County government · East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge City-Parish's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge City-Parish took in $1.72 billion and spent $1.39 billion.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City-county taxes44%Fees for services (hospital bills, sewer)37%Federal tax money9.2%State tax money7.4%Fines and other2.2%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

28%

of Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge City-Parish's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 7.8%.

City-county taxes44%

Sales tax
28%$478 million
Property tax
13%$226 million
Other taxes
2.5%$42.5 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; amusement taxes and 7 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$16.5 million
  • Amusement taxes$10.5 million
  • Other licenses$8.2 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$4.9 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.9 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$648 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$4 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$3 thousand
  • Amusement licenses$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services37%

Fees for services
37%$640 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; sewer and 9 more
  • Hospital bills$363 million
  • Sewer$106 million
  • Other service charges$71.3 million
  • Garbage collection$54.0 million
  • Airport$18.7 million
  • Housing$11.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$10.0 million
  • Gas$3.2 million
  • Transit fares$1.7 million
  • Parking$1.3 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$64 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.2%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
9.2%$158 million

State tax money7.4%

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

From the state
7.4%$126 million

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$7.3 million

Fines and other2.2%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$34.9 million
Fines
0.1%$2.3 million

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails24%Running the government and other costs19%Health and hospitals18%Water, sewer, trash and utilities10%Roads, transit and parking8.9%All other spending20%

What stands out

18%

of Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge City-Parish's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities of 50,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$336 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 4 more
  • Police$167 million
  • Fire protection$78.3 million
  • Prisons and jails$43.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$36.7 million
  • Inspections and regulation$5.6 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$5.4 million
Running the government and other costs
19%$264 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$213 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$26.7 million
  • Government buildings$13.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$11.2 million
Health and hospitals
18%$251 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$130 million
  • Public health$121 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
10%$141 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$86.6 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$52.2 million
  • Gas supply$2.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
8.9%$124 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; public transit and 2 more
  • Roads and highways$63.9 million
  • Public transit$40.6 million
  • Airports$17.8 million
  • Parking$1.7 million
Housing and community development
7.9%$109 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.9%$68.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$48.5 million
  • Parks and recreation$19.6 million
Interest on debt
4.7%$65.1 million
Sent to other local governments
1.8%$24.7 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$24.7 million
Social services
0.2%$2.7 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$2.7 million
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$1.5 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$1.5 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge City-Parish. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge City-Parish 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.