Imperial County is scheduled to receive over $3.2 million from the U. S. Department of the Interior.

The money is a Payment in Lieu of Taxes ( PILT ) on over 1.1 million acres of federal land in Imperial County. PILT payments are made annually for tax-exempt Federal lands administered by the U. S. Department of the Interior agencies like the Bureau of Land Management , National Park Service , some military installations and other agencies. The Federal revenue sharing payments are made to local governments annually using information from various sources including U. S. Census data.