Clarendon again saw higher sales tax revenues last week when Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock distributed monthly sales tax revenue to local governments.
The city received $61,562.99, which is a 7.09 percent increase over February 2025’s revenue. Clarendon’s calendar year-to-date sales tax revenue is now $97,945.63, which is 0.95 percent above the same point last year.
Hedley and Howardwick were both down for the month. Hedley dropped 43.15 percent with an allocation of $1,682.90, pulling the year-to-date figure down 23.39 percent at $2,746.02. Howardwick dropped 14.71 percent at $2,163.35 and was down 11.98 percent for the year-to-date at $3,827.98.
In the unincorporated parts of Donley County, sales taxes for County Assistance District 2 brought in $11,570.20 for the month bringing the year’s total to $17,024.08 so far. The district is in its first year of collections.
Donley County Assistance District 1 in the City of Howardwick generated $1,580.75, which is down 14.71 percent from the same period one year ago. For the year-to-date, however, DCAD 1 is down just 0.92 percent at $2,806.05.
Up the road in Claude, bolstered by the construction of AI datacenter, city sales tax revenues were up 71.88 percent at $48,224.54 compared to February 2025, and the year-to-date total is up 75.27 percent at $86,520.38. Sales tax collections by Armstrong County were up 671.71 percent at $161,023.49 for the month compared to $20,865.74 last February. Armstrong County is ahead 925.45 percent for the calendar year-to-date at $309,288.31 compared to $30,161.10 at this point last year.
The City of Memphis was up 20.95 percent at $54,391.71 for the month and is now ahead 19.45 percent for the year at $86,372.82.
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