County Commons · Mississippi
Mississippi: state government and every county
The state's own money — what it collects and what it spends on — its official offices, how to vote, and a page for each of its 82 counties. Every number from official public records, with sources.
2,943,045 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.5% since 2020) · 82 counties
The state's money — Mississippi state government, fiscal 2023
The state government took in $26 billion and spent $24.9 billion · $8,473 per resident. It owed $7.5 billion in debt at year's end.
Of every $100 it spends
Public welfare$32.60 · $8 billion
Education$31.70 · $7.7 billion
Other and unallocable$11.75 · $2.9 billion
Hospitals$8.13 · $2 billion
Highways$5.80 · $1.4 billion
Governmental administration$2.81 · $685.7 million
Health$1.91 · $467.6 million
Natural resources$1.58 · $386.7 million
Correction$1.53 · $374.4 million
Interest on general debt$1.07 · $261.8 million
Police protection$0.91 · $221.8 million
Parks and recreation$0.20 · $48.5 million
✓ These 12 functions add to the state's general expenditure, $24.4 billion, exactly. “Public welfare” is mostly Medicaid. Money the state passes to counties, cities and school districts is counted in the function it pays for.
Where its money comes from
Taxes$10.3 billion
General sales tax$5 billion
Individual income tax$2.4 billion
Selective sales taxes (fuel, tobacco, alcohol and others)$1.6 billion
Corporate income tax$818.4 million
License taxes (vehicles, businesses, hunting and others)$428.1 million
Other taxes (severance, transfer and others)$49.9 million
Property tax (state share)$31.3 million
From other governments (mostly federal aid)$11.3 billion
Charges and fees (tuition, tolls, hospital charges)$2.8 billion
Other general revenue (interest, rents, settlements)$1.1 billion
Pension and insurance trust earnings and contributions$2.9 billion
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances (State Totals), last revised Sept. 16, 2025. These are the state government's own books — counties, cities and school districts are separate.