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Fresno County

Fresno County is a county in California.

Collected and spent

In fiscal year 2024, Fresno County collected $439.4M in taxes and spent $2,281.6M.

Collected
$439.4M
Fiscal year 2024 · taxes
Spent
$2,281.6M
Fiscal year 2024

Where the money comes from

One tax.

Property tax, the 1% base
$1 per $100 of value
the home's full cash value as Proposition 13 sets it: the price paid, rising at most 2% a year · Set by the California Constitution (Proposition 13); the county collects it and shares it with the cities, schools and districts by a state formula
Source · California Legislative Information, Prop 13. Read on October 15, 2026.
DetailsProp 13 (CA Const. Art. XIII A §1)

Where it goes

Eight service lines.

Health and human services
$1,359.4M
Police
$556.9M
Public works · Public ways and facilities
$119.0M
Debt service · past obligation
$89.1M
Public works · Capital outlay
$75.1M
General government
$44.4M
Other
$33.3M
Parks and recreation
$4.4M

Bars in both tables share one scale. Hatched lines pay for past obligations, not current services.

Source · County of Fresno, California — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. Read on June 21, 2026.
DetailsCounty of Fresno, California — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024; Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances — Governmental Funds; Total Governmental Funds column; amounts expressed in thousands; audited by Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation, Bakersfield, CA (opinion dated December 27, 2024); presented to the Board of Supervisors as File #24-1497

Who decides

Not on file yet.

When decisions happen

Not on file yet.

How to reach it

Not on file yet.

Also on this tax bill

A Fresno County address pays these governments too.

On every bill in Fresno County

Sources

What it is
Fresno County 2024-2025 Tax Rate Book. Read on June 12, 2026.
DetailsFresno County 2024-2025 Tax Rate Book — no separate county overlay (1% Prop 13 base carried by the statutory base line)
Collected
County of Fresno, California — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. Read on June 21, 2026.
DetailsCounty of Fresno, California — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024; Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances — Governmental Funds; Total Governmental Funds column; amounts expressed in thousands; audited by Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation, Bakersfield, CA (opinion dated December 27, 2024); presented to the Board of Supervisors as File #24-1497
Spent
County of Fresno, California — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. Read on June 21, 2026.
DetailsCounty of Fresno, California — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024; Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances — Governmental Funds; Total Governmental Funds column; amounts expressed in thousands; audited by Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation, Bakersfield, CA (opinion dated December 27, 2024); presented to the Board of Supervisors as File #24-1497
Taxes
California Legislative Information, Prop 13. Read on October 15, 2026.
DetailsProp 13 (CA Const. Art. XIII A §1)

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