
  • Federal Aids $1,256,660
  • Other Taxes $1,079,923
  • Other Revenues $581,265
  • Interest Income $553,548
  • Other Local Govt Aids $517,201
  • State Shared Revenues $392,497

Where it went (2024)

  • General Government $3,961,964
  • Health and Human Services $3,092,023
  • Other Public Safety $2,994,825
  • Law Enforcement $2,980,357
  • Highway Construction $812,059
  • Conservation and Development $662,114
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $636,362
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $325,000
  • Parks and Recreation $311,155
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $194,337
  • Culture and Education $158,000
  • Solid Waste Collection and Disposal $123,954

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2022$12,909,000 $15,299,000$-2,390,000
2017$15,616,000 $14,552,000$1,064,000

Where the money came from (2022)

  • Property tax $5,946,000
  • State aid $3,975,000
  • Other taxes $934,000
  • Charges for services $848,000
  • Aid from other local governments $602,000
  • Other revenue $578,000
  • Federal aid $26,000

Where it went (2022)

  • Police $3,425,000
  • Public buildings $2,063,000
  • Corrections $1,908,000
  • General / other $1,800,000
  • Public welfare $1,473,000
  • Highways & roads $1,104,000
  • Health $906,000
  • Courts $757,000
  • Parks & recreation $505,000
  • Financial administration $501,000
  • Central staff $410,000
  • Interest on debt $212,000

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.