Mid-Hudson Valley

How is the region performing?

Per-capita spending by county governments in the Mid-Hudson Valley was $2,470 in 2023. Per-capita county government spending in the region increased 31% from 2010 to 2023.

Sullivan had the highest per-capita spending among the counties in the region in 2023, at $3,320 followed by Columbia at $2,990 and Greene at $2,650. Since 2010, Putnam had the largest percentage increase in per-capita spending, at 54%, followed by Dutchess and Greene at 41%. Orange and Ulster had the lowest rate of spending increase, at 23%.

Spending for County Government

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Region	$1,886	$1,927	$1,962	$1,983	$1,929	$1,977	$2,055	$2,106	$2,153	$2,207	$2,119	$2,130	$2,331	$2,470
Columbia	$2,210	$2,307	$2,333	$2,521	$2,462	$2,496	$2,587	$2,322	$2,380	$2,570	$2,464	$2,516	$2,639	$2,989
Dutchess	$1,542	$1,519	$1,555	$1,540	$1,535	$1,583	$1,670	$1,697	$1,830	$1,931	$1,866	$1,927	$2,239	$2,179
Greene	$1,879	$2,362	$2,142	$2,254	$2,046	$2,066	$2,050	$2,190	$2,229	$2,478	$2,893	$2,446	$2,662	$2,645
Orange	$2,082	$2,134	$2,159	$2,295	$2,144	$2,216	$2,256	$2,328	$2,318	$2,334	$2,229	$2,229	$2,248	$2,571
Putnam	$1,393	$1,394	$1,507	$1,427	$1,509	$1,494	$1,557	$1,576	$1,603	$1,652	$1,729	$1,801	$2,010	$2,140
Sullivan	$2,666	$2,579	$2,701	$2,592	$2,781	$2,810	$3,173	$3,654	$3,527	$3,376	$2,947	$2,888	$3,317	$3,320
Ulster	$1,876	$1,937	$1,983	$1,857	$1,785	$1,844	$1,888	$1,856	$1,960	$2,007	$1,820	$1,879	$2,220	$2,303
NYS (excluding NYC)	$2,079	$2,095	$2,120	$2,118	$2,156	$2,178	$2,220	$2,251	$2,292	$2,352	$2,360	$2,471	$2,655	$2,837

Source: New York State Office of the State Comptroller
Notes: Figures are in constant 2023 dollars.

Total County Government Spending

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Region	2,154,764,958	2,202,133,887	2,236,228,476	2,257,721,579	2,190,027,036	2,239,614,312	2,325,949,397	2,387,489,926	2,445,455,668	2,509,886,782	2,470,516,652	2,503,522,596	2,734,182,098	2,895,438,448
Columbia	139,393,062	144,244,533	145,691,329	156,726,712	152,508,202	153,360,337	157,377,020	140,114,814	142,316,040	152,819,270	151,677,222	155,885,071	161,255,162	180,715,432
Dutchess	458,789,425	452,816,536	461,744,401	456,129,436	453,016,361	465,402,536	489,375,596	498,022,363	537,827,433	568,179,086	554,167,745	575,796,246	666,291,644	647,606,946
Greene	92,489,124	115,424,599	104,060,852	108,880,133	98,157,799	98,366,562	97,350,805	103,888,789	105,619,617	116,951,624	138,677,922	117,100,830	126,037,796	124,488,269
Orange	776,352,391	798,466,804	806,800,428	858,899,009	803,796,499	832,794,194	852,291,926	884,067,148	885,581,250	898,447,822	894,446,993	902,985,841	913,723,800	1,047,538,029
Putnam	138,784,533	139,117,892	150,136,249	142,080,313	150,083,756	148,217,539	153,727,800	155,824,373	158,428,246	162,432,925	168,888,598	176,894,908	197,587,674	209,828,897
Sullivan	206,618,622	198,682,312	207,823,331	199,454,605	210,362,262	210,263,694	237,755,741	274,004,383	265,950,979	254,690,170	231,705,632	230,154,223	264,487,109	265,312,979
Ulster	342,337,801	353,381,211	359,971,886	335,551,371	322,102,157	331,209,450	338,070,510	331,568,055	349,732,103	356,365,886	330,952,540	344,705,477	404,798,913	419,947,897
NYS (excluding NYC)	23,287,323,364	23,515,509,323	23,797,872,340	23,777,416,633	24,181,054,656	24,378,229,155	24,783,515,643	25,105,518,635	25,536,415,557	26,145,025,307	26,895,460,166	28,149,935,070	30,105,338,998	32,097,955,372

Source: New York State Office of the State Comptroller
Notes: Figures are in constant 2023 dollars.

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