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The price of local government in 2016: Clark County

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The Clark County budget was $10.66 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 4.9 percent from 2015, when the county spent $11.20 million.

Clark County has a population of 16,182.

Since 2001, the Clark County budget has grown by 1.3 percent, from $10.52 million. The county population has fallen 4.9 percent over the same period, from 17,008.

Salaries accounted for 35.6 percent of county spending in 2016. Clark County property taxpayers paid $3.79 million for 90 full-time employees and 65 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 75 full-time employees and 60 part-time employees, and spent $2.89 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
16,182
$10,658,005
$3,791,835
35.6
155
$24,463
2015
16,182
$11,203,744
$3,806,594
34
159
$23,941
2014
16,182
$9,184,404
$3,633,676
39.6
159
$22,853
2013
16,335
$5,280,722
$3,534,211
66.9
154
$22,949
2012
16,335
$5,230,672
$3,570,331
68.3
154
$23,184
2011
16,335
$4,606,973
$3,619,431
78.6
158
$22,908
2010
16,600
$8,110,895
$3,531,905
43.5
173
$20,416
2009
16,976
$9,197,510
$3,559,387
38.7
173
$20,574
2008
16,976
$9,382,414
$3,344,929
35.7
173
$19,335
2007
16,976
$7,911,517
$3,351,014
42.4
173
$19,370
2006
16,976
$8,544,246
$3,339,145
39.1
173
$19,301
2005
17,008
$9,380,527
$3,408,326
36.3
173
$19,701
2004
17,008
$8,681,244
$3,438,010
39.6
173
$19,873
2003
17,008
$9,304,810
$3,428,444
36.8
173
$19,818
2002
17,008
$11,878,412
$3,347,656
28.2
135
$24,797
2001
17,008
$10,517,033
$2,893,250
27.5
135
$21,431

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

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