Parish government · Catahoula Parish, LA

Catahoula Parish's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Catahoula Parish took in $8.8 million and spent $6.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Federal tax money52%Fees for services (hospital bills, water)40%Parish taxes6.5%Fines and other1.5%State tax money0.2%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

52%

of Catahoula Parish's money comes from federal tax money.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 3%.

Parish taxes6.5%

Property tax
4.5%$391 thousand
Other taxes
2.0%$176 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$176 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services40%

Fees for services
40%$3.5 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; water and 2 more
  • Hospital bills$3.2 million
  • Water$189 thousand
  • Other service charges$82 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money52%

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

From the federal government
52%$4.6 million

State tax money0.2%

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

From the state
0.2%$20 thousand

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$14 thousand

Fines and other1.5%

Interest, rents and other
1.5%$131 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals89%Running the government and other costs7.5%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.1%Parks, recreation and libraries1.3%Interest on debt0.3%

What stands out

89%

of Catahoula Parish's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
89%$5.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals
  • Hospitals$5.8 million
Running the government and other costs
7.5%$489 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$361 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$128 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.1%$135 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply
  • Water supply$135 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.3%$83 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$83 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$22 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Catahoula Parish. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself.

What this covers. The money of Catahoula 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.