The village of Cahokia budget was $22.34 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $4,060.86 per household.
That's an increase of 6.7 percent from 2014, when the village spent $20.93 million, or $3,804.98 per household.
Cahokia has 5,501 households and a population of 15,241.
Since 2001, the village of Cahokia budget has grown by 42.4 percent, from $15.69 million. The village population has fallen 7 percent over the same period, from 16,391.
Salaries accounted for 23.5 percent of village spending in 2015. Cahokia property taxpayers paid $5.26 million for 65 full-time employees and 18 part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had 100 full-time employees and 39 part-time employees and spent $6.53 million.
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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