County government · Meriwether County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Meriwether County took in $23.4 million and spent $22.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes71%Fines and other14%Fees for services (parks and recreation, road charges)6.3%State tax money5.4%Federal tax money2.4%Local tax money1.3%

What stands out

17%

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

County taxes71%

Property tax
47%$11.0 million
Sales tax
17%$4.0 million
Other taxes
6.4%$1.5 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other licenses and 6 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$1.1 million
  • Other licenses$245 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$61 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$60 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$27 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$24 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$13 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services6.3%

Fees for services
6.3%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Parks and recreation$32 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.4%

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

From the federal government
2.4%$556 thousand

State tax money5.4%

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

From the state
5.4%$1.3 million

Local tax money1.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
1.3%$294 thousand

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
11%$2.7 million
Fines
2.6%$619 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails41%Running the government and other costs26%Roads, transit and parking20%Sent to other local governments8.0%Health and hospitals3.3%All other spending1.9%

What stands out

8%

of Meriwether 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
41%$9.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 2 more
  • Fire protection$3.7 million
  • Police$3.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.5 million
  • Prisons and jails$518 thousand
Running the government and other costs
26%$5.8 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$2.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.6 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$946 thousand
  • Government buildings$602 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
20%$4.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.6 million
Sent to other local governments
8.0%$1.8 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$1.8 million
Health and hospitals
3.3%$738 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$738 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$277 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$174 thousand
  • Libraries$103 thousand
Interest on debt
0.5%$107 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$24 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$24 thousand
Social services
0.1%$23 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$23 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Meriwether County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Meriwether 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.