That's a decrease of 3.4 percent from 2015, when the county spent $10.67 million.
Clay County has a population of 13,820.
Since 2001, the Clay County budget has fallen by 29.8 percent, from $14.68 million. The county population has fallen 4.4 percent over the same period, from 14,460.
Salaries accounted for 21.2 percent of county spending in 2016. Clay County property taxpayers paid $2.18 million for 51 full-time employees and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 50 full-time employees and 55 part-time employees, and spent $2.03 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
13,820
$10,303,976
$2,182,904
21.2
57
$38,297
2015
13,733
$10,665,997
$2,497,601
23.4
55
$45,411
2014
13,566
$10,720,697
$2,453,564
22.9
58
$42,303
2013
13,766
$11,314,499
$2,357,105
20.8
58
$40,640
2012
13,815
$36,685,947
$12,719,415
34.7
300
$42,398
2011
13,815
$37,901,564
$12,742,892
33.6
300
$42,476
2010
13,538
$37,252,593
$12,599,379
33.8
300
$41,998
2009
13,538
$36,514,487
$11,646,976
31.9
300
$38,823
2008
13,893
$34,761,747
$11,225,256
32.3
300
$37,418
2007
14,028
$34,800,077
$11,492,210
33
300
$38,307
2006
14,028
$34,437,674
$10,809,818
31.4
300
$36,033
2005
14,460
$32,620,692
$10,795,322
33.1
300
$35,984
2004
14,460
$31,137,711
$10,570,877
33.9
300
$35,236
2003
14,460
$31,831,562
$9,608,940
30.2
300
$32,030
2002
14,460
$25,322,405
$7,806,126
30.8
306
$25,510
2001
14,460
$14,675,548
$2,032,963
13.9
105
$19,362
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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