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Milwaukee County

Counties · Milwaukee County · Wisconsin · population 918,661

$1,611,304,913revenue, 2024
$1,654,406,113spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$1,611,304,913 $1,654,406,113$-43,101,200
2023$1,285,757,302 $1,274,987,561$10,769,741

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $291,780,821
  • Other Financing Sources $277,254,777
  • Public Charges for Services $272,792,212
  • All Other State Aids $198,660,900
  • Federal Aids $190,378,242
  • Other Taxes $183,591,655
  • Intergovernmental Charges for Services $62,043,019
  • Other Revenues $49,164,331
  • State Shared Revenues $39,534,570
  • Interest Income $32,874,677

Where it went (2024)

  • Health and Human Services $403,257,778
  • General Government $262,428,949
  • Other Public Safety $256,464,131
  • Other Financing Uses $244,508,863
  • Parks and Recreation $158,046,360
  • Other Transportation $84,939,984
  • Law Enforcement $67,826,884
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $63,002,973
  • Culture and Education $48,938,136
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $29,196,390
  • Highway Construction $20,672,247
  • Ambulance $10,877,112

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$1,459,107,000 $1,418,243,000$40,864,000
2023$1,400,255,000 $1,333,957,000$66,298,000
2022$1,343,019,000 $1,266,050,000$76,969,000
2021$1,277,121,000 $1,135,563,000$141,558,000
2020$1,209,434,000 $1,068,083,000$141,351,000
2019$1,190,900,000 $1,061,293,000$129,607,000
2018$1,183,106,000 $1,076,134,000$106,972,000
2017$1,336,858,000 $1,288,797,000$48,061,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Charges for services $401,662,000
  • State aid $330,651,000
  • Property tax $305,420,000
  • Federal aid $188,315,000
  • Other taxes $114,450,000
  • Other revenue $83,538,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $24,868,000
  • Aid from other local governments $10,203,000

Where it went (2024)

  • Health $233,101,000
  • Corrections $221,108,000
  • Parks & recreation $158,028,000
  • Transit $147,307,000
  • General / other $133,324,000
  • Public welfare $123,222,000
  • Airports $109,933,000
  • Courts $82,206,000
  • Police $70,664,000
  • Financial administration $62,966,000
  • Highways & roads $25,172,000
  • Interest on debt $23,706,000

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.