County government · Toombs County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Toombs County took in $23.7 million and spent $19.2 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

County taxes65%Fees for services (garbage collection)21%Fines and other9.7%State tax money3.7%

What stands out

26%

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

County taxes65%

Property tax
34%$8.1 million
Sales tax
26%$6.2 million
Other taxes
4.7%$1.1 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; alcoholic beverage taxes and 4 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$943 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$80 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$62 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$12 thousand
  • Other licenses$11 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services21%

Fees for services
21%$5.0 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges and garbage collection
  • Other service charges$3.4 million
  • Garbage collection$1.7 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money3.7%

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

From the state
3.7%$880 thousand

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
<0.1%$9 thousand

Fines and other9.7%

Interest, rents and other
8.2%$1.9 million
Fines
1.5%$361 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs29%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Health and hospitals14%Water, sewer, trash and utilities12%Roads, transit and parking11%All other spending7.4%

What stands out

12%

of Toombs 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%

Running the government and other costs
29%$5.6 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$4.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$767 thousand
  • Government buildings$426 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$262 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$5.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 2 more
  • Prisons and jails$2.0 million
  • Police$1.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.4 million
  • Fire protection$212 thousand
Health and hospitals
14%$2.7 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.7 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
12%$2.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$2.2 million
Roads, transit and parking
11%$2.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.0 million
Interest on debt
6.0%$1.1 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.8%$155 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$109 thousand
  • Libraries$46 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.6%$112 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$112 thousand
Social services
<0.1%$13 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$13 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Toombs County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Toombs 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.