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Mississippi Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended March 31, 2022), Mississippi Township took in $227 thousand and spent $166 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended March 31, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Township taxes67%State tax money31%Fines and other2.2%

What stands out

31%

of Mississippi Township's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Township taxes67%

Property tax
67%$151 thousand

State tax money31%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
31%$71 thousand

Fines and other2.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.2%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking57%Running the government and other costs42%Social services0.6%

What stands out

42%

of Mississippi Township's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 23%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
57%$95 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$95 thousand
Running the government and other costs
42%$70 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other government-run businesses
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$61 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$9 thousand
Social services
0.6%$1 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Mississippi Township. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Mississippi Township itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.