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The price of local government in 2017: Edwards County

Budget 08

The Edwards County budget was $3.21 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 2.9 percent from 2016, when the county spent $3.31 million.

Edwards County has a population of 6,971.

Since 2001, the Edwards County budget has grown by 0.6 percent, from $3.20 million. The county population has remained same.

Salaries accounted for 35.4 percent of county spending in 2017. Edwards County property taxpayers paid $1.14 million for 31 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 31 full-time employees and 25 part-time employees, and spent $1.15 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
6,971
$3,213,000
$1,138,723
35.4
41
$27,774
2016
6,971
$3,307,500
$1,072,745
32.4
41
$26,165
2015
6,727
$3,664,842
$1,148,546
31.3
141
$8,146
2014
6,727
$3,611,489
$1,130,861
31.3
145
$7,799
2013
6,971
$3,256,459
$1,103,395
33.9
41
$26,912
2012
6,971
$3,286,612
$1,113,612
33.9
41
$27,161
2011
6,971
$4,116,937
$1,132,774
27.5
41
$27,629
2010
6,971
$3,793,653
$1,187,913
31.3
41
$28,973
2009
6,971
$3,604,028
$1,287,948
35.7
41
$31,413
2008
6,971
$3,628,285
$1,053,446
29
41
$25,694
2005
6,971
$3,567,066
$1,080,365
30.3
41
$26,350
2004
6,971
$3,810,822
$1,030,977
27.1
41
$25,146
2003
6,971
$3,277,282
$1,054,033
32.2
41
$25,708
2002
6,971
$3,249,848
$1,204,552
37.1
53
$22,727
2001
6,971
$3,195,000
$1,146,318
35.9
56
$20,470

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

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