County government · Taylor County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Taylor County took in $8.6 million and spent $7.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

County taxes60%Fees for services (airport, parks and recreation)17%State tax money15%Fines and other4.5%Local tax money4.2%

What stands out

26%

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

County taxes60%

Property tax
28%$2.4 million
Sales tax
26%$2.2 million
Other taxes
6.3%$546 thousand
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other licenses and 5 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$449 thousand
  • Other licenses$42 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$25 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$16 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$10 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$2 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services17%

Fees for services
17%$1.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; airport and 4 more
  • Other service charges$933 thousand
  • Airport$190 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$159 thousand
  • Transit fares$134 thousand
  • Water$9 thousand
  • Sewer$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$1.3 million

Local tax money4.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
4.2%$358 thousand

Fines and other4.5%

Interest, rents and other
4.5%$384 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking31%Police, fire, courts and jails28%Running the government and other costs23%Health and hospitals15%Environment and natural resources1.2%All other spending1.7%

What stands out

15%

of Taylor County's spending goes to health services and hospitals.A typical U.S. county of under 50,000 people spends 4.8%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
31%$2.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.8 million
  • Airports$673 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
28%$2.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Police$777 thousand
  • Prisons and jails$534 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$463 thousand
  • Fire protection$448 thousand
Running the government and other costs
23%$1.8 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$844 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$563 thousand
  • Government buildings$272 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$143 thousand
Health and hospitals
15%$1.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.2 million
Environment and natural resources
1.2%$97 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$97 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.9%$71 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$71 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$25 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$25 thousand
Social services
0.3%$25 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$25 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$15 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Taylor 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 Taylor 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.