Town government · Piscataquis County, ME

Parkman's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended January 31, 2022), Parkman took in $2.1 million and spent $517 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended January 31, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Town taxes65%State tax money34%Fines and other0.2%

What stands out

34%

of Parkman's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 19%.

Town taxes65%

Property tax
65%$1.4 million
Other taxes
0.4%$8 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services<0.1%

Fees for services
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection
  • Garbage collection$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money34%

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

From the state
34%$720 thousand

Fines and other0.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.2%$4 thousand

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Roads, transit and parking30%Sent to other local governments27%Running the government and other costs26%Water, sewer, trash and utilities13%Police, fire, courts and jails3.9%

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
30%$153 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$153 thousand
Sent to other local governments
27%$140 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$140 thousand
Running the government and other costs
26%$137 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$77 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$35 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$11 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$8 thousand
  • Government buildings$6 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
13%$67 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$67 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.9%$20 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and inspections and regulation
  • Fire protection$17 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

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

What this covers. The money of Town of Parkman 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.