Overview
Humboldt County's adopted FY 2025–2026 schedules total $718,633,757 across all funds: $626,955,063 in governmental funds and $91,678,694 in other funds. The General Fund (1100) totals $157,889,033, from $20,752,178 in available fund balance plus $137,136,855 in additional financing sources. By function, Public Protection ($172,842,809) and Public Assistance ($183,073,187) dominate financing uses, and by source, Other Governmental Agencies ($339,718,444) supply the largest share of additional financing sources.
Source: Humboldt County Budget Schedules FY 2025–2026 (county DocumentCenter).
At a glance — adopted schedules FY 2025–2026
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General Fund
General Fund 1100 walk (Schedule 2): fund balance available $20,752,178 + additional financing sources $137,136,855 = $157,889,033 (exact). Schedule 7 lists the same fund at $157,894,033 — a $5,000 difference between schedules, disclosed in the basis notice.
| Fund balance available | $20,752,178 |
| Additional financing sources | $137,136,855 |
| General Fund 1100 (Schedule 2) | $157,889,033 |
County General Funds group total: $504,485,380. General Fund group detail lines as extracted (see grouping note in the basis notice — these lines sum to $549,930,217 and are not a reconciliation of the group total):
| General Fund 1100 | $157,889,033 |
| Measure Z | $14,836,531 |
| Measure O | $27,000,000 |
| Social Services Assistance | $51,052,345 |
| Social Services Administration | $127,811,941 |
| Mental Health | $72,584,465 |
| Public Health | $34,057,419 |
| Roads | $64,698,483 |
Source: Humboldt County Budget Schedules FY 2025–2026, Schedule 2.
Additional financing sources — by source
Components sum exactly to $594,213,807.
| Taxes | $118,663,998 |
| Operating Revenue and Contributions | $211,069 |
| Grants | $91,336 |
| Licenses and Permits | $2,247,420 |
| Fines, Forfeits, Penalties | $2,686,257 |
| Use of Money and Property | $2,163,805 |
| Other Governmental Agencies | $339,718,444 |
| Charges for Current Services | $78,555,636 |
| Other Revenues | $13,004,264 |
| Other Financing Sources | $6,475,063 |
| General Fund Contribution | $30,290,280 |
| Other Fund Revenue | $106,235 |
| Total additional financing sources | $594,213,807 |
Financing uses by function — Schedule 7, adopted column
Function lines sum to the subtotal; adding General Fund contingencies gives Schedule 7's governmental total (exact within Schedule 7).
| General Government | $58,108,205 |
| Public Protection | $172,842,809 |
| Public Ways & Facilities | $76,117,569 |
| County Trust | $64,135 |
| Public Assistance | $183,073,187 |
| Health & Sanitation | $120,526,244 |
| Education | $6,332,349 |
| Recreation & Cultural Services | $6,630,736 |
| Subtotal, functions | $623,695,234 |
| Appropriation for Contingencies (General Fund) | $6,087,819 |
| Total, Schedule 7 governmental | $629,783,053 |
Discrepancy, disclosed: Schedule 7's governmental total ($629,783,053) exceeds Schedule 1's governmental total ($626,955,063) by $2,827,990. This page reports Schedule 7's own internally consistent function total and does not force it to Schedule 1.
Source: Humboldt County Budget Schedules FY 2025–2026, Schedules 1 and 7.
Appropriations limit
| Appropriations limit | $271,929,563 |
| Appropriations subject to the limit | $161,248,958 |
Elected officials
The Board of Supervisors and other elected officials are not named in the cited excerpts of the budget schedules used for this page, so no names are shown here rather than naming officials from an unverified source. No contact details are shown.
Board meetings
The Board of Supervisors meets on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chamber at the Humboldt County Courthouse, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka. The Board generally does not meet on the fifth Tuesday of the month.
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
Regular-pattern dates — check the official calendar for changes.
