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Hardee County · county government · FY 2023-24

Hardee County collected $65.4 million
and spent $65.5 million.

The county government’s own funds for FY 2023-24, which ended Sept. 30, about $2,532 in spending per resident. School districts, cities and independent special districts have their own budgets and are not included.

Where the money came from, FY 2023-24
Property taxes
$20.4M
Other local taxes
$4.0M
From state and federal governments
$24.8M
Charges for services
$5.0M
Permits, fees and special assessments
$3.2M
Fines and forfeitures
$284K
Interest and other
$7.7M
EDR county revenue file, governmental funds, from the county’s Annual Financial Report · Source
Where it went, FY 2023-24
Public safety (sheriff, fire, EMS, jail)
$30.1M
Economic development and housing
$10.6M
General government
$9.9M
Transportation
$8.4M
Courts
$2.3M
Culture and recreation
$2.3M
Human services
$1.3M
Physical environment (water, waste, conservation)
$759K
Debt payments
$35K
EDR county expenditure file, governmental funds · Source

In FY 2023-24, the latest year available for every county, Hardee County’s spending per resident ranked 8 of 66 (1 = highest). Not counted above: $7.1M in transfers between county funds and borrowing, and $1.4M in transfers out. Including enterprise funds such as utilities, spending was $69.7M.

Property taxes levied by the county, tax year 2025

  • County operating, countywide7.9200 mills · $23,351,062
  • Total county levies$23,351,062
Florida Department of Revenue, Millage and Taxes Levied, tax year 2025 (pays for FY 2025-26 budgets) · Source
  • Taxable value, 2025$2.9B
  • Taxable value, 2026 (preliminary)$3.1B
  • Change+6.2%
Florida Department of Revenue, taxable value, county government · Source

2026 rates are set at September budget hearings and are not yet in the state’s published tables.

From the state, and on the ballot

State shared revenue, estimated for FY 2026-27
  • County revenue sharing, FY 2026-27 (state fiscal year)$666,578
  • Half-cent sales tax, countywide, FY 2026-27 (local fiscal year; shared with cities)$3,261,324
  • Fiscally constrained county payment: Amendment 1 (2008) homestead/TPP/assessment-limit losses (s. 218.12 F.S.)$2,200,168
  • Fiscally constrained county payment: conservation lands exemption/classified use (s. 218.125 F.S.)$22,106
  • Fiscally constrained county payment: CPI adjustment of 2nd homestead exemption (s. 218.136 F.S.)$32,094
Department of Revenue estimates published by EDR · Source. Estimates, not payments; programs run on different fiscal years.
Amendment 3 (Nov. 3 ballot)
  • Amendment 3: county government, full phase-in (2031-32)$3.8M a year
  • Amendment 3: all local governments in the county$4.5M a year
Revenue Estimating Conference, July 10, 2026. Assumes today’s tax rates.What would it save you? →The Amendment 3 File →

About these figures

  • Blank millage/levy components mean DOR reports no levy of that type for this county (cell empty in source), not missing data.
  • These figures are the county’s Annual Financial Report as tabulated by the state and have not been checked against its audited annual report.

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