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Portage County

Counties · Portage County · Wisconsin · population 70,718

$103,120,278revenue, 2024
$90,118,259spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$103,120,278 $90,118,259$13,002,019
2023$95,762,496 $86,554,079$9,208,417

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $34,927,788
  • Public Charges for Services $12,717,076
  • All Other State Aids $12,554,684
  • Other Financing Sources $11,485,436
  • Other Taxes $11,201,753
  • Federal Aids $3,828,850
  • State Highway Aids $3,710,536
  • Other Revenues $3,587,225
  • State Shared Revenues $3,280,781
  • Interest Income $3,247,196

Where it went (2024)

  • Health and Human Services $30,721,299
  • General Government $13,336,655
  • Law Enforcement $9,900,994
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $8,531,394
  • Other Public Safety $5,700,149
  • Ambulance $5,105,678
  • Conservation and Development $4,564,863
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $3,939,870
  • Highway Construction $2,876,692
  • Culture and Education $2,425,488
  • Parks and Recreation $1,825,619
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $568,465

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$95,264,000 $105,147,000$-9,883,000
2023$84,045,000 $93,357,000$-9,312,000
2022$82,115,000 $88,813,000$-6,698,000
2021$81,576,000 $72,934,000$8,642,000
2020$81,221,000 $90,931,000$-9,710,000
2019$76,071,000 $86,275,000$-10,204,000
2017$72,584,000 $144,819,000$-72,235,000

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Property tax $34,905,000
  • State aid $19,076,000
  • Charges for services $18,214,000
  • Other taxes $10,821,000
  • Federal aid $5,680,000
  • Other revenue $5,554,000
  • Aid from other local governments $1,014,000

Where it went (2024)

  • General / other $24,823,000
  • Health $16,144,000
  • Public welfare $15,431,000
  • Highways & roads $14,523,000
  • Police $10,732,000
  • Corrections $5,167,000
  • Courts $3,673,000
  • Financial administration $2,971,000
  • Solid waste $2,849,000
  • Central staff $2,417,000
  • Public buildings $2,136,000
  • Libraries $1,989,000

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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.