That's an increase of two percent from 2016, when the county spent $19.85 million.
Jo Daviess County has a population of 21,770.
Since 2001, the Jo Daviess County budget has grown by 13.3 percent, from $17.88 million. The county population has fallen 2.3 percent over the same period, from 22,289.
Salaries accounted for 27.7 percent of county spending in 2017. Jo Daviess County property taxpayers paid $5.60 million for 103 full-time employees and 13 part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 110 full-time employees and 220 part-time employees, and spent $5.35 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
21,770
$20,256,092
$5,604,327
27.7
116
$48,313
2016
22,086
$19,852,265
$5,595,424
28.2
119
$47,020
2015
22,086
$22,459,104
$5,705,304
25.4
133
$42,897
2014
22,254
$21,545,773
$5,745,136
26.7
119
$48,278
2013
22,549
$23,419,079
$5,679,969
24.3
126
$45,079
2012
22,712
$22,282,146
$5,681,508
25.5
129
$44,043
2011
22,678
$21,736,167
$5,862,935
27
133
$44,082
2010
21,990
$21,785,506
$5,943,713
27.3
133
$44,690
2009
22,188
$21,168,735
$6,145,419
29
146
$42,092
2008
22,304
$21,955,705
$6,049,575
27.6
146
$41,435
2007
22,580
$22,559,448
$6,047,045
26.8
145
$41,704
2006
22,580
$20,458,393
$6,232,456
30.5
175
$35,614
2005
22,390
$17,540,331
$6,029,893
34.4
137
$44,014
2004
22,390
$20,169,133
$5,363,843
26.6
139
$38,589
2003
22,390
$16,986,968
$5,108,874
30.1
190
$26,889
2002
22,289
$19,969,204
$5,200,871
26
197
$26,400
2001
22,289
$17,879,924
$5,354,103
29.9
330
$16,225
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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