City government · Lanier County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lakeland took in $4.0 million and spent $2.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)24%City taxes24%County and local tax money17%State tax money16%Federal tax money16%Fines and other2.5%

What stands out

17%

of Lakeland's money comes from county and other local tax money.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes24%

Other taxes
14%$566 thousand
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; public utility taxes and 4 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$280 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$160 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$72 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$30 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$13 thousand
  • Other licenses$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
10%$408 thousand

Fees for services24%

Fees for services
24%$977 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$400 thousand
  • Sewer$267 thousand
  • Garbage collection$247 thousand
  • Other service charges$63 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%$638 thousand

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$640 thousand

County and local tax money17%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
17%$673 thousand

Fines and other2.5%

Fines
2.1%$85 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.4%$17 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking46%Police, fire, courts and jails29%Running the government and other costs21%Interest on debt2.3%Health and hospitals1.3%Parks, recreation and libraries0.2%

What stands out

46%

of Lakeland's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
46%$1.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
29%$724 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$595 thousand
  • Fire protection$115 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$14 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$543 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$286 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$234 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$23 thousand
Interest on debt
2.3%$59 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.3%$32 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$32 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$5 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Lakeland. 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 City of Lakeland 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.