County government · Mississippi County, MO

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Mississippi County took in $7.4 million and spent $10.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes59%Federal tax money31%State tax money7.4%Fines and other2.4%Fees for services0.3%Local tax money0.1%

What stands out

32%

of Mississippi County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes59%

Sales tax
32%$2.3 million
Property tax
27%$2.0 million
Other taxes
0.2%$18 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$18 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.3%

Fees for services
0.3%$19 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and other government-run businesses
  • Other service charges$17 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money31%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
31%$2.3 million

State tax money7.4%

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

From the state
7.4%$545 thousand

Local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.1%$11 thousand

Fines and other2.4%

Interest, rents and other
2.4%$180 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs35%Police, fire, courts and jails31%Roads, transit and parking26%Social services5.1%Environment and natural resources3.9%All other spending<0.1%

What stands out

5.1%

of Mississippi County's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
35%$3.5 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$2.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$394 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$385 thousand
  • Government buildings$223 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
31%$3.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 1 more
  • Prisons and jails$1.8 million
  • Police$709 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$524 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
26%$2.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$2.6 million
  • Airports$8 thousand
Social services
5.1%$509 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$509 thousand
Environment and natural resources
3.9%$393 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$393 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$6 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$1 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Mississippi County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 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 Mississippi 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.