City government · Sharkey County, MS

Rolling Fork's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Rolling Fork took in $1.9 million and spent $2.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes41%State tax money30%Fees for services (water, sewer)26%Fines and other2.9%County and local tax money0.1%

What stands out

30%

of Rolling Fork's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes41%

Property tax

36%$690 thousand

Other taxes

4.9%$94 thousand

What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; occupation and business licenses and 1 more

Public utility taxes$77 thousand
Occupation and business licenses$9 thousand
Other licenses$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services26%

Fees for services

26%$497 thousand

What's in fees for servicesWater and sewer

Water$251 thousand
Sewer$246 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money30%

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

From the state

30%$584 thousand

County and local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.1%$2 thousand

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other

1.8%$34 thousand

Fines

1.1%$22 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities45%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Running the government and other costs14%Roads, transit and parking11%Interest on debt1.5%All other spending1.6%

What stands out

27%

of Rolling Fork's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

45%$977 thousand

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply

Sewer systems$569 thousand
Water supply$408 thousand

Police, fire, courts and jails

27%$595 thousand

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more

Police$491 thousand
Courts and legal services$73 thousand
Fire protection$31 thousand

Running the government and other costs

14%$311 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$92 thousand
Finance, tax collection and budgeting$73 thousand
Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$73 thousand
Government buildings$73 thousand

Roads, transit and parking

11%$234 thousand

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$234 thousand

Interest on debt

1.5%$32 thousand

Parks, recreation and libraries

1.1%$24 thousand

What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation

Libraries$22 thousand
Parks and recreation$2 thousand

Health and hospitals

0.5%$10 thousand

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$10 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Rolling Fork. 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 City of Rolling Fork 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.