County government · Jeff Davis County, GA

Jeff Davis County's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Jeff Davis County took in $20.4 million and spent $19.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes56%Fines and other23%State tax money13%Fees for services (parks and recreation)6.0%Federal tax money1.0%Local tax money0.6%

What stands out

18%

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

County taxes56%

Property tax
33%$6.8 million
Sales tax
18%$3.7 million
Other taxes
4.4%$898 thousand
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; alcoholic beverage taxes and 3 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$814 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$32 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$23 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$16 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.0%

Fees for services
6.0%$1.2 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$1.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$211 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.0%

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

From the federal government
1.0%$213 thousand

State tax money13%

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

From the state
13%$2.6 million

Local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.6%$115 thousand

Fines and other23%

Interest, rents and other
20%$4.0 million
Fines
3.7%$761 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails39%Roads, transit and parking25%Running the government and other costs16%Health and hospitals8.6%Interest on debt3.8%All other spending8.0%

What stands out

39%

of Jeff Davis County's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 20%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
39%$7.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 2 more
  • Prisons and jails$3.9 million
  • Police$1.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.4 million
  • Fire protection$235 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
25%$4.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.8 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$3.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$2.1 million
  • Other and not broken out$891 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.6%$1.6 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.6 million
Interest on debt
3.8%$721 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on water supply debt; interest on general debt and 1 more
  • Interest on water supply debt$415 thousand
  • Interest on general debt$277 thousand
  • Interest on electric power debt$29 thousand
Sent to other local governments
3.6%$692 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$692 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.5%$680 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$634 thousand
  • Libraries$46 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.9%$163 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$163 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis 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.