Parkdale Baptist Church-AS0051 · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Parkdale run?
Parkdale’s city government spent $84,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $336 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Parkdale didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Parkdale is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $336 per resident a year, or $0.92 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 83%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Parkdale didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Parkdale yet
Every year of Parkdale’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Parkdale
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 83 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (250).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Hamburg School District
Parkdale’s K–12 school district, shared with Fountain Hill, Hamburg, Portland, Wilmot. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,902 per pupil, $7,625 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Arkansas districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Parkdale’s votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Parkdale alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Ashley County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican73.2%5,145 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat25.2%1,774 votesOthers: 1.6% (111 votes).
Most votes in Ashley County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Parkdale lies in Ashley County. Every 2024 race in Ashley County is on the county’s page.
Ashley County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Parkdale.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Arkansas HouseState representatives
- 3Arkansas SenateState senatorDistrict 1
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Arkansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Parkdale’s government
How much does Parkdale spend per resident?
About $336 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Parkdale didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $112,000.
Who runs Parkdale’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Parkdale yet.
How did Parkdale vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Parkdale alone. Ashley County, where 100% of Parkdale lies, voted Trump 73.2%, Harris 25.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Parkdale?
3 full-time and 5 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $18,460 (about $221,520 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Parkdale in the state legislature?
State Senate District 1 and State House District 95 (Howard Beaty). The House district also covers nine other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Parkdale, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →