Anoka County, traced to its sources
The county is the largest line on a Nowthen property-tax bill — bigger than the city's own share. This page follows that money: the certified levy, the adopted budget by department, and the audited finance data the county reports to the State Auditor.
Wondering how the county share lands on your own bill? Your property tax, explained breaks an average Nowthen home's bill into its city, county, school, and special-district layers.
Up $17,705,132 (9.7%) from $183,108,605 payable 2025. Source: MN Dept. of Revenue certified-levies file.
Total expenses across 45 departments; $198,908,991 of it covered by department revenues, the rest by the levy and county-wide receipts. Source: the county's adopted-budget summary.
Governmental-funds revenues as reported to the Minnesota Office of the State Auditor — the audited yardstick the budget can be checked against.
The county levy, year by year
The total property-tax levy Anoka County certified for each payable year. This is the pool every city, township, and unincorporated area in the county pays into, Nowthen included.
2005–2025 from the MN DOR property-tax data portal; 2026 from the certified-levies file. Both parsed deterministically; no estimated numbers.
The FY2026 budget, department by department
Every department's budgeted revenues and expenses from the county's adopted-budget summary. “Net county share” is what the levy and county-wide receipts must cover after a department's own revenue (fees, grants, charges) is counted.
Parsed from the county's published budget summary and checked against its printed totals; not yet verified line-by-line by hand. The source PDF is one click away on every row.
General Government26 departments$96.5M→
| Department | Revenues | Expenses | Net county share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorneys | $440,000 | $16,701,190 | $16,261,190 | source |
| Countywide Services | $27,819,215 | $16,564,510 | $-11,254,705 | source |
| Information Technology | — | $10,382,870 | $10,382,870 | source |
| Finance | $877,800 | $6,991,027 | $6,113,227 | source |
| Records and Taxation | $3,389,000 | $6,863,714 | $3,474,714 | source |
| License Center | $3,313,400 | $6,676,682 | $3,363,282 | source |
| Human Resources | — | $6,452,014 | $6,452,014 | source |
| Highway (General Government) | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 | $0 | source |
| Capital Plan | — | $3,225,000 | $3,225,000 | source |
| Property Assessment | $1,059,300 | $2,801,462 | $1,742,162 | source |
| Facilities Management and Construction | $491,000 | $2,245,170 | $1,754,170 | source |
| Strategic Planning and Data Management | — | $1,453,620 | $1,453,620 | source |
| Commissioners | — | $1,340,704 | $1,340,704 | source |
| Compliance and Risk Management | $845,500 | $1,326,778 | $481,278 | source |
| Leasehold Properties | $1,295,563 | $1,295,563 | $0 | source |
| Courts | — | $1,275,549 | $1,275,549 | source |
| Elections | $137,038 | $1,183,164 | $1,046,126 | source |
| Transit | $1,133,938 | $1,133,938 | $0 | source |
| Communications | — | $1,027,320 | $1,027,320 | source |
| County Administration | $0 | $967,594 | $967,594 | source |
| Court Appointed Attorneys | — | $900,000 | $900,000 | source |
| Veteran Services | $17,500 | $772,517 | $755,017 | source |
| Law Library | $451,500 | $451,500 | $0 | source |
| Examiner of Titles | $50,000 | $358,312 | $308,312 | source |
| Economic Development | $6,600 | $207,942 | $201,342 | source |
| Internal Auditor | — | $173,804 | $173,804 | source |
Public Safety5 departments$122.5M→
| Department | Revenues | Expenses | Net county share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheriff | $16,987,588 | $62,866,572 | $45,878,984 | source |
| Community Corrections | $20,303,385 | $39,895,952 | $19,592,567 | source |
| Emergency Communications | $1,213,381 | $12,728,313 | $11,514,932 | source |
| Medical Examiner | $6,154,177 | $6,154,177 | $0 | source |
| Emergency Management | $117,326 | $900,788 | $783,462 | source |
Human Services4 departments$134.7M→
Highways and Streets3 departments$22.5M→
Culture and Recreation2 departments$24.8M→
Economic Development2 departments$7.6M→
Debt Services1 department$8M→
| Department | Revenues | Expenses | Net county share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt Services | — | $7,998,307 | $7,998,307 | source |
Sanitation1 department$7.1M→
| Department | Revenues | Expenses | Net county share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health - Recycling and Resource Solutions | $7,056,960 | $7,056,960 | $0 | source |
Conservation1 department$0.5M→
| Department | Revenues | Expenses | Net county share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN Extension | $34,400 | $510,837 | $476,437 | source |
Where the county's money actually came from (2023)
Actual governmental-funds revenues for 2023 as reported to the Minnesota Office of the State Auditor — not budget projections. Property taxes carry about 33% of the total; most of the rest is federal and state money passed through for human services, highways, and public safety.
Source: OSA Minnesota County Finances Report, raw data (2018–2023 ingested for every Minnesota county; 2024 not yet published by the OSA).
The board record
County board agendas and minutes — including the consent-agenda claims lists and contract approvals — are part of the same searchable record as Nowthen's meetings.
Agendas and minutes of the Anoka County Board of Commissioners, with committee records alongside.
Ask in plain English — contracts, roads, the sheriff contract, levy discussions — and get a cited answer from the county's own documents.