That's a decrease of 15.5 percent from 2015, when the county spent $13.06 million.
Mercer County has a population of 16,434.
Since 2001, the Mercer County budget has fallen by 7.6 percent, from $11.93 million. The county population has fallen 3.1 percent over the same period, from 16,957.
Salaries accounted for 36.1 percent of county spending in 2016. Mercer County property taxpayers paid $3.99 million for 70 full-time employees and 52 part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 235 full-time employees and 135 part-time employees, and spent $3.55 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
16,434
$11,028,953
$3,986,266
36.1
122
$32,674
2015
16,434
$13,058,285
$1,344,922
10.3
144
$9,340
2014
164,340
$12,807,945
$4,051,097
31.6
151
$26,828
2013
16,178
$11,139,068
$4,406,202
39.6
127
$34,695
2011
16,434
$12,054,770
$4,337,522
36
142
$30,546
2010
16,481
$12,658,740
$4,280,892
33.8
107
$40,008
2009
16,481
$13,276,068
$4,272,888
32.2
97
$44,050
2008
16,975
$11,985,156
$4,139,474
34.5
97
$42,675
2007
16,975
$11,861,174
$4,229,296
35.7
97
$43,601
2006
16,975
$11,598,859
$3,935,639
33.9
98
$40,160
2005
16,975
$11,980,913
$3,715,499
31
98
$37,913
2004
16,973
$11,456,480
$3,895,943
34
98
$39,755
2003
16,957
$10,762,822
$3,380,730
31.4
98
$34,497
2002
16,957
$11,369,254
$3,668,925
32.3
435
$8,434
2001
16,957
$11,929,768
$3,554,659
29.8
370
$9,607
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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