County government · Laurens County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Laurens County took in $57.2 million and spent $48.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes62%Fines and other14%Fees for services (garbage collection, airport)11%State tax money4.8%Local tax money4.5%Federal tax money3.7%

What stands out

34%

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

County taxes62%

Sales tax
34%$19.4 million
Property tax
23%$13.4 million
Other taxes
4.6%$2.6 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; public utility taxes and 5 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$2.1 million
  • Public utility taxes$165 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$142 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$132 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$69 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$11 thousand
  • Other licenses$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$6.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$4.9 million
  • Garbage collection$671 thousand
  • Airport$402 thousand
  • Sewer$105 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.7%

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

From the federal government
3.7%$2.1 million

State tax money4.8%

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

From the state
4.8%$2.8 million

Local tax money4.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
4.5%$2.6 million

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
9.0%$5.1 million
Fines
5.5%$3.1 million

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails31%Running the government and other costs21%Roads, transit and parking20%Sent to other local governments14%Health and hospitals9.2%All other spending5.3%

What stands out

14%

of Laurens 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
31%$14.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 3 more
  • Police$5.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$3.3 million
  • Prisons and jails$3.2 million
  • Fire protection$2.3 million
  • Inspections and regulation$71 thousand
Running the government and other costs
21%$10.1 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$6.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.5 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.5 million
  • Government buildings$895 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
20%$9.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$9.1 million
  • Airports$608 thousand
Sent to other local governments
14%$6.5 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$6.5 million
Health and hospitals
9.2%$4.4 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4.4 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
2.7%$1.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$902 thousand
  • Libraries$410 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.3%$1.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.1 million
Environment and natural resources
0.2%$107 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$107 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$10 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$10 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Laurens 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 Laurens 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.