Local

Where state aid goes, by county

State money that reaches each county’s local governments in FY25 (July 2024 to June 2025), per resident: the property tax credits the state pays the county treasurer for every local government there, and the Road Use Tax money cities report from the state. All state money to local governments · School aid

$681.9M
property tax credits and city road money, FY25
$210
per Iowan1
$288
most per resident: Ida County

State aid per resident, FY25

Darker counties get more per resident. Tap or hover a county for its numbers.

Adair County: $272 per resident ($2.0M)Adams County: $258 per resident ($931K)Allamakee County: $205 per resident ($2.9M)Appanoose County: $207 per resident ($2.5M)Audubon County: $253 per resident ($1.4M)Benton County: $226 per resident ($5.8M)Black Hawk County: $224 per resident ($29.6M)Boone County: $193 per resident ($5.1M)Bremer County: $210 per resident ($5.3M)Buchanan County: $220 per resident ($4.6M)Buena Vista County: $239 per resident ($5.0M)Butler County: $211 per resident ($3.0M)Calhoun County: $236 per resident ($2.3M)Carroll County: $219 per resident ($4.5M)Cass County: $267 per resident ($3.5M)Cedar County: $223 per resident ($4.1M)Cerro Gordo County: $242 per resident ($10.3M)Cherokee County: $238 per resident ($2.8M)Chickasaw County: $207 per resident ($2.4M)Clarke County: $220 per resident ($2.1M)Clay County: $249 per resident ($4.1M)Clayton County: $211 per resident ($3.6M)Clinton County: $238 per resident ($10.9M)Crawford County: $219 per resident ($3.6M)Dallas County: $133 per resident ($15.3M)Davis County: $172 per resident ($1.6M)Decatur County: $213 per resident ($1.6M)Delaware County: $202 per resident ($3.6M)Des Moines County: $217 per resident ($8.3M)Dickinson County: $259 per resident ($4.7M)Dubuque County: $192 per resident ($19.1M)Emmet County: $274 per resident ($2.5M)Fayette County: $224 per resident ($4.3M)Floyd County: $225 per resident ($3.4M)Franklin County: $262 per resident ($2.6M)Fremont County: $257 per resident ($1.7M)Greene County: $288 per resident ($2.5M)Grundy County: $249 per resident ($3.1M)Guthrie County: $216 per resident ($2.3M)Hamilton County: $239 per resident ($3.5M)Hancock County: $225 per resident ($2.4M)Hardin County: $247 per resident ($4.1M)Harrison County: $209 per resident ($3.1M)Henry County: $215 per resident ($4.2M)Howard County: $205 per resident ($1.9M)Humboldt County: $258 per resident ($2.5M)Ida County: $288 per resident ($2.0M)Iowa County: $197 per resident ($3.2M)Jackson County: $201 per resident ($3.9M)Jasper County: $195 per resident ($7.4M)Jefferson County: $206 per resident ($3.3M)Johnson County: $185 per resident ($29.6M)Jones County: $190 per resident ($4.0M)Keokuk County: $221 per resident ($2.2M)Kossuth County: $250 per resident ($3.6M)Lee County: $220 per resident ($7.1M)Linn County: $216 per resident ($50.1M)Louisa County: $182 per resident ($1.9M)Lucas County: $205 per resident ($1.8M)Lyon County: $193 per resident ($2.4M)Madison County: $181 per resident ($3.1M)Mahaska County: $200 per resident ($4.4M)Marion County: $184 per resident ($6.3M)Marshall County: $205 per resident ($8.3M)Mills County: $185 per resident ($2.7M)Mitchell County: $210 per resident ($2.2M)Monona County: $141 per resident ($1.2M)Monroe County: $215 per resident ($1.6M)Montgomery County: $267 per resident ($2.7M)Muscatine County: $201 per resident ($8.5M)O'Brien County: $252 per resident ($3.6M)Osceola County: $249 per resident ($1.5M)Page County: $238 per resident ($3.6M)Palo Alto County: $253 per resident ($2.2M)Plymouth County: $198 per resident ($5.1M)Pocahontas County: $268 per resident ($1.9M)Polk County: $218 per resident ($112.8M)Pottawattamie County: $215 per resident ($20.1M)Poweshiek County: $224 per resident ($4.1M)Ringgold County: $235 per resident ($1.1M)Sac County: $271 per resident ($2.6M)Scott County: $215 per resident ($37.8M)Shelby County: $243 per resident ($2.9M)Sioux County: $232 per resident ($8.5M)Story County: $182 per resident ($18.7M)Tama County: $214 per resident ($3.6M)Taylor County: $249 per resident ($1.5M)Union County: $242 per resident ($2.9M)Van Buren County: $142 per resident ($1.0M)Wapello County: $216 per resident ($7.7M)Warren County: $178 per resident ($10.0M)Washington County: $88 per resident ($2.0M)Wayne County: $181 per resident ($1.2M)Webster County: $225 per resident ($8.3M)Winnebago County: $252 per resident ($2.6M)Winneshiek County: $198 per resident ($3.9M)Woodbury County: $208 per resident ($22.3M)Worth County: $218 per resident ($1.6M)Wright County: $239 per resident ($3.0M)

