County government · Coffee County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Coffee County took in $40.6 million and spent $36.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes62%Fees for services (garbage collection, water)15%Federal tax money11%Fines and other6.6%State tax money4.4%Local tax money0.7%

What stands out

33%

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

County taxes62%

Sales tax
33%$13.3 million
Property tax
23%$9.3 million
Other taxes
6.3%$2.6 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 5 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$2.0 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$242 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$137 thousand
  • Other licenses$82 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$59 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$23 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services15%

Fees for services
15%$6.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$3.8 million
  • Garbage collection$2.3 million
  • Water$64 thousand
  • Sewer$43 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money11%

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

From the federal government
11%$4.6 million

State tax money4.4%

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

From the state
4.4%$1.8 million

Local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.7%$270 thousand

Fines and other6.6%

Interest, rents and other
4.3%$1.7 million
Fines
2.3%$944 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails41%Roads, transit and parking17%Sent to other local governments15%Running the government and other costs14%Parks, recreation and libraries5.4%All other spending7.4%

What stands out

15%

of Coffee County's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of under 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
41%$15.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$6.2 million
  • Police$5.0 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.2 million
  • Fire protection$1.6 million
  • Inspections and regulation$158 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
17%$6.3 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$6.3 million
Sent to other local governments
15%$5.6 million
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$5.6 million
Running the government and other costs
14%$5.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.1 million
  • Government buildings$1.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$282 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.4%$2.0 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$1.9 million
  • Libraries$69 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
5.3%$1.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.9 million
Health and hospitals
1.6%$580 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$580 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.3%$101 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$101 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$80 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$12 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Coffee 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 Coffee 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.