Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Fingers-of-Pyrex~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5How is Amory run?
Amory’s city government spent $8.7 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $1,344 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Amory didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Amory is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,344 per resident a year, or $3.68 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 23%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Amory didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Amory yet
Every year of Amory’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, down from 105 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $937 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.58% of the home’s value, vs 0.72% across Mississippi.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Amory’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 Amory’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Amory →
Who’s in charge in Amory
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Amory’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on amoryms.us ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 63 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (6,476).
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.
Amory School District
Amory’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,003 per pupil, $6,890 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.
Mississippi districts overall: 33% local, 45% state, 23% federal.
Monroe County School District · $11,181 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Amory’s votes are counted by county
Mississippi reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Amory alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Monroe County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican67.6%10,861 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat31.7%5,090 votesOthers: 0.7% (118 votes).
Most votes in Monroe County: Donald J Trump
Mississippi: Trump 60.9%, Harris 38.0%
100% of Amory lies in Monroe County. Every 2024 race in Monroe County is on the county’s page.
Monroe 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 Amory.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: amoryms.us ↗
- 2Mississippi HouseAmory is split between 2 districts
- 3Mississippi SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Mississippi
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Amory’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Amory’s government
How much does Amory spend per resident?
About $1,344 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Amory didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $25.3 million.
What is the property tax rate in Amory?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $937 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.58% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.72% across Mississippi. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see amoryms.us.
Who runs Amory’s government?
See amoryms.us for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Amory yet.
How did Amory vote in 2024?
Mississippi counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Amory alone. Monroe County, where 100% of Amory lies, voted Trump 67.6%, Harris 31.7% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Amory?
103 full-time and 21 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $497,637 (about $6.0M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Amory in the state legislature?
Amory is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Mississippi Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 7 (Hob Bryan). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Amory’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
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 Amory, 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 →