Photo: NatalieMaynor from Jackson, Mississippi, USA · CC BY 2.0How is Sallis run?
Sallis’ town government spent $19,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $148 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Sallis didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Sallis is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $148 per resident a year, or $0.41 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 79%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Sallis 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 Sallis yet
Every year of Sallis’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town 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 Sallis
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 128 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 (128).
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.
Attala County School District
Sallis’ K–12 school district, shared with Ethel, McCool. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,631 per pupil, $8,813 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.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Sallis’ votes are counted by county
Mississippi reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Sallis alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Attala County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican61.3%4,723 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat38.0%2,930 votesOthers: 0.6% (50 votes).
Most votes in Attala County: Donald J Trump
Mississippi: Trump 60.9%, Harris 38.0%
100% of Sallis lies in Attala County. Every 2024 race in Attala County is on the county’s page.
Attala 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 Sallis.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Mississippi HouseState representatives
- 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.
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Questions about Sallis’ government
How much does Sallis spend per resident?
About $148 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Sallis didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $409,000.
Who runs Sallis’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Sallis yet.
How did Sallis vote in 2024?
Mississippi counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Sallis alone. Attala County, where 100% of Sallis lies, voted Trump 61.3%, Harris 38.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Sallis?
1 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $11,073 (about $132,876 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Sallis in the state legislature?
State Senate District 21 (Bradford Blackmon) and State House District 47 (Bryant Clark). The House district also covers six 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 Sallis, 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 →