Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHow is Cooter run?
Cooter’s city government spent $582,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,466 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Cooter didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Cooter is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,466 per resident a year, or $4.02 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 37%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Cooter 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 Cooter yet
Every year of Cooter’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 →The typical homeowner pays $620 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.84% of the home’s value, vs 0.85% across Missouri.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Cooter’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. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Cooter’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Cooter →
Who’s in charge in Cooter
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 397 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 (397).
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.
Cooter R-IV School District
Cooter’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,203 per pupil, $6,861 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.
Missouri districts overall: 54% local, 35% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Cooter’s votes are counted by county
Missouri reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Cooter alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Pemiscot County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican74.3%3,917 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat25.3%1,331 votesOthers: 0.4% (22 votes).
Most votes in Pemiscot County: Donald J Trump
Missouri: Trump 58.5%, Harris 40.1%
100% of Cooter lies in Pemiscot County. Every 2024 race in Pemiscot County is on the county’s page.
Pemiscot 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 Cooter.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Missouri HouseState representatives
- 3Missouri SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Missouri
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Cooter’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Cooter’s government
How much does Cooter spend per resident?
About $1,466 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Cooter didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $928,000.
What is the property tax rate in Cooter?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $620 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.84% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.85% across Missouri. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Cooter’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Cooter yet.
How did Cooter vote in 2024?
Missouri counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Cooter alone. Pemiscot County, where 100% of Cooter lies, voted Trump 74.3%, Harris 25.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Cooter?
1 full-time and 0 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $1,727 (about $20,724 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Cooter in the state legislature?
State Senate District 25 (Jason Bean) and State House District 150 (Cameron Parker). The House district also covers 25 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 Cooter, 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 →