County government · Twiggs County, GA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Twiggs County took in $11.3 million and spent $8.9 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 taxes75%Fees for services (water, sewer)13%Fines and other8.4%State tax money4.1%

What stands out

15%

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

County taxes75%

Property tax
54%$6.1 million
Sales tax
15%$1.7 million
Other taxes
6.7%$765 thousand
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other licenses and 2 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$621 thousand
  • Other licenses$100 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$38 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$1.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; water and 1 more
  • Other service charges$1.3 million
  • Water$88 thousand
  • Sewer$62 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.1%

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

From the state
4.1%$470 thousand

Fines and other8.4%

Fines
7.1%$804 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.4%$155 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails50%Running the government and other costs30%Roads, transit and parking12%Water, sewer, trash and utilities4.0%Social services1.3%All other spending2.9%

What stands out

50%

of Twiggs 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
50%$4.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Police$3.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$1.1 million
  • Prisons and jails$106 thousand
  • Fire protection$102 thousand
Running the government and other costs
30%$2.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$861 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$469 thousand
  • Government buildings$156 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
4.0%$358 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$358 thousand
Social services
1.3%$114 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$114 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.1%$98 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$98 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.8%$69 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$69 thousand
Interest on debt
0.7%$65 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.3%$30 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries
  • Libraries$30 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Twiggs 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 Twiggs 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.