Parish government · Madison Parish, LA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Madison Parish took in $34.4 million and spent $47.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (hospital bills, garbage collection)47%Parish taxes20%Federal tax money16%Local tax money13%State tax money3.1%Fines and other1.5%

What stands out

47%

of Madison 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 taxes20%

Property tax
19%$6.5 million
Other taxes
0.9%$308 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses; pari-mutuel (betting) taxes and 2 more
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$198 thousand
  • Pari-mutuel (betting) taxes$49 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$46 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services47%

Fees for services
47%$16.2 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Hospital bills$15.6 million
  • Garbage collection$566 thousand
  • Other service charges$45 thousand
  • Sewer$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money16%

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

From the federal government
16%$5.4 million

State tax money3.1%

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

From the state
3.1%$1.1 million

Local tax money13%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
13%$4.3 million

Fines and other1.5%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$265 thousand
Fines
0.7%$248 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals85%Roads, transit and parking5.0%Running the government and other costs4.2%Police, fire, courts and jails2.2%Water, sewer, trash and utilities2.1%All other spending1.3%

What stands out

85%

of Madison 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
85%$40.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$40.5 million
  • Public health$249 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.0%$2.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$2.4 million
  • Airports$53 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.2%$2.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; government buildings and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$951 thousand
  • Government buildings$891 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$101 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$48 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.2%$1.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; fire protection and 2 more
  • Prisons and jails$736 thousand
  • Fire protection$189 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$136 thousand
  • Police$14 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.1%$1.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$952 thousand
  • Sewer systems$51 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$596 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$596 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$5 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Madison 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 Madison 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.