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The price of local government in 2016: Winnebago County

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The Winnebago County budget was $205.86 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 4.4 percent from 2015, when the county spent $215.39 million.

Winnebago County has a population of 295,266.

Since 2001, the Winnebago County budget has grown by 11.6 percent, from $184.51 million. The county population has grown 6.1 percent over the same period, from 278,418.

Salaries accounted for 36.5 percent of county spending in 2016. Winnebago County property taxpayers paid $75.08 million for 1241 full-time employees and 163 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 1325 full-time employees and 235 part-time employees, and spent $63.02 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
295,266
$205,860,318
$75,076,700
36.5
1,404
$53,473
2015
295,266
$215,386,543
$73,451,423
34.1
1,492
$49,230
2014
288,542
$211,742,105
$73,116,350
34.5
1,545
$47,324
2013
295,266
$236,225,012
$72,287,790
30.6
1,576
$45,868
2012
278,418
$225,002,449
$69,654,502
31
1,580
$44,085
2011
295,266
$230,411,409
$71,008,604
30.8
1,577
$45,028
2010
278,418
$266,074,390
$76,051,181
28.6
1,708
$44,526
2009
278,418
$272,749,911
$831,184,249
304.7
1,722
$482,685
2008
278,418
$292,713,789
$93,188,724
31.8
1,905
$48,918
2007
278,418
$310,137,230
$80,405,615
25.9
1,896
$42,408
2006
278,418
$384,067,629
$69,273,311
18
1,704
$40,653
2005
278,418
$323,450,988
$67,682,758
20.9
1,626
$41,625
2003
278,418
$177,627,896
$62,687,847
35.3
1,550
$40,444
2002
278,418
$182,281,653
$64,387,681
35.3
1,580
$40,752
2001
278,418
$184,512,176
$63,021,403
34.2
1,560
$40,398

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

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