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WARD COUNTY finances

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WARD COUNTY

County in North Dakota (Ward County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 68,466.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$25.1 millionT
Charges and fees$6.6 millionA
Other general revenue$853,000U
From the federal government$0B
From the state government$25.5 millionC
From local governments$1.7 millionD
Spending: current operations$48.2 millionE
Spending: construction$335,000F
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$1.1 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$55,000L M Q S
General revenue$59.7 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$49.7 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$22.0 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Regular Highways$9.5 million
Health$6.5 million
Correction Insts$6.4 million
Welfare NEC$6.1 million
General NEC$5.5 million
Police Protection$5.1 million
Judicial$2.3 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.1 million
Financial Adm$1.5 million
Natural Resources NEC$1.4 million
Central Staff$1.1 million
Libraries$523,000
Correction NEC$249,000
Parks & Rec$244,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$27.6 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$5.5 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$22.0 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$60,000
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$3,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$8,000
A89All Other NEC Charges$6.6 million
C89State IG Other$25.5 million
D89Local IG Other$1.7 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$6.4 million
E05Correction NEC-Current Oper$249,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$1.5 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$2.3 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$1.1 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$2.1 million
E32Health-Current Operation$6.3 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$9.5 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$438,000
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$1.4 million
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$244,000
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$5.1 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$6.1 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$5.5 million
F32Health-Construction$250,000
F52Libraries-Construction$85,000
I89General Interest on Debt$1.1 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$55,000
T01Property Tax$18.1 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$7.0 million
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$10,000
T21Amusement License Tax$2,000
T29Other License Tax$16,000
U01Special Assessments$39,000
U20Interest Earnings$61,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$1,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$752,000

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 381101171340.