Livability — Humboldt County
Humboldt County scores 54.7 on the Hometown Numbers Livability Index, ranked #18 of 58 ranked California counties. Violent crime: 458.5 reported violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2024 (FBI Crime Data Explorer; score 50.0, where a higher score means a lower rate). Full rankings: California livability rankings.
| Component | Value | Score (0–100) |
|---|---|---|
| Housing affordability (median home value ÷ median household income) | 7.31 | 28.4 |
| Median household income | $61,160 | 9.5 |
| Mean commute time | 19.0 minutes | 95.7 |
| Violent crime (reported crimes per 100,000 residents) | 458.5 | 50.0 |
| High school graduation rate | 92.4% | 88.4 |
| Uninsured rate | 7.0% | 56.0 |
| Unemployment rate | Not retrievable (see note) | — |
Method: percentile rank (count below + 0.5 × count equal) ÷ N × 100, lower-better measures inverted; composite is the mean of available component scores, rounded to 1 decimal; a county needs at least 5 of 7 components or it is unranked, never estimated. Vintages: ACS 2024 5-year (2020–2024) for housing affordability, income, and commute; FBI Crime Data Explorer 2024 for violent crime; County Health Rankings 2025 release for graduation and uninsured. Unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024) is missing for every California county because the BLS public API was unreachable (HTTP 503) on 2026-10-25; composites rest on the other components and will be recomputed if BLS data becomes available.
Housing prices — Humboldt County
County-level figures for Humboldt County.
| Median home value | $446,900 |
| Median gross rent | $1,287 per month |
Source: American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates (2020–2024), tables B25077 (median home value) and B25064 (median gross rent).
Public schools — Humboldt County
Schools physically located in Humboldt County.
90 public schools in 46 school districts, from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES EDGE Public School Locations, 2024–25 school year).
| School | Level | District | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of the Redwoods | High (09-12) | Fortuna Union High | Eureka |
| Agnes J. Johnson Charter | Other (KG-12) | Agnes J. Johnson Charter District | Weott |
| Alder Grove Charter School 2 | Other (KG-12) | Alder Grove Charter School 2 District | Eureka |
| Alice Birney Elementary | Elementary (KG-05) | Eureka City Schools | Eureka |
| Arcata Educational Resource Center | High (07-12) | Humboldt County Office of Education | Arcata |
| Arcata Elementary | Elementary (KG-05) | Arcata Elementary | Arcata |
| Arcata High | High (09-12) | Northern Humboldt Union High | Arcata |
| Big Lagoon Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Big Lagoon Union Elementary | Trinidad |
| Blue Lake Union Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Blue Lake Union Elementary | Blue Lake |
| Bridgeville Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Bridgeville Elementary | Bridgeville |
| Captain John Continuation High | High (09-12) | Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified | Hoopa |
| Casterlin Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Blocksburg |
| Casterlin High | High (09-12) | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Blocksburg |
| Catherine L. Zane Middle | Middle (06-08) | Eureka City Schools | Eureka |
| Coastal Grove Charter | Elementary (KG-08) | Coastal Grove Charter District | Arcata |
| Cuddeback Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Cuddeback Union Elementary | Carlotta |
| Cutten Elementary | Elementary (03-06) | Cutten Elementary | Eureka |
| Dow's Prairie Elementary | Elementary (KG-02) | McKinleyville Union Elementary | McKinleyville |
| Eagle Prairie Elementary | Elementary (KG-05) | Rio Dell Elementary | Rio Dell |
| East High (Continuation) | High (10-12) | Fortuna Union High | Fortuna |
| Eel River Community | High (07-12) | Humboldt County Office of Education | Fortuna |
| Eureka Community | High (07-12) | Humboldt County Office of Education | Eureka |
| Eureka Senior High | High (09-12) | Eureka City Schools | Eureka |
| Ferndale Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Ferndale Unified | Ferndale |
| Ferndale High | High (09-12) | Ferndale Unified | Ferndale |
