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The price of local government in 2017: Putnam County

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The Putnam County budget was $6.59 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of three percent from 2016, when the county spent $6.79 million.

Putnam County has a population of 6,006.

Since 2001, the Putnam County budget has grown by 76.6 percent, from $3.73 million. The county population has fallen 1.3 percent over the same period, from 6,086.

Salaries accounted for 24.4 percent of county spending in 2017. Putnam County property taxpayers paid $1.61 million for 31 full-time employees and 16 part-time employees.

In 2001, the county had 30 full-time employees and 81 part-time employees, and spent $1.16 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
6,006
$6,591,609
$1,609,945
24.4
47
$34,254
2016
6,006
$6,794,169
$1,557,492
22.9
47
$33,138
2015
6,006
$7,016,574
$1,543,578
22
47
$32,842
2014
6,006
$7,341,041
$1,402,809
19.1
39
$35,969
2013
6,006
$6,660,709
$1,439,925
21.6
42
$34,284
2012
6,006
$6,879,123
$1,525,112
22.2
42
$36,312
2011
6,006
$6,891,018
$1,489,484
21.6
57
$26,131
2010
6,086
$6,823,844
$1,447,011
21.2
57
$25,386
2009
6,086
$6,573,014
$1,367,443
20.8
57
$23,990
2008
6,086
$6,401,389
$1,275,154
19.9
56
$22,771
2007
6,086
$5,879,817
$1,254,931
21.3
52
$24,133
2006
6,086
$5,963,429
$1,147,151
19.2
46
$24,938
2005
6,086
$5,185,380
$995,209
19.2
50
$19,904
2004
6,086
$5,770,474
$1,201,595
20.8
66
$18,206
2003
6,086
$4,740,974
$1,111,263
23.4
86
$12,922
2002
6,086
$3,635,605
$1,145,421
31.5
111
$10,319
2001
6,086
$3,732,508
$1,163,639
31.2
111
$10,483

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

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