Photo: Eric Polk · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Barstow run?
Barstow’s city government spent $24,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $60 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Barstow didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Barstow is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $60 per resident a year, or $0.16 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: fire, at 100%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Barstow 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 Barstow yet
Every year of Barstow’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 →Who’s in charge in Barstow
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 400 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 (400).
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.
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Barstow’s K–12 school district, shared with Town of Pecos, Toyah. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $39,920 per pupil, $10,554 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.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Barstow’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Barstow alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Ward County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.7%3,115 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat16.7%627 votesOthers: 0.6% (23 votes).
Most votes in Ward County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Barstow lies in Ward County. Every 2024 race in Ward County is on the county’s page.
Ward 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 Barstow.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in CongressTexas’s 23rd District
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Barstow’s government
How much does Barstow spend per resident?
About $60 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Barstow didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $360,000.
Who runs Barstow’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Barstow yet.
How did Barstow vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Barstow alone. Ward County, where 100% of Barstow lies, voted Trump 82.7%, Harris 16.7% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Barstow?
1 full-time and 13 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $5,350 (about $64,200 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Barstow in the state legislature?
State Senate District 31 (Kevin Sparks) and State House District 81 (Brooks Landgraf). 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 (for Barstow, 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 →