County government · Tattnall County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Tattnall County took in $18.9 million and spent $18.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes73%Fees for services (garbage collection)15%State tax money7.2%Fines and other4.6%Local tax money0.5%

What stands out

26%

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

County taxes73%

Property tax
40%$7.5 million
Sales tax
26%$4.8 million
Other taxes
7.5%$1.4 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other licenses and 5 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$1.2 million
  • Other licenses$84 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$49 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$40 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$13 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$13 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services15%

Fees for services
15%$2.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and garbage collection
  • Other service charges$2.1 million
  • Garbage collection$693 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$1 thousand

State tax money7.2%

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

From the state
7.2%$1.4 million

Local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.5%$88 thousand

Fines and other4.6%

Fines
3.2%$596 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.4%$273 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails33%Running the government and other costs23%Roads, transit and parking23%Health and hospitals10%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.8%All other spending2.3%

What stands out

8.8%

of Tattnall County's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 0.8%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
33%$5.9 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 1 more
  • Police$2.2 million
  • Prisons and jails$2.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.5 million
Running the government and other costs
23%$4.2 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$1.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.6 million
  • Government buildings$936 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$12 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
23%$4.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$4.2 million
Health and hospitals
10%$1.8 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.8 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.8%$1.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.6 million
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$207 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$207 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$198 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$12 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Tattnall 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 Tattnall 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.