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DANE COUNTY finances

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DANE COUNTY

County in Wisconsin (Dane County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 12/31); population 552,536.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$285.4 millionT
Charges and fees$82.1 millionA
Other general revenue$10.2 millionU
From the federal government$90.8 millionB
From the state government$181.0 millionC
From local governments$16.9 millionD
Spending: current operations$586.1 millionE
Spending: construction$60.6 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$9.8 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$0L M Q S
General revenue$666.3 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$656.6 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$432.2 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Welfare NEC$256.2 million
General NEC$59.6 million
Police Protection$53.3 million
Correction Insts$46.1 million
Judicial$37.4 million
Parks & Rec$36.8 million
Central Staff$33.5 million
Air Trans$27.4 million
Welfare Insts$24.1 million
Solid Waste Mgt$21.9 million
Regular Highways$18.5 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$12.2 million
Health$8.6 million
Libraries$6.5 million
Financial Adm$4.4 million
Parking$430,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$405.1 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$131.0 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$103.9 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$432.2 million
A01Air Transportation Charges$24.0 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$2,000
A59Nat Resources NEC Charges$213,000
A60Parking Facilities Charges$739,000
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$11.1 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$27.1 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$18.9 million
B89Federal IG Other$90.8 million
C89State IG Other$181.0 million
D89Local IG Other$16.9 million
E01Air Trans Current Operation$27.4 million
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$46.0 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$4.4 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$37.4 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$33.5 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$9.5 million
E32Health-Current Operation$8.6 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$6.5 million
E60Parking-Current Operation$296,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$26.0 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$45.2 million
E77Welfare Insts-Curr Operation$24.1 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$255.0 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$21.9 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$40.4 million
F04Correction Insts-Construction$29,000
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$2.7 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$18.5 million
F60Parking-Construction$134,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$10.8 million
F62Police Protection-Construction$8.1 million
F79Welfare NEC-Construction$1.2 million
F89General NEC-Construction$19.2 million
I89General Interest on Debt$9.8 million
T01Property Tax$198.5 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$70.4 million
T24Motor Vehicle License$11.9 million
T29Other License Tax$944,000
T51Documentary & Stock Trans Tax$3.6 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$937,000
U20Interest Earnings$525,000
U30Fines & Forfeits$1.6 million
U40Rents$264,000
U50Donations From Private Sources$1.3 million
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$5.6 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 551025177056.