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
$362.1M
city road money, FY25$112
per Iowan1$141
most per resident: Polk CountyState aid per resident, FY25
Darker counties get more per resident. Tap or hover a county for its numbers.
Map of Iowa counties shaded by city road money per resident, FY25. The table below lists every county.
under $80 $80 to $90 $90 to $100 $100 to $111 $111 or more
Every county
| County | Credits | City roads | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk | $40.1M | $72.6M | $141 |
| Black Hawk | $12.5M | $17.2M | $130 |
| Woodbury | $8.4M | $13.9M | $129 |
| Scott | $15.1M | $22.6M | $129 |
| Linn | $20.3M | $29.8M | $129 |
| Cerro Gordo | $4.9M | $5.4M | $128 |
| Story | $6.1M | $12.6M | $123 |
| Des Moines | $3.8M | $4.5M | $118 |
| Clinton | $5.5M | $5.4M | $117 |
| Sioux | $4.3M | $4.2M | $116 |
| Johnson | $11.1M | $18.5M | $116 |
| Pottawattamie | $9.3M | $10.8M | $116 |
| Marshall | $3.6M | $4.7M | $116 |
| Buena Vista | $2.6M | $2.4M | $115 |
| Dubuque | $7.8M | $11.3M | $114 |
| Emmet | $1.5M | $1.0M | $113 |
| Wapello | $3.7M | $4.0M | $112 |
| O'Brien | $2.0M | $1.6M | $112 |
| Clay | $2.3M | $1.8M | $112 |
| Carroll | $2.2M | $2.3M | $111 |
| Winnebago | $1.5M | $1.2M | $111 |
| Webster | $4.2M | $4.1M | $111 |
| Muscatine | $3.8M | $4.6M | $110 |
| Page | $1.9M | $1.7M | $110 |
| Montgomery | $1.6M | $1.1M | $110 |
| Hamilton | $2.0M | $1.6M | $107 |
| Union | $1.6M | $1.3M | $107 |
| Cass | $2.1M | $1.4M | $106 |
| Crawford | $1.9M | $1.7M | $104 |
| Palo Alto | $1.3M | $913K | $104 |
| Humboldt | $1.5M | $996K | $104 |
| Calhoun | $1.3M | $1.0M | $103 |
| Hardin | $2.4M | $1.7M | $103 |
| Henry | $2.2M | $2.0M | $103 |
| Poweshiek | $2.3M | $1.9M | $102 |
| Lee | $3.8M | $3.3M | $101 |
| Sac | $1.6M | $962K | $101 |
| Bremer | $2.8M | $2.5M | $101 |
| Dickinson | $2.9M | $1.8M | $101 |
| Monona | $351K | $839K | $100 |
| Ida | $1.3M | $677K | $99 |
| Cherokee | $1.6M | $1.2M | $99 |
| Greene | $1.6M | $850K | $98 |
| Floyd | $1.9M | $1.5M | $97 |
| Pocahontas | $1.2M | $678K | $97 |
| Mahaska | $2.3M | $2.1M | $95 |
| Plymouth | $2.7M | $2.4M | $95 |
| Boone | $2.6M | $2.5M | $94 |
| Jefferson | $1.8M | $1.5M | $94 |
| Hancock | $1.4M | $999K | $94 |
| Benton | $3.4M | $2.4M | $94 |
| Grundy | $1.9M | $1.2M | $93 |
| Fayette | $2.5M | $1.8M | $93 |
| Jasper | $3.9M | $3.5M | $93 |
| Clarke | $1.2M | $883K | $93 |
| Warren | $4.9M | $5.2M | $92 |
| Shelby | $1.8M | $1.1M | $91 |
| Kossuth | $2.3M | $1.3M | $91 |
| Marion | $3.2M | $3.1M | $90 |
| Taylor | $927K | $524K | $90 |
| Osceola | $963K | $542K | $90 |
| Tama | $2.1M | $1.5M | $88 |
| Franklin | $1.7M | $880K | $88 |
| Cedar | $2.5M | $1.6M | $88 |
| Washington | $0K | $2.0M | $88 |
| Buchanan | $2.7M | $1.8M | $88 |
| Appanoose | $1.5M | $1.0M | $86 |
| Fremont | $1.1M | $560K | $86 |
| Decatur | $983K | $648K | $85 |
| Wright | $2.0M | $1.1M | $83 |
| Mitchell | $1.3M | $884K | $83 |
| Chickasaw | $1.4M | $974K | $83 |
| Audubon | $951K | $457K | $82 |
| Monroe | $985K | $600K | $81 |
| Keokuk | $1.4M | $800K | $81 |
| Lucas | $1.1M | $709K | $81 |
| Guthrie | $1.5M | $868K | $81 |
| Allamakee | $1.8M | $1.1M | $80 |
| Louisa | $1.1M | $852K | $80 |
| Worth | $1.0M | $581K | $80 |
| Jackson | $2.4M | $1.5M | $79 |
| Lyon | $1.4M | $960K | $78 |
| Harrison | $1.9M | $1.1M | $77 |
| Howard | $1.2M | $707K | $76 |
| Winneshiek | $2.4M | $1.5M | $75 |
| Jones | $2.4M | $1.6M | $75 |
| Iowa | $2.0M | $1.2M | $74 |
| Adair | $1.5M | $542K | $73 |
| Ringgold | $749K | $335K | $73 |
| Delaware | $2.3M | $1.3M | $72 |
| Adams | $674K | $257K | $71 |
| Wayne | $736K | $461K | $70 |
| Butler | $2.0M | $984K | $70 |
| Mills | $1.7M | $1.0M | $69 |
| Clayton | $2.4M | $1.2M | $68 |
| Madison | $2.0M | $1.2M | $67 |
| Dallas | $7.9M | $7.4M | $64 |
| Van Buren | $642K | $382K | $53 |
| Davis | $1.1M | $441K | $48 |
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.