under $198 $198 to $214 $214 to $224 $224 to $249 $249 or more

Every county

CountyCreditsCity roadsPer resident
Ida$1.3M$677K$288
Greene$1.6M$850K$288
Emmet$1.5M$1.0M$274
Adair$1.5M$542K$272
Sac$1.6M$962K$271
Pocahontas$1.2M$678K$268
Montgomery$1.6M$1.1M$267
Cass$2.1M$1.4M$267
Franklin$1.7M$880K$262
Dickinson$2.9M$1.8M$259
Humboldt$1.5M$996K$258
Adams$674K$257K$258
Fremont$1.1M$560K$257
Audubon$951K$457K$253
Palo Alto$1.3M$913K$253
Winnebago$1.5M$1.2M$252
O'Brien$2.0M$1.6M$252
Kossuth$2.3M$1.3M$250
Osceola$963K$542K$249
Taylor$927K$524K$249
Grundy$1.9M$1.2M$249
Clay$2.3M$1.8M$249
Hardin$2.4M$1.7M$247
Shelby$1.8M$1.1M$243
Union$1.6M$1.3M$242
Cerro Gordo$4.9M$5.4M$242
Hamilton$2.0M$1.6M$239
Wright$2.0M$1.1M$239
Buena Vista$2.6M$2.4M$239
Cherokee$1.6M$1.2M$238
Page$1.9M$1.7M$238
Clinton$5.5M$5.4M$238
Calhoun$1.3M$1.0M$236
Ringgold$749K$335K$235
Sioux$4.3M$4.2M$232
Benton$3.4M$2.4M$226
Webster$4.2M$4.1M$225
Floyd$1.9M$1.5M$225
Hancock$1.4M$999K$225
Fayette$2.5M$1.8M$224
Black Hawk$12.5M$17.2M$224
Poweshiek$2.3M$1.9M$224
Cedar$2.5M$1.6M$223
Keokuk$1.4M$800K$221
Clarke$1.2M$883K$220
Lee$3.8M$3.3M$220
Buchanan$2.7M$1.8M$220
Crawford$1.9M$1.7M$219
Carroll$2.2M$2.3M$219
Polk$40.1M$72.6M$218
Worth$1.0M$581K$218
Des Moines$3.8M$4.5M$217
Guthrie$1.5M$868K$216
Linn$20.3M$29.8M$216
Wapello$3.7M$4.0M$216
Scott$15.1M$22.6M$215
Monroe$985K$600K$215
Pottawattamie$9.3M$10.8M$215
Henry$2.2M$2.0M$215
Tama$2.1M$1.5M$214
Decatur$983K$648K$213
Clayton$2.4M$1.2M$211
Butler$2.0M$984K$211
Bremer$2.8M$2.5M$210
Mitchell$1.3M$884K$210
Harrison$1.9M$1.1M$209
Woodbury$8.4M$13.9M$208
Appanoose$1.5M$1.0M$207
Chickasaw$1.4M$974K$207
Jefferson$1.8M$1.5M$206
Lucas$1.1M$709K$205
Marshall$3.6M$4.7M$205
Howard$1.2M$707K$205
Allamakee$1.8M$1.1M$205
Delaware$2.3M$1.3M$202
Jackson$2.4M$1.5M$201
Muscatine$3.8M$4.6M$201
Mahaska$2.3M$2.1M$200
Winneshiek$2.4M$1.5M$198
Plymouth$2.7M$2.4M$198
Iowa$2.0M$1.2M$197
Jasper$3.9M$3.5M$195
Lyon$1.4M$960K$193
Boone$2.6M$2.5M$193
Dubuque$7.8M$11.3M$192
Jones$2.4M$1.6M$190
Mills$1.7M$1.0M$185
Johnson$11.1M$18.5M$185
Marion$3.2M$3.1M$184
Story$6.1M$12.6M$182
Louisa$1.1M$852K$182
Madison$2.0M$1.2M$181
Wayne$736K$461K$181
Warren$4.9M$5.2M$178
Davis$1.1M$441K$172
Van Buren$642K$382K$142
Monona$351K$839K$141
Dallas$7.9M$7.4M$133
Washington$0K$2.0M$88

What’s counted

  • Property tax credits. The homestead, ag land and family farm, business property, elderly and disabled, and military service credits. Property owners’ bills are lower by these amounts, and the state pays the county treasurer the difference, who passes it on to the county, cities, schools and others.2
  • City road money. The Road Use Tax Fund share each city reports receiving from the state, from fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees, added up by county.3
  • Not on the map. School aid, the largest payment, because school districts cross county lines; see each district on the schools page. The local option sales tax, because it’s a local tax the state only collects.