County government · Brantley County, GA

Brantley County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Brantley County took in $18.6 million and spent $14.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes54%Fees for services (road charges, parks and recreation)23%Federal tax money10%State tax money9.4%Fines and other3.2%Local tax money0.4%

What stands out

21%

of Brantley County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 1.6%.

County taxes54%

Property tax
25%$4.7 million
Sales tax
21%$3.8 million
Other taxes
8.9%$1.6 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other licenses and 5 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$1.3 million
  • Other licenses$122 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$107 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$54 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$53 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$20 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services23%

Fees for services
23%$4.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; road charges and 1 more
  • Other service charges$2.2 million
  • Road charges$1.9 million
  • Parks and recreation$86 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money10%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
10%$1.9 million

State tax money9.4%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
9.4%$1.7 million

Local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.4%$75 thousand

Fines and other3.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.9%$361 thousand
Fines
1.2%$231 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails37%Running the government and other costs21%Roads, transit and parking15%Health and hospitals11%Water, sewer, trash and utilities10%All other spending5.6%

What stands out

10%

of Brantley County's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 0.8%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
37%$5.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Police$2.3 million
  • Prisons and jails$1.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$914 thousand
  • Fire protection$413 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$115 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$3.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$420 thousand
  • Government buildings$102 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
15%$2.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.2 million
Health and hospitals
11%$1.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
10%$1.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.6%$534 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$353 thousand
  • Libraries$181 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.8%$125 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$125 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$68 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.5%$67 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$67 thousand
Social services
0.2%$27 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$27 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Brantley County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Brantley County itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.