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The price of local government in 2017: McLean County

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The McLean County budget was $92.40 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 1.6 percent from 2016, when the county spent $93.94 million.

McLean County has a population of 175,890.

Since 2001, the McLean County budget has grown by 31 percent, from $70.56 million. The county population has grown 15.7 percent over the same period, from 152,000.

Salaries accounted for 36.9 percent of county spending in 2017. McLean County property taxpayers paid $34.09 million for 706 full-time employees and 105 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 710 full-time employees and 155 part-time employees, and spent $35.04 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
175,890
$92,404,600
$34,086,795
36.9
811
$42,031
2016
173,166
$93,936,414
$34,315,188
36.5
834
$41,145
2015
173,166
$99,940,860
$35,185,202
35.2
837
$42,037
2014
174,061
$89,488,525
$37,569,170
42
848
$44,303
2013
174,647
$87,691,509
$37,140,223
42.4
844
$44,005
2012
172,281
$91,304,690
$36,626,354
40.1
832
$44,022
2011
169,832
$91,824,441
$37,779,800
41.1
877
$43,078
2010
167,699
$92,335,562
$37,058,564
40.1
888
$41,733
2009
165,298
$96,404,736
$39,142,010
40.6
937
$41,774
2008
164,209
$109,670,399
$39,602,003
36.1
976
$40,576
2007
161,202
$107,342,045
$39,449,410
36.8
970
$40,669
2006
161,202
$92,381,853
$37,006,273
40.1
906
$40,846
2005
158,006
$87,133,938
$36,954,106
42.4
891
$41,475
2004
158,006
$87,200,087
$37,957,363
43.5
901
$42,128
2003
153,500
$85,608,746
$35,180,518
41.1
872
$40,345
2002
153,489
$79,621,195
$35,927,062
45.1
868
$41,391
2001
152,000
$70,560,929
$35,042,983
49.7
865
$40,512

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

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