County government · Sumter County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Sumter County took in $32.7 million and spent $30.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes60%Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)21%Federal tax money9.3%Fines and other5.8%State tax money3.2%Local tax money0.3%

What stands out

26%

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

County taxes60%

Property tax
30%$9.9 million
Sales tax
26%$8.5 million
Other taxes
4.2%$1.4 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other licenses and 4 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$1.1 million
  • Other licenses$148 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$49 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$37 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$30 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services21%

Fees for services
21%$7.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Other service charges$5.5 million
  • Garbage collection$1.2 million
  • Parks and recreation$175 thousand
  • Airport$48 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.3%

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

From the federal government
9.3%$3.0 million

State tax money3.2%

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

From the state
3.2%$1.0 million

Local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.3%$102 thousand

Fines and other5.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.5%$1.5 million
Fines
1.3%$419 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails57%Running the government and other costs19%Roads, transit and parking6.5%Sent to other local governments5.2%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.1%All other spending7.9%

What stands out

57%

of Sumter 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
57%$17.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$7.1 million
  • Police$4.2 million
  • Fire protection$3.7 million
  • Courts and legal services$2.2 million
  • Inspections and regulation$49 thousand
Running the government and other costs
19%$5.7 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$2.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.5 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$938 thousand
  • Government buildings$666 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.5%$1.9 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.9 million
  • Airports$90 thousand
Sent to other local governments
5.2%$1.6 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$1.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.1%$1.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.6%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$945 thousand
  • Libraries$125 thousand
Health and hospitals
2.1%$629 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$629 thousand
Interest on debt
1.7%$500 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$171 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$171 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$17 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$17 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Sumter 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 Sumter 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.