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The price of local government in 2016: Cumberland County

Budget 13

The Cumberland County budget was $6.92 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 29.6 percent from 2015, when the county spent $5.34 million.

Cumberland County has a population of 11,253.

Since 2001, the Cumberland County budget has fallen by 4.3 percent, from $7.23 million. The county population has remained same.

Salaries accounted for 28.8 percent of county spending in 2016. Cumberland County property taxpayers paid $1.99 million for 44 full-time employees and 24 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 48 full-time employees and 41 part-time employees, and spent $1.85 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
11,253
$6,918,980
$1,994,049
28.8
68
$29,324
2015
11,253
$5,339,307
$1,982,662
37.1
69
$28,734
2014
11,253
$4,982,261
$1,931,852
38.8
72
$26,831
2013
11,253
$5,527,872
$1,959,635
35.5
68
$28,818
2012
11,253
$4,372,560
$1,977,209
45.2
72
$27,461
2011
11,253
$5,011,293
$1,916,424
38.2
71
$26,992
2010
11,253
$5,424,194
$1,938,918
35.7
73
$26,561
2009
11,253
$5,129,491
$1,968,889
38.4
73
$26,971
2008
11,253
$5,464,542
$1,993,219
36.5
72
$27,684
2007
11,253
$6,027,399
$2,088,015
34.6
66
$31,637
2006
11,253
$6,211,091
$2,210,955
35.6
77
$28,714
2005
11,253
$5,493,786
$2,191,138
39.9
90
$24,346
2004
11,253
$5,924,856
$2,305,177
38.9
94
$24,523
2003
11,253
$9,123,697
$2,131,786
23.4
67
$31,818
2002
11,253
$6,565,028
$2,109,108
32.1
67
$31,479
2001
11,253
$7,226,460
$1,850,376
25.6
89
$20,791

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

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