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How State Line is run

State Line spent $10,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $204 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)

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City budget
$10,000
spent, year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$204
Below typical Idaho cities ($1,169)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
City staff
0
full-time · 3 part-time

What stands out about how State Line is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $204 per resident a year, or $0.56 a day

The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 60% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Other taxes & licenses 100%
An estimate

State Line didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.

The school district

Post Falls School District 273

State Line’s K–12 school district, shared with Post Falls, Huetter. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in State Line →
$10,032
per pupil · ID $11,119
5,894
students
$31.8 million
long-term debt

Of the $10,032 per pupil, $5,903 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.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 13%State 74%Federal 12%

Idaho districts overall: 21% local, 67% state, 12% federal.

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in State Line

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for State Line yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who works for State Line

0 full-time staff

On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings0 + 3 pt
0
full-time
3
part-time

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

Next door

How State Line’s budget compares

Town budgets across the town line. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.

Post Falls: $521 per residentPost FallsState Line
Spends the leastSpends the mostNo figures
TownSpent per residentDebt per residentTax bill
State Line$204——
Post Falls$521$194$2,206

The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.

Who represents State Line

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for State Line.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Idaho HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Idaho SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Idaho

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach State Line’s government

Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.

The Handbook →

Questions about how State Line is run?

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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for State Line, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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