| Fieldbrook Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Fieldbrook Elementary | McKinleyville |
| Fortuna Middle | Middle (07-08) | Fortuna Elementary | Fortuna |
| Fortuna Union High | High (09-12) | Fortuna Union High | Fortuna |
| Freshwater Charter Middle | Middle (07-08) | Freshwater Elementary | Eureka |
| Freshwater Elementary | Elementary (KG-06) | Freshwater Elementary | Eureka |
| Fuente Nueva Charter | Elementary (KG-05) | Fuente Nueva Charter District | Arcata |
| Garfield Elementary | Elementary (KG-06) | Garfield Elementary | Eureka |
| Glen Paul | Other (KG-12) | Humboldt County Office of Education | Eureka |
| Grant Elementary | Elementary (KG-05) | Eureka City Schools | Eureka |
| Green Point Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Green Point Elementary | Blue Lake |
| Honeydew Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Mattole Unified | Honeydew |
| Hoopa Valley Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified | Hoopa |
| Hoopa Valley High | High (09-12) | Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified | Hoopa |
| Humboldt County Office of Education Juvenile Hall Court | Other (KG-12) | Humboldt County Office of Education | Eureka |
| Humboldt County ROP | High (10-12) | Humboldt County ROP | Eureka |
| Hydesville Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Hydesville Elementary | Hydesville |
| Jack Norton Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified | Hoopa |
| Jacoby Creek | Elementary (KG-08) | Jacoby Creek Elementary | Bayside |
| Kneeland Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Kneeland Elementary | Kneeland |
| Lafayette Elementary | Elementary (KG-05) | Eureka City Schools | Eureka |
| Laurel Tree Charter | Other (KG-12) | Laurel Tree Charter District | Arcata |
| Linell K. Walker Elementary | Elementary (KG-04) | Fortuna Elementary | Fortuna |
| Loleta Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Loleta Union Elementary | Loleta |
| Mad River High (Continuation) | High (09-12) | Northern Humboldt Union High | McKinleyville |
| Maple Creek Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Maple Creek Elementary | Korbel |
| Mattole Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Mattole Unified | Petrolia |
| Mattole Triple Junction High | High (09-12) | Mattole Unified | Petrolia |
| McKinleyville High | High (09-12) | Northern Humboldt Union High | McKinleyville |
| McKinleyville Middle | Middle (06-08) | McKinleyville Union Elementary | McKinleyville |
| Miranda Junior High | Middle (07-08) | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Miranda |
| Monument Middle | Middle (06-08) | Rio Dell Elementary | Rio Dell |
| Morris Elementary | Elementary (03-05) | McKinleyville Union Elementary | McKinleyville |
| Norman G. Ambrosini Elementary | Elementary (KG-04) | Fortuna Elementary | Fortuna |
| Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy | High (06-12) | Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy District | Arcata |
| Northern United - Humboldt Charter | Other (KG-12) | Northern United - Humboldt Charter District | Eureka |
| Orick Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Orick Elementary | Orick |
| Orleans Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified | Orleans |
| Osprey Learning Center | High (09-12) | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Redway |
| Osprey Learning Center (Alternative) | Other (KG-12) | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Redway |
| Pacific Coast High (Continuation) | High (09-12) | Northern Humboldt Union High | Arcata |
| Pacific Union Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Pacific Union Elementary | Arcata |
| Pacific View Charter 2.0 | Other (KG-12) | Pacific View Charter 2.0 District | Eureka |
| Peninsula Union | Elementary (KG-08) | Peninsula Union | Samoa |
| Pine Hill Elementary | Elementary (KG-03) | South Bay Union Elementary | Eureka |
| Redway Elementary | Elementary (KG-06) | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Redway |
| Redwood Coast Montessori | Other (KG-12) | Redwood Coast Montessori District | Manila |
| Redwood Preparatory Charter | Elementary (KG-08) | Redwood Preparatory Charter District | Fortuna |
| Ridgewood Elementary | Elementary (KG-02) | Cutten Elementary | Eureka |
