That's a decrease of 3.7 percent from 2015, when the county spent $13.13 million.
Cass County has a population of 12,676.
Since 2001, the Cass County budget has grown by 38.7 percent, from $9.12 million. The county population has fallen 7.4 percent over the same period, from 13,695.
Salaries accounted for 43 percent of county spending in 2016. Cass County property taxpayers paid $5.44 million for 100 full-time employees and 83 part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 97 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees, and spent $1.79 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
12,676
$12,641,648
$5,441,368
43
183
$29,734
2015
12,847
$13,129,932
$5,206,468
39.7
170
$30,626
2014
13,156
$13,252,122
$4,940,675
37.3
56
$88,226
2013
13,324
$13,672,933
$5,005,733
36.6
56
$89,388
2012
13,338
$14,256,003
$5,322,648
37.3
56
$95,047
2011
13,587
$14,236,037
$5,319,398
37.4
56
$94,989
2010
13,642
$14,552,669
$5,241,499
36
55
$95,300
2009
13,559
$13,424,321
$4,730,255
35.2
55
$86,005
2008
135,740
$12,791,554
$4,441,786
34.7
55
$80,760
2007
13,727
$11,299,683
$4,317,421
38.2
55
$78,499
2006
13,766
$10,483,745
$4,023,998
38.4
55
$73,164
2005
138,980
$11,440,467
$3,971,510
34.7
55
$72,209
2004
13,816
$11,763,750
$3,586,147
30.5
55
$65,203
2003
13,691
$11,705,083
$1,756,411
15
55
$31,935
2002
13,695
$11,537,933
$1,898,968
16.5
135
$14,066
2001
13,695
$9,115,464
$1,787,331
19.6
132
$13,540
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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