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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The price of local government in 2016: Dewitt County

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The Dewitt County budget was $23.10 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 6.4 percent from 2015, when the county spent $24.68 million.

Dewitt County has a population of 16,516.

Since 2001, the Dewitt County budget has fallen by 8.1 percent, from $25.14 million. The county population has remained same.

Salaries accounted for 19.2 percent of county spending in 2016. Dewitt County property taxpayers paid $4.43 million for 150 full-time employees and 15 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 150 full-time employees and 12 part-time employees, and spent $6.19 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
16,516
$23,102,820
$4,434,167
19.2
165
$26,874
2015
16,516
$24,676,476
$4,411,020
17.9
165
$26,733
2014
16,516
$25,256,060
$4,474,367
17.7
165
$27,117
2013
16,516
$23,384,061
$4,500,720
19.2
165
$27,277
2012
16,516
$22,432,680
$4,498,784
20.1
165
$27,265
2011
16,516
$21,575,931
$4,509,373
20.9
165
$27,330
2010
16,516
$26,707,002
$4,532,664
17
165
$27,471
2009
16,516
$25,023,834
$4,462,898
17.8
165
$27,048
2008
16,516
$24,590,991
$4,310,127
17.5
165
$26,122
2007
16,516
$24,991,809
$4,382,546
17.5
165
$26,561
2006
16,516
$23,690,693
$4,534,974
19.1
165
$27,485
2005
16,516
$25,168,064
$4,848,462
19.3
165
$29,385
2004
16,516
$27,065,820
$6,307,799
23.3
165
$38,229
2003
16,516
$21,798,798
$6,458,401
29.6
165
$39,142
2002
16,516
$21,458,403
$7,119,290
33.2
162
$43,946
2001
16,516
$25,142,991
$6,187,724
24.6
162
$38,196

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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