That's an increase of 114.3 percent from 2014, when the county spent $15.40 million.
Union County has a population of 17,212.
Since 2001, the Union County budget has grown by 221.9 percent, from $10.25 million. The county population has fallen 5.9 percent over the same period, from 18,293.
Salaries accounted for 11.1 percent of county spending in 2016. Union County property taxpayers paid $3.65 million for 96 full-time employees, or an average of $37,983 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the county had 100 full-time employees and 20 part-time employees, and spent $3.88 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
17,212
$32,998,312
$3,646,369
11.1
96
$37,983
2014
17,447
$15,397,344
$3,772,225
24.5
134
$28,151
2013
17,583
$17,825,859
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2012
17,647
$19,068,431
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2009
19,210
$13,547,065
$3,952,794
29.2
117
$33,785
2008
19,210
$12,201,537
$3,911,137
32.1
117
$33,429
2006
18,261
$11,960,296
$3,858,238
32.3
117
$32,976
2005
18,202
$11,900,197
$3,860,220
32.4
96
$40,211
2004
18,293
$10,678,976
$3,292,438
30.8
113
$29,137
2003
18,170
$10,210,811
$10,553,129
103.4
65
$162,356
2002
18,293
$11,095,633
$4,016,114
36.2
120
$33,468
2001
18,293
$10,250,279
$3,881,395
37.9
120
$32,345
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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