County government · Holmes County, MS

Holmes County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Holmes County took in $15.6 million and spent $10.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes59%Fees for services19%State tax money17%Fines and other4.6%

What stands out

58%

of Holmes County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 28%.

County taxes59%

Property tax
58%$9.0 million
Other taxes
1.3%$203 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$203 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services19%

Fees for services
19%$2.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$2.9 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money17%

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

From the state
17%$2.7 million

Fines and other4.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.1%$485 thousand
Fines
1.4%$224 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails47%Roads, transit and parking30%Running the government and other costs18%Health and hospitals3.3%Interest on debt1.2%All other spending1.0%

What stands out

47%

of Holmes County's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 20%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
47%$4.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$2.8 million
  • Police$2.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$82 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
30%$3.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.2 million
Running the government and other costs
18%$1.8 million
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$1.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$310 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$82 thousand
  • Government buildings$40 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.3%$351 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$351 thousand
Interest on debt
1.2%$130 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.9%$99 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$99 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Holmes County. 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 Holmes County 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.