Sales tax allocations slowed in May as most Valley cities showed modest year-over-year gains, state records show.
Overall, statewide cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts were sent $1.03 billion in local sales tax allocations this month, 15.3 percent more than a year ago.
The allocations are based on sales made in May by businesses that report tax monthly.
In Cameron County, La Feria led the way with a gain of 16.49 percent compared to last year, followed by Brownsville (up 10.51 percent), San Benito (up 10.27 percent), Port Isabel (up 6.54 percent), Los Fresnos (up 5.69 percent) and Harlingen (up 5.28 percent).
Rio Hondo was down year-over-year by 12.41 percent. South Padre Island also posted a lower reimbursement than last year, down 5.24 percent.
In Willacy County, Raymondville was down 5.16 percent and Lyford was up 1.06 percent.
Hidalgo County was led by Mercedes (up 9.25 percent), followed by McAllen (up 8.41 percent), Pharr (up 8.34 percent), Edinburg (up 7.91 percent), Mission (up 5.71 percent) and Weslaco (up 3.67 percent).
Coming out of pandemic-related lockdowns and slowdowns, most Valley cities had been posting double-digit gains monthly in sales tax allocations.
