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HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $2.32 MILLION IN PILT PAYMENTS TO MS COUNTIES
Dept. of the Interior Program Helps Counties with Federal Lands, Installations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that 72 counties in Mississippi with tax-exempt, federal property will receive $2.32 million in Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments for 2020.
The U.S. Department of the Interior issues the PILT payments to counties, with local officials retaining authority to allocate the funds that can be used to support public safety, public schools, social services, or infrastructure.
“While Mississippians appreciate that the federal government doesn’t own vast tracks property in our state like it does in other states, Mississippi is proudly home to national forests, wildlife refuges, and military installations. These qualify host counties for welcomed PILT funds to offset revenues lost from hosting tax-exempt federal property,” Hyde-Smith said.
Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee that has jurisdiction over the PILT program.
The largest FY2020 PILT payments for Mississippi include $255,000 to Lafayette County, $191,955 to Yalobusha County, $143,896 to Pike County, $129,000 to Grenada County, $124,147 to Sharkey County, and $102,897 to Wayne County. At complete list of the PILT payments to Mississippi is available here and below.
PILT payments are issued annually for tax-exempt federal lands administered by Interior Department agencies, including the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The payments also account for lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service, as well as federal water projects and some military installations. Awards are made on a formula based on population, revenue-sharing payments, and the amount of federal land in a county.
COUNTY PAYMENT TOTAL ACRES
1. ADAMS COUNTY $6,267 15,679
2. ALCORN COUNTY $526 46
3. AMITE COUNTY $14,273 35,709
4. ATTALA COUNTY $6,968 2,464
5. BENTON COUNTY $45,338 55,411
6. BOLIVAR COUNTY $16,942 5,991
7. CALHOUN COUNTY $46,438 16,422
8. CHICKASAW COUNTY $22,114 27,091
9. CHOCTAW COUNTY $13,581 12,919
10. CLAIBORNE COUNTY $7,062 2,497
11. CLAY COUNTY $9,544 3,375
12. COAHOMA COUNTY $4,109 1,453
13. COPIAH COUNTY $2,977 7,448
14. COVINGTON COUNTY $116 41
15. DE SOTO COUNTY $49,739 17,589
16. FORREST COUNTY $55,853 50,964
17. FRANKLIN COUNTY $38,750 96,950
18. GEORGE COUNTY $3,515 8,794
19. GREENE COUNTY $13,311 33,303
20. GRENADA COUNTY $129,453 45,778
21. HARRISON COUNTY $63,105 64,530
22. HINDS COUNTY $3,216 1,137
23. HOLMES COUNTY $2,678 947
24. HUMPHREYS COUNTY $12,412 4,389
25. ISSAQUENA COUNTY $36,052 12,749
26. ITAWAMBA COUNTY $58,977 20,856
27. JACKSON COUNTY $72,949 37,700
28. JASPER COUNTY $11,074 17,517
29. JEFFERSON COUNTY $4,275 10,696
30. JONES COUNTY $40,406 32,980
31. KEMPER COUNTY $1,258 445
32. LAFAYETTE COUNTY $255,000 103,110
33. LAUDERDALE COUNTY $30,272 10,705
34. LEAKE COUNTY $4,617 1,633
35. LEE COUNTY $6,439 2,277
36. LEFLORE COUNTY $7,186 2,541
37. LINCOLN COUNTY $3,166 7,920
38. LOWNDES COUNTY $22,337 7,899
39. MADISON COUNTY $8,837 3,125
40. MARSHALL COUNTY $84,399 41,277
41. MONROE COUNTY $67,292 23,796
42. MONTGOMERY COUNTY $340 120
43. NESHOBA COUNTY $19,144 6,770
44. NEWTON COUNTY $3,437 4,023
45. NOXUBEE COUNTY $113 40
46. OKTIBBEHA COUNTY $110 117
47. PANOLA COUNTY $79,067 27,960
48. PEARL RIVER COUNTY $4,257 4,037
49. PERRY COUNTY $143,896 163,451
50. PONTOTOC COUNTY $1,077 748
51. PRENTISS COUNTY $15,185 5,370
52. QUITMAN COUNTY $241 85
53. RANKIN COUNTY $144 51
54. SCOTT COUNTY $34,444 86,176
55. SHARKEY COUNTY $124,147 67,293
56. SMITH COUNTY $31,166 73,384
57. STONE COUNTY $17,627 44,100
58. SUNFLOWER COUNTY $1,836 649
59. TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY $888 314
60. TATE COUNTY $54,911 19,418
61. TIPPAH COUNTY $14,053 9,664
62. TISHOMINGO COUNTY $76,908 27,196
63. TUNICA COUNTY $8,345 2,951
64. UNION COUNTY $11,434 8,355
65. WARREN COUNTY $11,223 3,840
66. WASHINGTON COUNTY $17,546 6,205
67. WAYNE COUNTY $102,897 90,348
68. WEBSTER COUNTY $187 66
69. WILKINSON COUNTY $8,984 22,477
70. WINSTON COUNTY $25,786 28,849
71. YALOBUSHA COUNTY $191,955 76,828
72. YAZOO COUNTY $40,291 14,248
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