You hear the state budget is $7 billion. It’s really $22 billion.
See who gets your tax dollars — down to the dime.
See who's taking your tax dollars
Type any company, contractor, nonprofit, university or county to see what Mississippi paid them in FY2025. Switch between all payments, the part your state taxes fund, and federal + special funds.
The fund split covers the $22.3B of spending the State tags to a fund source. “All payments” is the full $26.4B checkbook, which also includes items not tied to a fund (certain debt, refunds and internal transfers).
Where the money comes from
You usually hear Mississippi's budget is "about $7 billion." That figure is the state General Fund — the part your state taxes actually pay for. The much larger total that flows through state agencies also includes federal money and dedicated special funds. Here's the FY2025 split:
Where every dollar goes
Each block is an agency, sized by what it spent in FY2025. Click one to see what it spends on; click “All agencies” to go back.
The fastest-growing recipients
Where state payments are rising fastest — FY2021 to FY2025. The spark line shows each recipient’s five-year trend. Click a name to search it.
What your money buys
Every dollar falls into a spending category. Click one to see who got paid for it — and which agencies. Then click any name to dig deeper.
The biggest spenders
The state agencies that spent the most in FY2025.
The biggest outside vendors
The largest payments to outside vendors and recipients. Internal transfers (state payroll, journal entries, agency-to-agency) are excluded here — search below to see those too.
Browse an agency
Pick any of Mississippi's — state agencies to see its total, what it spends on, and who it pays.