| Six Rivers Charter High | High (09-12) | Six Rivers Charter High District | Arcata |
| South Bay Charter | Elementary (KG-08) | South Bay Union Elementary | Eureka |
| South Bay Elementary | Middle (04-06) | South Bay Union Elementary | Eureka |
| South Fork High | High (09-12) | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Miranda |
| Southern Humboldt Community | — | Humboldt County Office of Education | Garberville |
| Stanwood A. Murphy Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Scotia Union Elementary | Scotia |
| Sunny Brae Middle | Middle (06-08) | Arcata Elementary | Arcata |
| Toddy Thomas Middle | Middle (05-08) | Fortuna Elementary | Fortuna |
| Trillium Charter | Elementary (KG-05) | Trillium Charter District | Arcata |
| Trinidad Union | Elementary (KG-08) | Trinidad Union Elementary | Trinidad |
| Trinity Valley Elementary | Elementary (KG-08) | Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified | Willow Creek |
| Union Street Charter | Elementary (KG-05) | Union Street Charter District | Arcata |
| Washington Elementary | Elementary (KG-05) | Eureka City Schools | Eureka |
| Weitchpec Elementary | Elementary (KG-03) | Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified | Hoopa |
| Whitethorn Elementary | Elementary (KG-06) | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | Whitethorn |
| Winship Middle | Middle (06-08) | Eureka City Schools | Eureka |
| Zoe Barnum High | High (10-12) | Eureka City Schools | Eureka |
School performance (proficiency): district-level proficiency values are published in the federal Ed Data Express tool and are retrievable by CSV export, but they have not yet been added to this page — the export requires a live-browser download (direct requests to the tool are blocked), so no proficiency figures are shown rather than substituted ones. Source for the list: NCES EDGE Public School Locations — Current, 2024–25.
Neighbor comparison
How Humboldt County’s General Fund spending per resident and fund-balance share compare with adjacent counties, computed from each dashboard’s own published figures.
| Government | Per-capita GF spending | Fund balance % |
|---|---|---|
| Humboldt County (this dashboard) | $1,173.54 | — |
| Del Norte County | $1,977.90 | — |
| Mendocino County | $2,750.32 | — |
| Siskiyou County | $1,208.22 | 38.23% |
| Trinity County (no dashboard yet) | — | — |
GF figure: General Fund 1100, FY 2025-26 adopted.
Fund-balance % dashed: fund balance available $20,752,178 is beginning, not ending
Del Norte County: Fund-balance % dashed: no GF ending balance published
Mendocino County: Fund-balance % dashed: no GF ending balance published
Trinity County: No Trinity County dashboard in this dataset (no county GF figure exists here); a city dashboard in the county, if any, does not supply a county figure.
Per-capita GF spending = the dashboard’s published General Fund total ÷ county population (ACS 2024 5-year, table B01003). Fund balance % = published GF ending balance ÷ GF total for the same fiscal year unless noted.
— in the fund-balance column means no GF ending balance is published on that dashboard (adopted budgets typically state only a January 1 balance).
Neighbor rows are county figures for the counties adjacent to the home county (U.S. Census Bureau County Adjacency File, 2024; out-of-state neighbors excluded).
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Humboldt County Budget Schedules FY 2025–2026, State Controller schedules with an “Adopted by the Board of Supervisors” column (county DocumentCenter PDF). Budget Schedules FY 2025–2026.
- Sum checks: All Funds exact ($626,955,063 + $91,678,694 = $718,633,757); General Fund 1100 walk exact ($20,752,178 + $137,136,855 = $157,889,033); financing sources exact ($594,213,807); Schedule 7 function total exact within Schedule 7 ($623,695,234 + $6,087,819 = $629,783,053).
- What is not claimed: no reconciliation between Schedule 1 and Schedule 7 governmental totals (difference $2,827,990); no reconciliation of the $5,000 General Fund 1100 difference between Schedules 2 and 7; no reconciliation of the General Fund group detail lines to the $504,485,380 group total (detail sums to $549,930,217); no outstanding-debt figure from these schedules.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Humboldt County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.