| Iredell County Revenues | ||
| 1998 | 2007 | |
| Property Taxes | $ 32,635,668 | $76,925,022 |
| Sales Taxes | $ 14,811,263 | $34,718,044 |
| Iredell County Expenditures | ||
| 1998 | 2007 | |
| General Government | $ 5,769,603 | $11,824,127 |
| Public Safety | $ 11,261,755 | $27,597,454 |
| Transportation | - | $ 1,342,208 |
| Economic, physical | $ 1,702,192 | $ 3,096,882 |
| Human services | $ 16,297,893 | $33,419,679 |
| Culture and recreation | $ 1,657,532 | $ 4,631,137 |
| Education | $ 18,157,550 | $35,788,610 |
| Iredell County Full-Time Employees | ||
| 1998 | 2007 | |
| General government | 70 | 99 |
| Public safety | 204 | 306 |
| Transportation | 0 | 20 |
| Economic, physical | 35 | 54 |
| Human services | 252 | 321 |
| Cultural and recreation | 27 | 39 |
| Solid waste disposal facility | 32 | 44 |
| Iredell County Functions and Programs | ||
| 1998 | 2007 | |
| Library volumes in collection | 175,099 | 206,988 |
| Library circulation | 500,210 | 696,188 |
| Solid waste collected (in tons) | - | 226,044 |
| Recyclables collected (in tons) | - | 14,331 |