Parish government · Franklin Parish, LA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Franklin Parish took in $69.2 million and spent $68.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, sewer)56%State tax money22%Parish taxes18%Fines and other2.6%Federal tax money1.0%

What stands out

56%

of Franklin Parish's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

Parish taxes18%

Property tax
9.8%$6.8 million
Sales tax
7.5%$5.2 million
Other taxes
0.8%$563 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and other licenses
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$296 thousand
  • Other licenses$267 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services56%

Fees for services
56%$38.7 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; other service charges and 2 more
  • Hospital bills$38.3 million
  • Other service charges$193 thousand
  • Sewer$124 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$72 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.0%

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

From the federal government
1.0%$704 thousand

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$15.5 million

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$9 thousand

Fines and other2.6%

Interest, rents and other
2.5%$1.8 million
Fines
<0.1%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals70%Roads, transit and parking13%Sent to other local governments8.0%Running the government and other costs3.3%Parks, recreation and libraries2.7%All other spending3.3%

What stands out

70%

of Franklin 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
70%$48.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$48.0 million
  • Public health$240 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
13%$8.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$8.6 million
Sent to other local governments
8.0%$5.5 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to the state government$5.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$29 thousand
Running the government and other costs
3.3%$2.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$347 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$171 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.7%$1.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$1.7 million
  • Parks and recreation$177 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.2%$1.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$810 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$544 thousand
  • Police$145 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$374 thousand
Housing and community development
0.4%$291 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.2%$115 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems
  • Sewer systems$115 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Franklin 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 Franklin 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.