Mamou runs its own hospital
Mamou’s town government spent $4.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,476 per resident. It also runs a hospital ($42.3 million) and water utilities ($779,000), counted separately. Census Bureau figures.
What stands out about how Mamou is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $1,476 per resident a year, or $4.04 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 24%.
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$1,461 per resident in 2022: more than 75% of them
Mamou’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($1,461 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 28 Louisiana cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $1,022, and the middle half spent $644–$1,399. Mamou spent more than 75% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($264,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Louisiana cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Mamou itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is down 6% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Mamou 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: $1,461 · 2023: $1,409 · 2024: $1,476. Per resident it went from $1,461 to $1,476 (up 1%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 3,077 to 2,851.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $199 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.23% 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 Mamou’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 Mamou’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Mamou →
Who’s in charge in Mamou
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 43 residents, not counting hospital, health & welfare staff
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (2,851).
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.
Evangeline Parish School District
Mamou’s K–12 school district, shared with Chataignier, Pine Prairie, Turkey Creek, Ville Platte, Basile. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,090 per pupil, $8,173 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 Mamou.
- 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.
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Questions about Mamou’s government
How much does Mamou spend per resident?
About $1,476 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. Mamou also runs a hospital ($42.3 million), counted separately. In 2022, the last full count, its $1,461 was more than 75% of 28 Louisiana cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Mamou?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $199 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.23% 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 Mamou’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Mamou yet.
How many people work for Mamou?
67 full-time and 53 part-time employees in March 2022 (plus 149 full-time hospital, health & welfare staff), with a March payroll of $1.2M (about $14.5M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Mamou in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Heather Cloud) and State House District 38 (Rhonda Butler). 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; 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 →