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BENTON COUNTY finances

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BENTON COUNTY

County in Arkansas (Benton County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 288,774.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$114.9 millionT
Charges and fees$7.5 millionA
Other general revenue$6.1 millionU
From the federal government$43.3 millionB
From the state government$11.6 millionC
From local governments$0D
Spending: current operations$84.7 millionE
Spending: construction$10.1 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$107,000I
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$57.3 millionL M Q S
General revenue$183.5 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$95.0 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$6.0 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Police Protection$16.7 million
Regular Highways$16.5 million
Correction Insts$15.2 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$14.8 million
General NEC$9.9 million
Central Staff$4.9 million
Judicial$4.9 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.7 million
Financial Adm$2.3 million
Health$2.3 million
Correction NEC$2.0 million
Water Utilities$933,000
Local Fire Protection$876,000
Solid Waste Mgt$451,000
Welfare NEC$321,000
Natural Resources NEC$15,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$6.9 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$868,000
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$6.0 million
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$1,000
A89All Other NEC Charges$6.8 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$750,000
B89Federal IG Other$43.3 million
C89State IG Other$11.6 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$15.2 million
E05Correction NEC-Current Oper$2.0 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$2.3 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$350,000
E25Judicial-Current Operation$4.9 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$4.9 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.7 million
E32Health-Current Operation$2.3 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$13.0 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$14.8 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$15,000
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$15.9 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$321,000
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$451,000
E89General NEC-Current Operation$5.2 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$377,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$526,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$3.5 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$808,000
F89General NEC-Construction$4.7 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$556,000
I89General Interest on Debt$43,000
I91Water Utilities-Interest$64,000
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$57.3 million
T01Property Tax$42.5 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$70.1 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$2.2 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$212,000
U20Interest Earnings$310,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$2.6 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$3.0 million

Source: State and local government finances 2022, Census of Governments: every local government (U.S. Census Bureau) (U.S. Census Bureau). Collected Nov 14, 2026 11:48 PM CST. Amounts as published (thousands of dollars in the file; shown in dollars). Group totals are sums of item codes by letter. Item code list: Census technical documentation. Government ID 051007203944.