Photo: Brandon Dilbeck · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Bushton run?
Bushton’s city government spent $170,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $680 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Bushton didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Bushton is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $680 per resident a year, or $1.86 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 51%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Bushton 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 Bushton yet
Every year of Bushton’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 Bushton
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 125 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. 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.
Central Plains Unified School District 112
Bushton’s K–12 school district, shared with Claflin, Cleveland Township, Dorrance, Farmer Township, Green Garden Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $8,148 per pupil, $5,184 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.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Bushton’s votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Bushton alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Rice County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican77.5%3,073 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat20.8%825 votesOthers: 1.7% (68 votes).
Most votes in Rice County: Donald J Trump
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Bushton lies in Rice County. Every 2024 race in Rice County is on the county’s page.
Rice 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 Bushton.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Bushton’s government
How much does Bushton spend per resident?
About $680 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Bushton didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $239,000.
Who runs Bushton’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Bushton yet.
How did Bushton vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Bushton alone. Rice County, where 100% of Bushton lies, voted Trump 77.5%, Harris 20.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Bushton?
2 full-time and 3 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $8,351 (about $100,212 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Bushton in the state legislature?
State Senate District 33 (Tory Marie Blew) and State House District 113 (Brett Fairchild). The House district also covers 91 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 Bushton, 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 →