Parish government · Tensas Parish, LA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Tensas Parish took in $7.9 million and spent $5.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Parish taxes62%Fees for services (water, parks and recreation)21%Federal tax money8.9%Fines and other4.9%Local tax money2.3%State tax money1.7%

What stands out

30%

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

Parish taxes62%

Sales tax
30%$2.3 million
Property tax
29%$2.3 million
Other taxes
2.8%$218 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere; severance taxes and 4 more
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$75 thousand
  • Severance taxes$70 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$63 thousand
  • Other licenses$6 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand
  • Public utility licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services21%

Fees for services
21%$1.6 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; other service charges and 2 more
  • Water$1.3 million
  • Other service charges$317 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$29 thousand
  • Airport$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money8.9%

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

From the federal government
8.9%$703 thousand

State tax money1.7%

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

From the state
1.7%$137 thousand

Local tax money2.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
2.3%$181 thousand

Fines and other4.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.6%$205 thousand
Fines
2.3%$179 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs40%Water, sewer, trash and utilities26%Police, fire, courts and jails20%Health and hospitals6.7%Parks, recreation and libraries3.6%All other spending3.9%

What stands out

26%

of Tensas 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%

Running the government and other costs
40%$2.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.0 million
  • Government buildings$602 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$376 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$139 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
26%$1.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and garbage and solid waste
  • Water supply$1.2 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$208 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
20%$1.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$588 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$463 thousand
Health and hospitals
6.7%$359 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$359 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.6%$193 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$193 thousand
Interest on debt
1.9%$101 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on water supply debt and interest on general debt
  • Interest on water supply debt$82 thousand
  • Interest on general debt$19 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.2%$65 thousand
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$40 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$25 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.8%$42 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports
  • Airports$42 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Tensas 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 Tensas 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.