Photo: Dennis Adams, National Scenic Byways Online · Public domainPiggott runs its own hospital
Piggott’s city government spent $2.8 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $780 per resident. It also runs a hospital ($28.5 million) and water utilities ($4.9 million), counted separately. Census Bureau figures.
What stands out about how Piggott is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $780 per resident a year, or $2.14 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 29%.
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$642 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Piggott’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($642 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 32 Arkansas cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $730, and the middle half spent $510–$852. Piggott spent less than 56% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($651,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Arkansas cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Piggott itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 23% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Piggott reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $642 · 2024: $780.
full-time in March 2025 (hospital, health & welfare left out), the same as 32 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $598 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.52% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Piggott’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Piggott’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Piggott →
Who’s in charge in Piggott
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 111 residents, not counting hospital, health & welfare staff
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (3,545).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Piggott School District
Piggott’s K–12 school district, shared with Nimmons, Pollard, St. Francis. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,629 per pupil, $7,781 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.
Piggott’s votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Piggott alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Clay County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican79.9%3,968 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat18.3%907 votesOthers: 1.9% (92 votes).
Most votes in Clay County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Piggott lies in Clay County. Every 2024 race in Clay County is on the county’s page.
Clay 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 Piggott.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Arkansas HouseState representatives
- 3Arkansas SenateState senator
- 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 Piggott’s government
How much does Piggott spend per resident?
About $780 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. Piggott also runs a hospital ($28.5 million), counted separately. In 2022, the last full count, its $642 was less than 56% of 32 Arkansas cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Piggott?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $598 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.52% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Piggott’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Piggott yet.
How did Piggott vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Piggott alone. Clay County, where 100% of Piggott lies, voted Trump 79.9%, Harris 18.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Piggott?
32 full-time and 73 part-time employees in March 2025 (plus 180 full-time hospital, health & welfare staff), with a March payroll of $1.3M (about $15.8M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Piggott in the state legislature?
State Senate District 21 (Blake Johnson) and State House District 1 (Jeremy Wooldridge). The House district also covers 19 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; 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 →