County government · Issaquena County, MS

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Issaquena County took in $7.4 million and spent $7.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services54%County taxes29%State tax money12%Fines and other4.4%Local tax money0.2%

What stands out

54%

of Issaquena County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes29%

Property tax
29%$2.2 million
Other taxes
0.4%$32 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$32 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services54%

Fees for services
54%$4.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges
  • Other service charges$4.1 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$861 thousand

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$13 thousand

Fines and other4.4%

Interest, rents and other
3.4%$255 thousand
Fines
1.0%$74 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails65%Roads, transit and parking14%Running the government and other costs12%Health and hospitals5.3%Sent to other local governments1.2%All other spending2.2%

What stands out

65%

of Issaquena 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
65%$4.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$3.8 million
  • Police$813 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$290 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
14%$1.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.0 million
Running the government and other costs
12%$914 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$348 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$325 thousand
  • Government buildings$198 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$43 thousand
Health and hospitals
5.3%$395 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$395 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.2%$89 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$89 thousand
Interest on debt
0.9%$68 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.9%$65 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$65 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$32 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$32 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Issaquena 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 Issaquena 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.