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The price of local government in 2016: Logan County

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The Logan County budget was $16.43 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 5.2 percent from 2015, when the county spent $17.33 million.

Logan County has a population of 29,527.

Since 2001, the Logan County budget has fallen by 59.3 percent, from $40.33 million. The county population has fallen 7.7 percent over the same period, from 32,000.

Salaries accounted for 38.3 percent of county spending in 2016. Logan County property taxpayers paid $6.30 million for 156 full-time employees and 79 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 140 full-time employees and 70 part-time employees, and spent $6.46 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
29,527
$16,430,106
$6,299,413
38.3
235
$26,806
2015
29,494
$17,332,038
$6,421,515
37
226
$28,414
2014
29,746
$15,612,437
$6,420,784
41.1
250
$25,683
2013
30,013
$15,907,011
$6,427,875
40.4
250
$25,711
2012
30,140
$17,410,099
$6,370,739
36.6
241
$26,435
2011
30,305
$17,035,604
$6,560,258
38.5
244
$26,886
2010
30,305
$16,900,091
$5,986,374
35.4
217
$27,587
2009
29,788
$18,083,125
$6,072,114
33.6
217
$27,982
2008
29,788
$16,217,582
$6,404,338
39.5
258
$24,823
2007
31,183
$16,471,941
$6,400,831
38.9
248
$25,810
2004
30,738
$14,360,473
$6,474,699
45.1
189
$34,258
2003
31,183
$6,682,666
$6,133,210
91.8
202
$30,362
2002
31,183
$13,829,225
$6,485,385
46.9
249
$26,046
2001
32,000
$40,330,085
$6,457,974
16
210
$30,752

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

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