That's a decrease of 0.4 percent from 2016, when the county spent $15.39 million.
Ford County has a population of 14,081.
Since 2001, the Ford County budget has grown by 50.1 percent, from $10.21 million. The county population has fallen 1.1 percent over the same period, from 14,241.
Salaries accounted for 18.5 percent of county spending in 2017. Ford County property taxpayers paid $2.84 million for 60 full-time employees and 28 part-time employees.
In 2001, the county had 119 full-time employees and 39 part-time employees, and spent $4.23 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
14,081
$15,321,903
$2,840,484
18.5
88
$32,278
2016
14,081
$15,389,050
$2,912,491
18.9
73
$39,897
2015
14,081
$16,399,755
$3,011,321
18.4
87
$34,613
2014
14,081
$14,499,589
$2,810,503
19.4
79
$35,576
2013
14,081
$13,741,452
$2,585,669
18.8
96
$26,934
2012
14,081
$14,377,779
$2,443,885
17
78
$31,332
2011
14,081
$11,459,164
$2,624,059
22.9
79
$33,216
2010
14,241
$11,926,313
$2,636,169
22.1
80
$32,952
2009
14,241
$12,148,269
$2,548,703
21
80
$31,859
2008
14,241
$11,302,968
$2,454,056
21.7
87
$28,208
2007
14,275
$11,112,605
$2,420,896
21.8
80
$30,261
2006
14,241
$11,437,276
$2,470,749
21.6
70
$35,296
2005
14,275
$9,944,331
$2,532,375
25.5
75
$33,765
2004
14,241
$9,588,992
$2,594,564
27.1
76
$34,139
2003
14,241
$9,228,211
$2,341,120
25.4
76
$30,804
2002
14,241
$10,015,831
$3,568,592
35.6
139
$25,673
2001
14,241
$10,206,134
$4,232,668
41.5
158
$26,789
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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