County government · Early County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Early County took in $14.0 million and spent $12.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes71%State tax money18%Fees for services (airport, garbage collection)7.0%Fines and other3.8%

What stands out

27%

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

County taxes71%

Property tax
37%$5.2 million
Sales tax
27%$3.8 million
Other taxes
7.2%$1.0 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere; insurance premium taxes and 4 more
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$554 thousand
  • Insurance premium taxes$391 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$39 thousand
  • Other licenses$16 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$11 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.0%

Fees for services
7.0%$985 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; airport and 1 more
  • Other service charges$758 thousand
  • Airport$143 thousand
  • Garbage collection$84 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money18%

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

From the state
18%$2.5 million

Fines and other3.8%

Interest, rents and other
2.8%$398 thousand
Fines
1.0%$134 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails36%Running the government and other costs22%Roads, transit and parking20%Sent to other local governments8.3%Health and hospitals5.7%All other spending8.0%

What stands out

8.3%

of Early 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
36%$4.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$3.2 million
  • Courts and legal services$752 thousand
  • Fire protection$281 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$66 thousand
Running the government and other costs
22%$2.7 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$1.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$835 thousand
  • Government buildings$614 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$116 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
20%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.5 million
Sent to other local governments
8.3%$1.0 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$1.0 million
Health and hospitals
5.7%$696 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$696 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.4%$532 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$532 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.8%$344 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$311 thousand
  • Libraries$33 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.8%$94 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$94 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$5 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Early County. 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 Early 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.