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The price of local government in 2016: Woodford County

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The Woodford County budget was $21.18 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of four percent from 2015, when the county spent $22.07 million.

Woodford County has a population of 39,227.

Since 2001, the Woodford County budget has grown by 11.6 percent, from $18.98 million. The county population has grown 10.6 percent over the same period, from 35,469.

Salaries accounted for 29.2 percent of county spending in 2016. Woodford County property taxpayers paid $6.18 million for 111 full-time employees and 63 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 100 full-time employees and 60 part-time employees, and spent $4.66 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
39,227
$21,182,062
$6,181,628
29.2
174
$35,527
2015
39,227
$22,066,321
$6,232,107
28.2
179
$34,816
2014
38,664
$21,852,930
$6,243,357
28.6
199
$31,374
2013
38,664
$22,103,508
$6,104,661
27.6
192
$31,795
2012
38,664
$19,287,152
$5,809,298
30.1
196
$29,639
2011
38,664
$19,702,581
$6,016,117
30.5
206
$29,204
2010
38,664
$18,409,977
$6,137,891
33.3
196
$31,316
2009
38,503
$18,230,273
$6,058,610
33.2
207
$29,269
2008
35,469
$19,835,345
$5,983,694
30.2
162
$36,936
2007
35,469
$14,371,340
$5,591,531
38.9
155
$36,074
2006
37,904
$18,283,965
$5,827,971
31.9
162
$35,975
2005
36,967
$18,238,224
$5,473,086
30
138
$39,660
2004
35,469
$17,675,874
$5,236,427
29.6
132
$39,670
2003
35,469
$15,592,816
$5,054,814
32.4
204
$24,779
2002
35,469
$17,091,659
$5,091,365
29.8
200
$25,457
2001
35,469
$18,980,306
$4,661,937
24.6
160
$29,137

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

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