Hebert House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Lake Arthur run?
Lake Arthur’s town government spent $2.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to July 31, 2023, about $830 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Lake Arthur didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Lake Arthur is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $830 per resident a year, or $2.27 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 33%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Lake Arthur didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Lake Arthur yet
Every year of Lake Arthur’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022–2023. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $288 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.34% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Lake Arthur’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 Lake Arthur’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Lake Arthur →
Who’s in charge in Lake Arthur
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 85 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 2023 finance file (2,622).
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.
Jefferson Davis Parish School District
Lake Arthur’s K–12 school district, shared with Elton, Fenton, Jennings, Welsh. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,500 per pupil, $7,501 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.
Louisiana districts overall: 47% local, 34% state, 19% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Lake Arthur.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Louisiana HouseState representatives
- 3Louisiana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Louisiana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Lake Arthur’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Lake Arthur’s government
How much does Lake Arthur spend per resident?
About $830 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to July 31, 2023, a Census Bureau estimate (Lake Arthur didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $2.5 million.
What is the property tax rate in Lake Arthur?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $288 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.34% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Lake Arthur’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Lake Arthur yet.
How many people work for Lake Arthur?
31 full-time and 7 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $84,754 (about $1.0M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Lake Arthur in the state legislature?
State Senate District 25 (Mark Abraham) and State House District 37 (Skip Broussard). The House district also covers five 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 Lake Arthur, 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 →