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The price of local government in 2016: Henry County

Budget 10

The Henry County budget was $39.65 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 6.3 percent from 2015, when the county spent $37.30 million.

Henry County has a population of 50,438.

Since 2001, the Henry County budget has grown by 19.9 percent, from $33.08 million. The county population has fallen 1.3 percent over the same period, from 51,100.

Salaries accounted for 38.6 percent of county spending in 2016. Henry County property taxpayers paid $15.31 million for 305 full-time employees and 238 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 444 full-time employees and 97 part-time employees, and spent $10.91 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
50,438
$39,650,166
$15,309,754
38.6
543
$28,195
2015
50,438
$37,297,372
$15,236,539
40.9
550
$27,703
2014
49,635
$37,967,584
$14,604,947
38.5
511
$28,581
2013
49,860
$35,524,081
$15,194,046
42.8
558
$27,229
2012
50,328
$32,977,722
$14,653,524
44.4
515
$28,453
2011
50,486
$33,456,408
$14,972,655
44.8
500
$29,945
2010
49,569
$34,282,938
$14,986,231
43.7
497
$30,153
2009
49,569
$37,553,478
$15,351,834
40.9
531
$28,911
2008
49,569
$34,012,811
$15,061,981
44.3
504
$29,885
2007
51,020
$34,103,296
$14,854,221
43.6
503
$29,531
2006
51,020
$32,612,328
$11,567,495
35.5
523
$22,118
2005
51,020
$33,948,636
$14,918,423
43.9
645
$23,129
2004
51,020
$41,112,555
$15,319,206
37.3
645
$23,751
2003
51,020
$33,933,382
$15,354,560
45.2
502
$30,587
2002
51,100
$35,707,553
$15,908,448
44.6
513
$31,011
2001
51,100
$33,081,966
$10,910,006
33
541
$20,166

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

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