County government · Lanier County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Lanier County took in $8.1 million and spent $7.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes67%Federal tax money13%Fees for services (parks and recreation)8.0%State tax money6.0%Fines and other4.9%Local tax money1.5%

What stands out

15%

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

County taxes67%

Property tax
44%$3.5 million
Sales tax
15%$1.2 million
Other taxes
7.8%$634 thousand
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other licenses and 4 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$510 thousand
  • Other licenses$52 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$37 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$22 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$7 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.0%

Fees for services
8.0%$645 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$567 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$78 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money13%

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

From the federal government
13%$1.0 million

State tax money6.0%

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

From the state
6.0%$487 thousand

Local tax money1.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.5%$118 thousand

Fines and other4.9%

Fines
3.9%$317 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.0%$79 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails37%Running the government and other costs28%Roads, transit and parking21%Parks, recreation and libraries5.5%Sent to other local governments3.6%All other spending4.6%

What stands out

37%

of Lanier 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
37%$2.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$1.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$566 thousand
  • Fire protection$104 thousand
Running the government and other costs
28%$2.0 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$977 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$553 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$409 thousand
  • Government buildings$57 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
21%$1.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.5%$384 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$368 thousand
  • Libraries$16 thousand
Sent to other local governments
3.6%$255 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$253 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.7%$193 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$193 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.3%$90 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$90 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.4%$25 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$25 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$7 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Lanier 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 Lanier 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.