ZIP 39766 · Lowndes County, MS

Three governments run on your community's money

From the state down to your schools: where each one's money comes from and goes.

Yearly budgets from each government's latest fiscal year on record. Tap one to jump to it.

Your state

State of Mississippi

$27.7 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Federal tax money41%State taxes38%Fees for services (hospital bills, college tuition)13%Fines and other7.4%Local tax money0.2%
Full Mississippi breakdown

What stands out

8.4%

of Mississippi's money comes from a personal income tax.A typical state government gets 14%.

State taxes38%

Sales tax
18%$5.07 billion
Other taxes
8.9%$2.45 billion
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; motor fuel taxes and 15 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$498 million
  • Motor fuel taxes$453 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$361 million
  • Amusement taxes$292 million
  • Corporation licenses$224 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$212 million
  • Tobacco taxes$121 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$89.4 million
  • Other licenses$68.0 million
  • Severance taxes$49.2 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$41.6 million
  • Amusement licenses$21.1 million
  • Public utility licenses$8.3 million
  • Driver's licenses$5.1 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$2.2 million
  • Public utility taxes$1.8 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1.5 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
8.4%$2.33 billion
Business income tax
2.6%$718 million
Property tax
0.1%$30.4 million

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$3.58 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 9 more
  • Hospital bills$1.58 billion
  • College tuition$958 million
  • Liquor stores$510 million
  • University housing and dining$358 million
  • Other service charges$94.4 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$35.0 million
  • Ports and waterways$30.3 million
  • Other education charges$5.8 million
  • Road charges$5.5 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.4 million
  • Housing$46 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money41%

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

From the federal government
41%$11.4 billion

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.2%$44.5 million

Fines and other7.4%

Interest, rents and other
7.4%$2.03 billion
Fines
<0.1%$525 thousand
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Where the money goes

Sent to local governments31%Social services30%Schools and colleges14%Health and hospitals8.7%Roads, transit and parking5.0%All other spending12%

What stands out

31%

of Mississippi's spending goes to local governments.A typical state government spends 24%.

Full Mississippi breakdown

Spending by category100%

Sent to local governments
31%$8.64 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: general support and 16 more
  • Sent to school districts$4.08 billion
  • Sent to local governments: general support$2.03 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$837 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$426 million
  • Sent to school districts (colleges)$377 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$369 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$177 million
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$98.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$78.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$46.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$42.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$23.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$14.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$13.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$7.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$6.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$1.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$373 thousand
Social services
30%$8.17 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; welfare institutions and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$8.04 billion
  • Welfare institutions$46.9 million
  • Veterans' services$46.7 million
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$37.7 million
Schools and colleges
14%$3.92 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 2 more
  • Colleges and universities$2.70 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$457 million
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$420 million
  • Other education$343 million
Health and hospitals
8.7%$2.41 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$2.11 billion
  • Public health$296 million
Roads, transit and parking
5.0%$1.37 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and ports and harbors
  • Roads and highways$1.35 billion
  • Ports and harbors$18.6 million
Running the government and other costs
4.0%$1.10 billion
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$621 million
  • Other and not broken out$300 million
  • Other government administration$120 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$56.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.1%$852 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$384 million
  • Police$210 million
  • Courts and legal services$145 million
  • Inspections and regulation$113 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$693 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.8%$510 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores
  • Liquor stores$510 million
Environment and natural resources
1.3%$366 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$366 million
Interest on debt
0.9%$262 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$59.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$53.6 million
  • Libraries$6.0 million
Housing and community development
0.2%$51.1 million
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Your county

This ZIP is outside any city or town, so Lowndes County provides local services like police and parks.

Lowndes County

$69.6 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended September 30, 2023.

Where the money comes from

County taxes47%State tax money20%Fines and other17%Fees for services (ports and waterways)8.0%Federal tax money7.9%Local tax money0.2%
Full Lowndes County breakdown

What stands out

17%

of Lowndes County's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people gets 5.4%.

County taxes47%

Property tax
45%$32.6 million
Other taxes
1.8%$1.3 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1.3 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.0%

Fees for services
8.0%$5.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and ports and waterways
  • Other service charges$4.9 million
  • Ports and waterways$914 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money7.9%

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

From the federal government
7.9%$5.7 million

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$14.1 million

Local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.2%$153 thousand

Fines and other17%

Interest, rents and other
17%$12.0 million
Fines
0.7%$503 thousand
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Where the money goes

Roads, transit and parking27%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Parks, recreation and libraries13%Sent to other local governments3.2%All other spending4.4%

What stands out

13%

of Lowndes County's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. county of 50,000 to 250,000 people spends 1.4%.

Full Lowndes County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
27%$18.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and ports and harbors
  • Roads and highways$18.2 million
  • Ports and harbors$659 thousand
Running the government and other costs
27%$18.7 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$10.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$2.6 million
  • Government buildings$1.5 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$17.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Police$9.9 million
  • Prisons and jails$3.4 million
  • Fire protection$2.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
13%$9.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$9.2 million
Sent to other local governments
3.2%$2.2 million
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$2.2 million
Interest on debt
2.2%$1.5 million
Health and hospitals
1.5%$1.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.0 million
Environment and natural resources
0.5%$335 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$335 thousand
Social services
0.2%$127 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$127 thousand
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Your schools

Lowndes County School District

$76.9 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

About 95% of this ZIP is in Lowndes County School District.

Where the money comes from

State tax money53%School district taxes36%County and local tax money4.3%Fines and other3.2%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.2%Federal tax money1.2%

What stands out

4.3%

of Lowndes County School District's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 1%.

Full Lowndes County School District breakdown

School district taxes36%

Property tax
36%$30.2 million

Fees for services2.2%

Fees for services
2.2%$1.9 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$1.2 million
  • School lunches$498 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$192 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.2%

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

From the federal government
1.2%$977 thousand

State tax money53%

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

From the state
53%$44.8 million

County and local tax money4.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.3%$3.6 million

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
3.2%$2.7 million
Lowndes County School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges98%Interest on debt2.3%
Full Lowndes County School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
98%$75.1 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$75.1 million
Interest on debt
2.3%$1.8 million
Lowndes County School District page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

State of Mississippi. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Lowndes County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

Lowndes County School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

How a ZIP is matched. A ZIP code is not a government boundary, so we match it to the cities, counties and school districts that overlap it, using Census Bureau geography. Where a ZIP crosses several, each one is shown with its share of the ZIP. Each government's money covers its own operations only; the others listed here are separate.

Latest recorded year. The year differs by government: each block shows the newest fiscal year on file. A Census survey year covers fiscal years ending July 1 of the year before through June 30 of that year.