How Illinois is run
Illinois spent $3,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $60 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Illinois is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $60 per resident a year, or $0.16 a day
The biggest line: health & welfare, at 100% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Illinois collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
Illinois didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
Otis-Bison Unified School District 403
Illinois’s K–12 school district, shared with Albert, Bison, Garfield, Olmitz, Otis and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $18,419 per pupil, $10,980 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.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
LaCrosse Unified School District 395 · $17,555 per pupil
Victoria Unified School District 432 · $15,337 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Illinois
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Illinois yet. Neighbors can add them.
How Illinois’s budget compares
Illinois spends the least per resident of the 3 towns here. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star | — | — | $1,350 |
| Illinois | $60 | — | — |
| Big Timber | $67 | — | $910 |
| Pleasantdale | $429 | — | $3,563 |
| Freedom | — | — | $2,157 |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Illinois.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Illinois’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.
Questions about how Illinois is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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 Illinois, 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.