County government · Crisp County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Crisp County took in $84.2 million and spent $97.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, garbage collection)66%County taxes24%Fines and other3.9%Federal tax money3.9%State tax money2.0%

What stands out

66%

of Crisp County's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people gets 8.4%.

County taxes24%

Property tax
12%$10.4 million
Sales tax
8.8%$7.4 million
Other taxes
3.2%$2.7 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; insurance premium taxes and 6 more
  • Public utility taxes$1.4 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$776 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$258 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$92 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$33 thousand
  • Other licenses$32 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$31 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$30 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services66%

Fees for services
66%$55.4 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; other service charges and 5 more
  • Electric power$48.9 million
  • Other service charges$3.1 million
  • Garbage collection$2.6 million
  • Water$496 thousand
  • Sewer$331 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$73 thousand
  • Road charges$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.9%

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

From the federal government
3.9%$3.3 million

State tax money2.0%

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

From the state
2.0%$1.7 million

Fines and other3.9%

Fines
2.2%$1.8 million
Interest, rents and other
1.8%$1.5 million

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities67%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Running the government and other costs5.6%Sent to other local governments5.5%Roads, transit and parking4.1%All other spending2.5%

What stands out

67%

of Crisp 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%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
67%$65.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power and garbage and solid waste
  • Electric power$62.1 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.9 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$15.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Police$6.6 million
  • Prisons and jails$4.0 million
  • Fire protection$2.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.2 million
Running the government and other costs
5.6%$5.5 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$2.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.5 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$838 thousand
  • Government buildings$801 thousand
Sent to other local governments
5.5%$5.3 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$5.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
4.1%$4.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1.1 million
Health and hospitals
1.1%$1.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.1 million
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$135 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$135 thousand
Interest on debt
0.1%$122 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Crisp County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Crisp 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.