County government · Pulaski County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Pulaski County took in $9.4 million and spent $8.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Estimated by the U.S. Census BureauComes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes77%Local tax money9.3%State tax money6.0%Fees for services (parks and recreation)5.4%Fines and other2.8%

What stands out

16%

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

County taxes77%

Property tax
53%$5.0 million
Sales tax
16%$1.5 million
Other taxes
6.8%$632 thousand
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; public utility taxes and 4 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$487 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$44 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$37 thousand
  • Other licenses$27 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$22 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services5.4%

Fees for services
5.4%$505 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and parks and recreation
  • Other service charges$408 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$97 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money6.0%

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

From the state
6.0%$563 thousand

Local tax money9.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
9.3%$869 thousand

Fines and other2.8%

Fines
2.1%$195 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.7%$65 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails44%Running the government and other costs19%Roads, transit and parking12%Sent to other local governments9.1%Health and hospitals8.4%All other spending6.9%

What stands out

9.1%

of Pulaski 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
44%$3.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 3 more
  • Police$1.8 million
  • Prisons and jails$846 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$708 thousand
  • Fire protection$499 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$1 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$1.7 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$734 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$560 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$255 thousand
  • Government buildings$130 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Sent to other local governments
9.1%$796 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$796 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.4%$738 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$738 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.7%$327 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$292 thousand
  • Libraries$35 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
2.0%$179 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$179 thousand
Environment and natural resources
1.0%$87 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$87 thousand
Social services
0.1%$9 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$9 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Pulaski County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Most of this government's figures were estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau from a sample; the government did not report them itself. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Pulaski 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.