Parish government · St Bernard Parish, LA

St. Bernard Parish's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), St. Bernard Parish took in $133 million and spent $138 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Parish taxes41%Fees for services (hospital bills, sewer)34%State tax money23%Local tax money1.5%Fines and other0.9%Federal tax money0.3%

What stands out

20%

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

Parish taxes41%

Sales tax
20%$27.2 million
Property tax
18%$23.3 million
Other taxes
2.6%$3.5 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; other selective sales taxes and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$2.1 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$1.1 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$161 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$44.9 million
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; sewer and 5 more
  • Hospital bills$25.4 million
  • Sewer$6.9 million
  • Water$6.8 million
  • Other service charges$4.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$758 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$414 thousand
  • Transit fares$25 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government
0.3%$347 thousand

State tax money23%

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

From the state
23%$30.3 million

Local tax money1.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.5%$1.9 million

Fines and other0.9%

Interest, rents and other
0.9%$1.2 million
Fines
<0.1%$46 thousand

Where it goes

Sent to other local governments26%Water, sewer, trash and utilities25%Health and hospitals17%Police, fire, courts and jails13%Running the government and other costs6.7%All other spending12%

What stands out

26%

of St. Bernard Parish's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Sent to other local governments
26%$35.8 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$34.1 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
25%$34.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Water supply$21.7 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$6.5 million
  • Sewer systems$6.4 million
Health and hospitals
17%$23.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$22.8 million
  • Public health$210 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
13%$18.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$11.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$4.0 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.2 million
Running the government and other costs
6.7%$9.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and finance, tax collection and budgeting
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$7.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.1 million
Housing and community development
6.3%$8.7 million
Interest on debt
2.8%$3.8 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.6%$3.6 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$3.1 million
  • Libraries$581 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.6%$857 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit
  • Public transit$857 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

St. Bernard 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 St. Bernard 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.