Parish government · Grant Parish, LA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Grant Parish took in $6.2 million and spent $4.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Parish taxes72%Fees for services (housing)14%Federal tax money6.2%State tax money3.5%Fines and other2.0%Local tax money1.9%

What stands out

29%

of Grant Parish's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

Parish taxes72%

Property tax
34%$2.1 million
Sales tax
29%$1.8 million
Other taxes
8.9%$553 thousand
What's in other taxesSeverance taxes; public utility taxes and 1 more
  • Severance taxes$497 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$36 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$899 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and housing
  • Other service charges$840 thousand
  • Housing$59 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money6.2%

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

From the federal government
6.2%$387 thousand

State tax money3.5%

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

From the state
3.5%$220 thousand

Local tax money1.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.9%$117 thousand

Fines and other2.0%

Interest, rents and other
2.0%$126 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails30%Roads, transit and parking25%Water, sewer, trash and utilities24%Running the government and other costs21%Health and hospitals0.5%All other spending0.2%

What stands out

24%

of Grant Parish's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 0.8%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
30%$1.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; fire protection and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$549 thousand
  • Fire protection$396 thousand
  • Police$239 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
25%$974 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$974 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
24%$929 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$911 thousand
  • Sewer systems$18 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$838 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$838 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$19 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$19 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$4 thousand
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$4 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Grant Parish. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Grant 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.