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LAKE COUNTY finances

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LAKE COUNTY

County in Illinois (Lake County area). Fiscal year 2024 (year ends 11/30); population 709,150.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$350.6 millionT
Charges and fees$99.3 millionA
Other general revenue$72.5 millionU
From the federal government$37.7 millionB
From the state government$151.8 millionC
From local governments$6.2 millionD
Spending: current operations$473.1 millionE
Spending: construction$82.7 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$12.4 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$496,000L M Q S
General revenue$717.9 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$568.2 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$342.4 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Police Protection$80.4 million
Health$80.2 million
Central Staff$71.9 million
Regular Highways$67.5 million
General NEC$56.1 million
Water Utilities$50.6 million
Parks & Rec$50.5 million
Judicial$50.1 million
Natural Resources NEC$39.0 million
Protective Inspection$3.6 million
Correction Insts$3.3 million
Financial Adm$2.3 million
Hospitals$237,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$380.2 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$37.8 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$342.4 million
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$8.2 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$8.8 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$33.0 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$49.3 million
B89Federal IG Other$37.7 million
C89State IG Other$151.8 million
D89Local IG Other$6.2 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$3.3 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$2.3 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$50.1 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$47.7 million
E32Health-Current Operation$80.2 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$26.3 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$29.6 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$50.5 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$72.7 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$3.6 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$56.1 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$50.6 million
F29Central Staff-Construction$24.2 million
F36Hospitals-Construction$237,000
F44Regular Highways-Construction$41.2 million
F59Natural Resources NEC-Constr$9.4 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$7.7 million
I89General Interest on Debt$12.4 million
L89General NEC-IG to State$163,000
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$333,000
T01Property Tax$280.0 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$41.2 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$19.9 million
T29Other License Tax$6.5 million
T99Taxes, NEC$3.0 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$234,000
U20Interest Earnings$23.9 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$946,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$4.6 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$42.8 million

Source: State and local government finances 2024, annual survey sample of units (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 171097162144.