Town government · Coahoma County, MS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Coahoma took in $1.1 million and spent $933 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, gas)72%Town taxes14%State tax money9.1%Fines and other5.1%

What stands out

72%

of Coahoma's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

Town taxes14%

Property tax
11%$127 thousand
Other taxes
2.5%$28 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$23 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services72%

Fees for services
72%$811 thousand
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; gas and 6 more
  • Electric power$373 thousand
  • Gas$116 thousand
  • Sewer$109 thousand
  • Water$101 thousand
  • Garbage collection$67 thousand
  • Other service charges$40 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$3 thousand
  • Housing$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money9.1%

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

From the state
9.1%$103 thousand

Fines and other5.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.2%$47 thousand
Fines
0.9%$10 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities66%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Running the government and other costs10%Parks, recreation and libraries3.8%Interest on debt1.8%Housing and community development1.1%

What stands out

66%

of Coahoma's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
66%$614 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 3 more
  • Electric power$297 thousand
  • Sewer systems$101 thousand
  • Gas supply$92 thousand
  • Water supply$81 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$43 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$163 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$81 thousand
  • Fire protection$59 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$23 thousand
Running the government and other costs
10%$94 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$25 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$23 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$23 thousand
  • Government buildings$23 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.8%$35 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$35 thousand
Interest on debt
1.8%$17 thousand
Housing and community development
1.1%$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Coahoma. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Coahoma 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.