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Cordele's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Cordele took in $25.0 million and spent $27.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, gas)34%City taxes28%County and local tax money18%Federal tax money16%Fines and other3.5%State tax money0.9%

What stands out

18%

of Cordele's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 0.8%.

City taxes28%

Other taxes
16%$3.9 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; insurance premium taxes and 6 more
  • Public utility taxes$1.3 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$926 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$759 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$406 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$284 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$95 thousand
  • Other licenses$82 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$68 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
12%$3.0 million

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$8.6 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; gas and 5 more
  • Sewer$3.3 million
  • Gas$2.4 million
  • Water$1.3 million
  • Garbage collection$889 thousand
  • Other service charges$507 thousand
  • Road charges$209 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money16%

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

From the federal government
16%$4.0 million

State tax money0.9%

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

From the state
0.9%$226 thousand

County and local tax money18%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
18%$4.4 million

Fines and other3.5%

Fines
1.9%$471 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.6%$412 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities56%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Roads, transit and parking12%Running the government and other costs7.9%Housing and community development1.8%All other spending3.3%

What stands out

56%

of Cordele's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 24%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
56%$15.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGas supply; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Gas supply$5.5 million
  • Sewer systems$5.5 million
  • Water supply$2.8 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.8 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$5.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$2.9 million
  • Fire protection$1.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$629 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$3.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$3.4 million
Running the government and other costs
7.9%$2.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$614 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$395 thousand
Housing and community development
1.8%$506 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.1%$317 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$317 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$256 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$174 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$82 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.8%$236 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$236 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$98 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Cordele. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Cordele 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.