Financial Data

I use GREAT. GREAT is software package provided by UWEX that contains statewide databases for all counties and municipalities. The acronym GREAT stands for “graphing revenues, expenditures and taxes.” It is a tool to automatically map out revenue, expenditure, and property value and tax information. For the most part, the data is very summary and combines a number of government activities or revenue sources under one heading that limits the overall usefulness of the data. The information is still highly instructional and thought provoking. GREAT is available only through UW-Extension offices.