← Watauga County annual finances
2021
| Fiscal year | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Population | 53909 |
| Revenues | $86,037,501 |
| Property taxes | $42,150,251 |
| Sales tax | $19,885,329 |
| Other taxes | $5,276,493 |
| Sales and services | $8,179,985 |
| Intergovernmental | $9,246,234 |
| Debt proceeds | $0 |
| Other revenue | $1,299,209 |
| Expenditures | $69,695,868 |
| Education | $16,925,191 |
| Public safety | $17,349,302 |
| Human services | $7,827,158 |
| General government | $9,735,714 |
| Debt service | $6,676,631 |
| Other spending | $11,181,872 |
| Salaries and wages | $11,581,607 |
| Capital outlay | $2,212,718 |
| General fund revenues | $71,472,088 |
| General fund expenditures | $56,485,521 |
| Fund balance available | $35,221,649 |
| Fund balance, % of general-fund spending | 56.2 |
| State average, % | 43.4 |
| Cash and investments, June 30 | $76,772,430 |
| Assessed valuation | $9,498,921,888 |
| Latest revaluation | 2014 |
| Tax rate per $100 | 0.403 |
| State average rate | 0.6391 |
| Taxes collected, % | 98.9 |
| Taxes uncollected | $430,941 |
| General-obligation debt | $0 |
| GO debt per resident | 0 |
| Installment and lease debt | $41,210,000 |
| Authorized, not issued | $0 |
| Moody's rating | Aa2 |
| S&P rating | AA |
| Source | Open |
Part of the county's open data: download every fiscal year (CSV).