That's a decrease of 0.6 percent from 2015, when the county spent $19.87 million.
Menard County has a population of 12,486.
Since 2001, the Menard County budget has grown by 41.8 percent, from $13.92 million. The county population has fallen 0.1 percent over the same period, from 12,500.
Salaries accounted for 33.3 percent of county spending in 2016. Menard County property taxpayers paid $6.57 million for 197 full-time employees and 90 part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 113 full-time employees and 70 part-time employees, and spent $5.86 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
12,486
$19,743,179
$6,565,845
33.3
287
$22,878
2015
12,486
$19,867,174
$6,711,710
33.8
293
$22,907
2014
12,486
$18,033,963
$6,532,383
36.2
291
$22,448
2013
12,486
$19,562,175
$6,965,051
35.6
290
$24,017
2012
12,486
$19,161,051
$7,503,705
39.2
302
$24,847
2011
12,486
$18,908,624
$7,490,889
39.6
302
$24,804
2010
12,486
$18,470,708
$7,116,409
38.5
302
$23,564
2009
12,486
$20,291,161
$7,134,420
35.2
296
$24,103
2008
12,486
$17,244,747
$6,736,303
39.1
280
$24,058
2007
12,486
$16,443,831
$6,714,476
40.8
251
$26,751
2006
12,750
$17,908,940
$6,286,283
35.1
224
$28,064
2005
12,750
$17,872,525
$5,695,491
31.9
215
$26,491
2004
12,700
$19,257,759
$5,671,460
29.5
230
$24,659
2003
12,486
$20,892,320
$5,623,590
26.9
226
$24,883
2002
12,556
$18,453,131
$5,491,657
29.8
279
$19,683
2001
12,500
$13,924,283
$5,864,789
42.1
183
$32,048
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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